| 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 see from the documentation of the new Polycenter kit that there is an interoperability problem between it and several pther products. I have to put together, and support, a system that is to have the new EMS (sorry, Polycenter Network Manager) kit and Pathworks on it (pathworks will already be installed so EMS will be the last product onto the system). Can anybody elaborate on the implications and severity of having these reside on the same system? Will pathworks still work properly? Also, what happens if I upgrade Pathworks in the future - will EMS die? I did try doing a conference listing to get advice but after *3* hours I still hadn't even got a single page up so I had to kill it! (moderators - might it be time to archive off the 'old' stuff as VMS Engineering does with VMS notes to make the conference more accessible?) I have got people hunting for the answer to this all over the place at the moment but so far nobody has turned up anything. Can anybody help as I am desperate and am running out of time to get an answer. Thanks, Martin
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| 5015.1 | What is the problem | TOOK::MINTZ | Erik Pavlik Mintz | Thu May 06 1993 11:16 | 5 |
We don't really understand what you are asking here. Could you be more specific about what documentation you are reading, and what problem you are seeing? -- Erik | |||||
| 5015.2 | Threads? | TOOK::MINTZ | Erik Pavlik Mintz | Thu May 06 1993 11:35 | 16 |
If you are asking about the DECthreads compatability problem, then it is fairly simple. The Polycenter network products require a minimum version of DECthreads in order to run correctly. Unfortunately, some other products, when they install, will overwrite DECthreads libraries with an older version. (The Polycenter product installation procedures correctly check for the presence of threads, and only update if the version on the system is older). As a result, it is safest to install the Polycenter 400 package last. If you later upgrade a product that is not careful of threads in its installation procedure, then you may have to restore the correct version of threads. There is information on this in the release notes. -- Erik | |||||