| Title: | DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT. |
| Notice: | Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187 |
| Moderator: | TAEC::BEROUD |
| Created: | Mon Aug 21 1989 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 6497 |
| Total number of notes: | 27359 |
Hi,
I am a new user to MCC and am working at a customer site on multiple
projects. What came to light today was that in the SPD it wasn't clear
that DNS was required for MCC, also there was no indication of what the
implications are if you don't imlement DNS concurrently with MCC.
Bottom line is that sales and marketing are not well informed about
the requirements and needs of MCC. What scares me is that most
of those folks attended (internal) Network University last week.
I'm the consultant on-site dealing with with the after-math of the
cycle per se. This notes file has been great thusfar, I just wish
that the comment and questions in this confernece could have made
it to the people who need it most first...sales...marketing... before
it bites us people on-site in the butt..
"No flames intended", just some comments. I hope that the rest of my
on-site goes well.
Michael
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| 737.1 | comments on MCC's requirement for DNS | TOOK::KOHLS | Ruth Kohls | Wed Feb 20 1991 12:38 | 22 |
Hi, Michael,
> I am a new user to MCC and am working at a customer site on multiple
> projects. What came to light today was that in the SPD it wasn't clear
> that DNS was required for MCC, also there was no indication of what the
> implications are if you don't imlement DNS concurrently with MCC.
A comment in return--for v1.1 of MCC, you will *not* have to have DNS installed
to merely install MCC. You can install DNS after MCC.
HOWEVER, to make some USE of MCC, you *will* need DNS, and a properly
configured Namespace. There are tools to help with this configuration on the
MCC kits. The DECmcc Installation manual (see the kit announcement in
3.49 for a documentation pointer) for v1.1 will have more on MCC and DNS,
and more on MCC requirements, at install time anyway.
Once all that is taken care of (I'm not making light of "all that",
mind you!) DNS ought to be pretty much invisible to the user of MCC. DNS
shows up in things like the Registration FM and "unregistered entity" or
"entity not found" messages--which why NET U might not emphasize DNS when
discussing MCC.
Ruth Kohls
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| 737.2 | Invisible yes, free, NO! | NSSG::R_SPENCE | Nets don't fail me now... | Fri Feb 22 1991 14:05 | 8 |
DECdns may be invisible for the USER of DECmcc, but it is NOT invisible
for the either the BUYER of DECmcc or the INSTALLER. Today, DECdns
adds cost to the DECmcc product (as does CDD and perhaps Datatrieve).
These additional costs are not obvious to the sales person to is going
to an account.
s/rob
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| 737.3 | DECdns Loaned for DECmcc customers. (in Europe). | BONNET::MALAISE | All you need is laugh! | Sun Feb 24 1991 11:29 | 11 |
Sales Updates have been published on this subject (October
edition in Europe) .
There is a loan program for DECdns for customer buying
DECmcc . The loan is planned up to Phase V avaibility
( because DECdns should be included within phase V ).
This is what Corp. said , so that's what we have implemented
in Europe.
Regards .
MaRc .
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