Conference help::decnet-osi_for_vms

3864.0. "What to put for Proxy?" by COOKIE::HEISLER (Chris Heisler, ABS Engineering) Mon Feb 10 1997 17:17

    Hi,
    
    I am really new to DECnet OSI, so my terminology may not be
    very good, but I have a question that I need answered.  
    
    We have a product, Archive/Backup System, which can run on
    a client or a server.  If you run on a client, then the
    server has to have access to the client's disks.  We have
    been setting up a proxy (a specific node, and a cluster
    alias if we find one) for the server.  This is done at
    install time.
    
    With Phase V, the information that I get back when I 
    lookup the alias's for the server is the full name
    (for example DEC:.cxo.aim3).  But if I put that as the nodename
    in the proxy, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
    
    We may be accessing a Phase IV system from a Phase V, or
    a Phase V from a Phase V.
    
    Is it better for me to create the proxy with the full name
    (DEC:.cxo.aim3) or with only the last part (aim3).  Is there
    any guarantee that is I only put aim3, that it would work
    in all the cases?  Is there any other information that I
    can get from NCL that would help me determine which one to
    use?  
    
    This is all being doing from a VMSinstal procedure, so the
    logic has to be something that can be done from DCL.
    
    Thanks for the help,
    
    Chris Heisler 

    Chris,
    
    		I believe if you use the 'synonym' instaed of the
    'fullname', authorize will got ahead and figure out what the 
    fullname was anyway.  Try adding a proxy for COOKIE::HEISLER and
    then show proxy *.  Depending on how reachable the name space is 
    	one might get inconsistant results.  I would therefore think the
    fullname would be the better ansywer.
    
    		I know when I set up a proxy I sometimes set it up for
    the decdns name, local and domain.  (ncl sho ses con nam sea pat 
    	will list which of these you use.)
    	-pete