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Conference smaug::snagwy

Title:SNA GATEWAY NOTEFILE
Notice:Note 1.* -> kits and doc, 288.* -> obtaining product support
Moderator:EDSCLU::GARROD
Created:Fri Feb 07 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:7116
Total number of notes:28576

6238.0. "DOMAIN GTWY, SNAPU5$CONFIGURE using a LNS" by NECSC::OKOLITA () Thu Jul 06 1995 11:20

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6238.1EDSCLU::MENDELWelcome to the next baselevelMon Jul 10 1995 14:4514
6238.2more detailsNECSC::OKOLITATue Jul 11 1995 15:2719
6238.3EDSCLU::MENDELWelcome to the next baselevelWed Jul 12 1995 11:1942
6238.4ncl example?HOTAIR::SIMONHugs Welcome Anytime!Fri May 02 1997 14:2115
    I have a customer who needs to generate a cmip file.  He upgraded
    to decnet/osi sometime after his last cmip file was generated and
    did not include DNS.  I explained he needed it and when he called
    the Decnet team, he was told he need a license for DNS but they were no
    longer available for V6.x of OpenVMS so he'd have to upgrade to V7 and
    buy a license...  He was not happy.  It looks like V2.1 of the domain
    gateway will fix his problem but in the meantime, maybe he can use
    the .-1 workaround since that kit is not available yet.
    
    Has anyone set up an ncl file to define the known towers?  If so,
    could you explain the commands or include an example?
    
    Thanks for any help
    
    Denise Simon
6238.5Hand craft the NCLEDSCLU::GARRODIBM Interconnect EngineeringMon May 05 1997 12:078
    Re .-1
    
    Yes it will be fixed in V2.1. The AlphaVMS loadhost kit has now been
    submitted to the SSB. The VAXVMS one will be shortly. In the meantime
    do as .-1 recommends ie hand craft the tower definitions. Look at an
    old NCL file to see their format.
    
    Dave
6238.6ncl example?HOTAIR::SIMONHugs Welcome Anytime!Mon May 05 1997 12:391
    Does anyone have an old ncl file they can post as an example?
6238.7no luckHOTAIR::SIMONHugs Welcome Anytime!Mon May 05 1997 18:1722
    I had the customer look at his old .ncl files and obtain the create
    a file with the create node known tower command in it for later
    specification in the configuration utility as recommended in .3.
    He tried to run the snapu5$configure procedure and when it asked
    for gateway nodename, he got:
    
    %SNAPU5-I-NSLOOKUP, Name Server lookup for node .DNA_NodeSynonym.snast1
    %SNAPU5-E-GWYNOTFND, Gateway node name not found
    
    (This is the original problem)
    
    I had him execute the ncl create node...tower... command and then
    try and run SNAPU5$CONFIGURE again.  Still, the same error occurred.
    
    So,it looks like the .3 workaround won't work.  Is the customer stuck
    waiting for 2.1 to be released?
    
    Thanks
    
    Denise Simon
    
    
6238.8Try thisEDSCLU::GARRODIBM Interconnect EngineeringMon May 05 1997 18:5520
    Re .-1
    
    You need to bypass the configuration step and just do the
    compile ie:
    
    @SYS$MANAGER:SNAPU5$COMPILE xxx.NCL
    
    where xxx is the name of the NCL file previously created. Make sure
    the NCL file doesn't have any nodename specification in it of the form:
    
    YYY:etc
    
    ie the YYY:
    
    If DECdns type names are not in the NCL file the compiler shouldn't
    complain.
    
    Dave
    
    Dave
6238.9tryingHOTAIR::SIMONHugs Welcome Anytime!Tue May 06 1997 11:141
    Customer will try this and I will post the results.  Thanks.