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Conference noted::hackers_v1

Title:	-={ H A C K E R S }=-
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Moderator:	DIEHRD::MORRIS

Created:	Thu Feb 20 1986
Last Modified:	Mon Aug 03 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	680
Total number of notes:	5456

305.0. "node name, number and area?" by MANANA::COLGATE (Wim Colgate) Wed Sep 03 1986 16:11

    I'm using $GETSYIW to get the node name, node and area number.
    Things are just peachy on V4.2+ of VMS... however, on V4.4 Micro
    VMS, the node number and area number are 0, and the node name
    is a null string (no length). Is there something different about
    the Micro Vax? Or is there something about the way the system gen'd?
    
    Any thoughts will be appreciated...
    
    Wim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
305.1	oh and yes...	MANANA::COLGATE	Wim Colgate	`Wed Sep 03 1986 16:15`	5
	I forgot to mention, the return status of the call is 1, and so is the status block....which leads me to believe it is lying to me. Wim
305.2	GETSYI Looks at params, not DECNET	8587::DUTKO	Nestor Dutko	`Wed Sep 03 1986 16:38`	15
	I just checked mine, and have determined the differences. The GETSYI system service is actually returning the correct info, but is not getting it through DECNET. It in turn is determining it through SYSGEN parameters. On a cluster SCSSYSTEMID MUST be area_number * 1024 + node_number, where it gets area_number and node_number from DECNET. Well, if you do not have this parameter, or SCSNODE set on your microVAX, then $GETSYI will not return any values. Sorry... The only recourse you have is to set the parameters, and go from there. There is no COST, or overhead involved in setting these parameters when you have a MicroVAX. -- nestor
305.3		CSC32::S_BINGHAM	Scott Bingham, CSC/CS TBU	`Wed Sep 03 1986 21:30`	4
	If you change SCSNODE then you will have to delete and re-create your queues. _Scott
305.4	The voice of a novice...	MDR292::WALL	I see the middle kingdom...	`Thu Sep 04 1986 10:50`	7
	When I upgraded to 4.4 from 4.2, I had to reset SCSNODE to "" from the node name, and change it back when I was done. Of course, if you do anything to it, you have to reboot, anyway, to get it to take. I did, anyhow. Dave W.
305.5	Talk NICE	CRVAX1::LAMPSON	Noter on board!	`Thu Sep 04 1986 11:23`	7
	Re: .0 You could always change your program to talk NICE to NML. That way, it doesn't need to assume the SCSxxx SYSGEN parameters are set. ;^) -&Mike
305.6		MANANA::COLGATE	Wim Colgate	`Thu Sep 04 1986 14:55`	6
	That's how I originaly did it, but the NML callbacks and nice business is not very 'clean'.... the GETSYI calls look easy and understandable... nice is NOT nice.... WIm
305.7	more more more	IOSG::BAILEY		`Fri Sep 05 1986 17:13`	5
	Where can I get more info on NICE it sounds just what I have been looking for.
305.8	page 3-3, VAX/VMS Networking Manual (4.4)	CRVAX1::LAMPSON	Noter on board!	`Mon Sep 08 1986 12:27`	5
	"In addition to the NCP command interface, DECnet-VAX users can write programs that communicate with NML through the Network Information and Control Exchange (NICE) protocol. For infor- mation concerning this interface, refer to the _Phase IV Network Management Functional Specification_."