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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

5255.0. "VTX PAK " by SWETSC::WESTERBACK (Panta rei) Wed Apr 23 1997 05:51

    Does anyone what's going on with ISPAK in VTX?
    
    We have always accessed it using FIND ISPAK or PAK in VTX.
    Since last week we get "That information is not available"
    but strangely a few times I have managed to get to first page
    (with badgenumber, cost center), then I'm just thrown back.
    
    Is some web solution in the works, as vtx as going away, at least
    at local level (well, this is at least the case here in Sweden).
    
    I tried the VTX to WWW Gateway on http://vtxgwy.imc.das.dec.com
    to see what happens, there I could get to the page, fill in badge
    number, cost center, but for location our SOO was not a valid choice.
    I tried sneaking in using DAS instead, and got some trick questions 
    about my birth date, and hire month. Never had that before from plain
    VTX. 
    
    Did I get into some other PAK this way, intended for US only? Has
    it worked this way before for US? I'm not sure if we normally get into
    another VTX page from here, but they both say "Internal PAK Generator
    (IPG V3.6)" on the first page. Or is the whole thing being redone right
    now, and us poor people in far-away lands not yet allowed in?
    
    
    Rgds,
    Hans Westerback
    CCS Sweden

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5255.1	Might be U.S. only	WELKIN::ADOERFER	Hi-yo Server, away!	`Wed Apr 23 1997 10:47`	8
	Did you try the registered owner Dana Whitmore 297-3537 MROA::WHITMORE or the contact listed in the infobase. (The VTX>www gateway goes to the same place vtx does)
5255.2	VTX PAK	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Thu Apr 24 1997 11:57`	9
	VTX PAK has traditionally been restricted to North America -- don't ask me why, this is something that the territorial organizations would be better suited to answering... VTX itself is scheduled to shut down in a little over a year or so. (Some $500 per quarter charges are starting up, to "encourage" folks to move off VTX...)
5255.3	works for me	CHEFS::KERRELLD	To infinity and beyond...	`Thu Apr 24 1997 13:59`	7
	re.2: > VTX PAK has traditionally been restricted to North America ISPAK exists for Europe, I just accessed it using keyword ISPAK! Dave.
5255.4	Europe is also broken	NIXFIX::LOBSANG	A good bug is hard to find	`Thu Apr 24 1997 16:05`	9
	ISPAK in Europe also manifests the same behaviour mentioned in the base note. I need to get a PAK for a product but when I select the option to request a PAK in ISPAK I get the answer, "The information is not available" . What the hell is going on ? Where do I get a PAK from ? What kind of a fly-by-night outfit is this ? What a sorry state of affairs. Lobsang
5255.5	ISPAK is down, we are working on it	SHOGUN::PHILPOT		`Thu Apr 24 1997 20:26`	14
	ISPAK, the European implementation of VTX PAK, is down. We are working the problem and hope to have the application back up soon. In the meantime, if you have an urgent need for a PAK, please send your request with your badge, cost center, site code, and LMF name of the product you need to CISVAX::SYSTEMS_ENGINEERING. We will do our best to generate the PAKs for you in a timely manner. The US and AP implementations of VTX PAK are up and running. -Lynne Philpot VTX PAK Support
5255.6	It's back up	SHOGUN::PHILPOT		`Mon Apr 28 1997 14:01`	3
	ISPAK / VTX PAK in Europe is back up & running.