Conference azur::mcc

4664.0. "Auto* user comments." by GIDDAY::DRANSFIELD (Mike Dransfield, Sydney RSSG) Wed Mar 10 1993 21:26

    Here are some user criticism's.
    I have not had a chance to verify or get the details of all of
    these, but I thought it may be useful feedback...
    They have an extended lan using translan bridges as well as dec bridges
    and use primarily decnet and bridge stuff...
    
    1) Autoconfig and Autotopology do not interrelate.
    i.e autoconfig creates domains that are not automatically plugged into
    the bridge map generated by autotoplogy runs
    
    2)files generated by autotopology end up in users home directory, no
    choice, whereas autoconfig asks where files are to reside.
    
    3)map file created by autotopology gets put in users home directory
    instead  of mcc_common.
    Autoconfiguration and Autotopology should be amalgamated to form a
    single autoregistration application..
    
    4) Not all required privileges are detailed. In particular BYPASS
    is required. a) this does not sound like a great privilege to require
    of a detached process b) it is not documented
    
    5)Not all sysgen parameters needed for mcc install are documented.
    
    6)Not all modules show in iconic map for mcc entitiy but all are
    enrolled and test ok. 
    (Comment: This could be an installation error.. they are to reinstall)
    
    7)When renaming entities it it found that the original entry is not
    deregistered. The next time the domain is opened the map becomes very
    culttered with icon stacked on top of each oterh map &file mismatch is
    generated.
    
    8)Navigation window does not change when using loopup directive.
    i.e it stays on the lower level
    
    9) map lines do not adhere to renamed entities.
    How do you attach existing map lines to new entities?
    
    Thanks for any comments,
    Mike