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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

1795.0. "Iconic Map PM Internal Error" by ODIXIE::PEACOCKR () Mon Nov 11 1991 18:34

    I have encountered the internal error for the Iconic Map PM:
    
       $ manage/enterprise/interface=decwindows
    
    
     Software error: An internal error has occurred in the Iconic Map PM.
    %MCC-F-PM_BUG, Software error: An internal error has occurred in the
    Iconic Map
    PM.
    
    I saw this in an earlier notes article and used the AUDIT_TOOL to check my
    parameters.  I corrected all but memory.  I am limited to 16 mb.
    
    The interesting thing is - I've had this running for about a month and
    never had it fail before.  
    
    I even tried re-installing DECmcc but got the same results.
    
    Is there an way out of this?  I know I don't have enough memory, but
    this is not a production unit.  I've just been using it to get familiar
    with the menus.  There are only 3 test nodes in my domain.
    
    If anyone can give me a clue as to where to go from here, I would
    greatly appreciate it.
    
    Rick

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1795.1		BSYBEE::EGOLF	John C. Egolf LKG2-2/T02 x226-7874	`Mon Nov 11 1991 20:50`	8
	Rick, 16M is enough memory for a small configuration and your configuration is small. I'll see if anybody has any ideas. In the meantime, do you have a mcc_resource.dat file? If you do, rename it to something else and see if it makes any difference? JCE
1795.2	More than 20MB	MLNEDU::GIAMMARINI	Roma Caput Mundi	`Tue Nov 12 1991 07:07`	12
	John, I'm not sure 16MB is enough. 20MB memory is not enough too. I led just last week the Network Management Using DECmcc course, and the stations with 20MB (two) had a lot of problems with a small configuration (4 stations and one bridge). A couple of times, only with three Alarms Rules active, one background process for the Historian and another for the Exporter, the DECmcc windows disappeared and the process dead. (DNA V1.1 & BMS V1.1) Regards Dom
1795.3		BSYBEE::EGOLF	John C. Egolf LKG2-2/T02 x226-7874	`Tue Nov 12 1991 08:16`	10
	Dom, If you have a workstation (3100) that is running just DECmcc, trust me, 16meg is a good starting place. You can never have enough memory. The more you have the faster DECmcc will run. Most of our deveoplment systems have 16M. Our standard demo system has 16M. Your system either was running other memory intensive programs or it wasn't tuned right. JCE
1795.4	I trust you	MLNEDU::GIAMMARINI	Roma Caput Mundi	`Tue Nov 12 1991 08:57`	10
	John, I trust you of course. I only explained my experience. My VAXstations 3100 have only DNS and DECmcc running, are configurated as written in the course student guide (written by the big Bill Wade) and as written in the guidelines contained inside the DECmcc Fullinstall document. Regards Dom
1795.5	That Worked!!	ODIXIE::PEACOCKR		`Tue Nov 12 1991 09:54`	10
	John, Thanks!! That appears to have solved the problem. Just for future reference, how did this happen? Was it because some of the MCC Sysgen parameters were not right and when it ran into a problem it "remembered" via the MCC_RESOURCE.DAT file? (This looks like a pretty "sensitive" product) Rick
1795.6		BSYBEE::EGOLF	John C. Egolf LKG2-2/T02 x226-7874	`Tue Nov 12 1991 11:40`	13
	re .5 The sysgen parameters changing should not have anything to do with the mcc_resource.dat file. I can only assume that something in the file (mcc_resource.dat) is corrupted and the Iconic Map PM is trying to do something it shouldn't. Mail me the file (its just an ascii file) and we'll try to see what the problem is. JCE