Conference help::decnet-osi_for_vms

3981.0. "NCL command consumes non-paged pool" by DECPRG::ZVONAR () Fri May 30 1997 10:27

Hello,

our customer (VAX OpenVMS 6.2, DECnet/OSI 6.3 ECO5) reported non-paged pool 
expansions during repeated execution of NCL command:

$ mc ncl sho node prcn03 lapb link * CRC Errors Received,-
                                     Data Octets Received,-
                                     Data Octets Sent,-
                                     Data PDUs Received,-
                                     Data PDUs Sent,-
                                     Times Link Inoperative

This command is used as a part of DCL batch procedure which is re-submitted 
every 5 minutes. During execution of this procedure non-paged pool expands 
UNKNOWN memory blocks - approx. 100K during every hour.

Customer uses the same procedure on OpenVMS 5.5-2 and DECnet IV & extensions 
without problems.

I tested this command on our inhouse system (VAX 6.2, DECnet/OSI 6.3 ECO3) with 
the same result - non-paged pool UNKNOWN blocks grow.

Does anyone heard about this problem?

Thanks in advance for your answer.
Karel

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$!TEST.COM   Test of NCL show command, resubmit interval 1 minute
$ set noon
$ pur test.log/keep:3
$ node = "chkrt2"
$! Part of customer's procedure - beginning
$ if f$search("temp.txt") .nes. "" then delete temp.txt;*
$ define sys$output temp.txt
$ mc ncl sho node 'node' lapb link * CRC Errors Received,-
                                     Data Octets Received,-
                                     Data Octets Sent,-
                                     Data PDUs Received,-
                                     Data PDUs Sent,-
                                     Times Link Inoperative
$ deassign sys$output
$! Part of customer's precedure - end
$ submit/log/noprint/after="+00:01:00" test.com
$ exit

Karel,

Known problem -- install DECdns ECO-70 (actually, it was fixed in ECO-65, but
why not install the latest and greatest).

Regards,

	John