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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

1477.0. "Bookreader over the net" by SEEYOU::HUTTON (Jim) Fri Sep 22 1989 06:41

Hi,

1	I'm trying to point the bookreader to a disk on another node,
	not part of the decw cluster...simply pointing the decw$book
	logical.

	This almost works, i get the shelf, even manage to read a few
	books. 

	Some books however give errors such as
 
		Error opening aa-la66a-te as input
	Attempted usage exceeds active license limits.

	What licence am i exceeding ?. If i run on the node concerned poining
	to the wrokstation everytrhing is ok. Is it my own nodes licence ?, the	
	node with disk ?

2	Whats the best way to manage a bunch of users running bookreader
	on 1 clsuter pointing to the disk on another node ? I'd prefer
	to let them point to the remote disk, if not should i give
	accounts to all users on that node ?, 1 account shared between all ?
	(either of these mean dedicating a window to just running bookreader ?)
	Is there some way to run remote jobs without logging in ?

	thanks again...
	jim

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1477.1	2 solutions	STAR::FERGUSON	Jim Ferguson - VMS Development	`Fri Sep 22 1989 09:47`	18
	>>>What licence am i exceeding ?. If i run on the node concerned poining >>> to the wrokstation everytrhing is ok. Is it my own nodes licence ?, >>> the node with disk ? This is a bug in the version 1 Bookreader which is fixed in the version 2 DECwindows Bookreader which is bundled with 5.3. >>> Whats the best way to manage a bunch of users running bookreader >>> on 1 clsuter pointing to the disk on another node ? I'd prefer >>> to let them point to the remote disk, if not should i give >>> accounts to all users on that node ?, Redefining DECW$BOOK to point to the remote node is fine. Jim
1477.2	still lagging behin...	SEEYOU::HUTTON	Jim	`Fri Sep 22 1989 10:19`	5
	Can we get bookreader 2 seperately ?, were still running 5.1 jim
1477.3	Use DFS	GOBBLR::MULHEREN	Kelly Mulheren, GObE & NetEd	`Fri Sep 22 1989 13:00`	8
	We (CLT) use DFS. We have a single library, currently around 175 books, that we serve to the entire cost center. Works very well. There are more detailed discussions on this in the bulova::bookreader notesfile. There are also some tricks there for using distributed libraries. -Kelly
1477.4	Need VMS T5.3	STAR::FERGUSON	Jim Ferguson - VMS Development	`Fri Sep 22 1989 14:30`	8
	re: .2 >>>Can we get bookreader 2 seperately ?, were still running 5.1 Nope sorry, DECwindows V2 needs some new functionality that was added to VMS V5.2. The latest 5.3 kit (T5.3) was just announced a couple of days ago.