Conference noted::dnu_osi

2126.0. "strange "ncl show implementation" output" by TAEC::PRAUD () Mon Feb 10 1997 04:04

Hello,

A customer has two workstations on which DECnet/OSI has been installed with
a priori the same configuration :

The first one :

DNABASE321      installed       DECnet/OSI Base Components (DECnet/OSI Standard
Run-time Environment)
DNABASE322      installed       DECnet/OSI Base Components ECO 1 (DECnet/OSI Sta
ndard Run-time Environment)
DNADLI321       installed       DECnet/OSI Datalink Components (DECnet/OSI Stand
ard Run-time Environment)
DNAMAN321       installed       DECnet/OSI Reference Pages (Optional DECnet/OSI
Components)
DNANETMAN321    installed       DECnet/OSI Network Management (DECnet/OSI Standa
rd Run-time Environment)
DNANETMAN322    installed       DECnet/OSI Network Management ECO 1 (DECnet/OSI
Standard Run-time Environment)
DNATFRDNS32A5   installed       DECnet/OSI DECdns Components for TeMIP ECO 5


root@bt1wd110:/# ncl show impl

Node 0
AT 1997-02-05-09:49:31.102+01:00I1.081

Characteristics

    Implementation                    =
        {
            [
                Type ........  = DECnet/OSI for Digital UNIX ,
                Implementation = "DECnet/OSI for Digital UNIX V3.2A-0 (Rev. 23.1
9); Fri Sep 15 13:21:53 EDT 1995"
            ] ,
            [
                Type ........  = Digital UNIX ,
                Implementation = "Digital UNIX V3.2D-1 (Rev. 41); Mon Dec 2
13:59:24 WET 1996"
            ] ,
            [
                Type ........  = Alpha ,
                Implementation = "Digital UNIX V3.2D-1 (Rev. 41); Tue Jan 7
14:17:19 WET 1997"
            ]
        }

root@bt1wd110:/# 


The second one :

DNABASE321      installed       DECnet/OSI Base Components (DECnet/OSI Standard
Run-time Environment)
DNABASE322      installed       DECnet/OSI Base Components ECO 1 (DECnet/OSI Sta
ndard Run-time Environment)
DNADLI321       installed       DECnet/OSI Datalink Components (DECnet/OSI Stand
ard Run-time Environment)
DNANETMAN321    installed       DECnet/OSI Network Management (DECnet/OSI Standa
rd Run-time Environment)
DNANETMAN322    installed       DECnet/OSI Network Management ECO 1 (DECnet/OSI
Standard Run-time Environment)
DNATFRDNS32A5   installed       DECnet/OSI DECdns Components for TeMIP ECO 5


root@bt1wd112:/# ncl show impl

Node 0
AT 1997-02-05-10:00:31.102+01:00I1.081

Characteristics

    Implementation                    =
        {
            [
                Type ........  = Alpha ,
                Implementation = "Unknown"
            ]
        }

root@bt1wd112:/# 


The "ncl show impl" of the second one is incomplete. I am afraid that there
is something wrong in the DECnet configuration.

Nonetheless, DECnet/OSI seems to work correctly. The only difference I found
is that the second one has not the "Reference Pages" DECnet subset.

Any helps is welcome.

Best regards,
Charles.

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for your quick reply.

It seems that a problem happenned during the DECnet installation. The file 
date matches with the installation date.

Do you have any ideas about the reason?

Which remedial do you propose?

Regards,
Charles.

Hello,

The customer is asking again the following questions :

Do you have any ideas about the reason?

Which remedial do you propose?

Regards,
Charles.

> Do you have any ideas about the reason?

	Did decnetsetup not run correctly?  Maybe your running kernel
	at the time did not match /vmunix?  Maybe you were out of disk
	space on that filesystem at the time?  Your guess is as good
	as mine :-)

> Which remedial do you propose?

	Try re-running decnetsetup.  Or copy the file from another
	system and hand-edit if there are version differences ...

Hello Jeff,

Thanks for your replies. I will ask to this customer to re-run decnetsetup.

I don't understand what "the running kernel did not match /vmunix" means.

Do you think that a previous vmunix executable has been copied in / without
a reboot of the system ?

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,
Charles.