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Title:Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server
Notice:Kit: Note 4229; Please use NOTED::PWDOSWIN5 for V4.x server
Moderator:CPEEDY::KENNEDY
Created:Fri Dec 18 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4319
Total number of notes:18478

4201.0. "PW Alias & LMHOSTS (client)" by OTOOA::GMACDONALD (Its badluck to be superstitious) Tue Mar 11 1997 19:58

Hi.  We have a Pathworks customer who uses the Pathworks alias and TCP/IP
as their protocol.  They know that by defining server addresses in the LMHOSTS
file they can reduce broadcast traffic when connections are made.  How 
would you define the Pathworks alias in the LMHOSTS file (ie. what IP address?)

Thanks. Grant.
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4201.1UTRTSC::SWEEPI want a lolly...Wed Mar 12 1997 04:043
    You DON'T define it.
    
    Adrie
4201.2try thisCOPHK::copvm5.dmo.dec.com::cop01::jesperWed Mar 12 1997 04:1631


	The cluster alias does not have an address, and therefore
	is not a candidate for LMHOSTS. (standard answer)

	However it can be worked around, but then you MUST have:

	1.	Pathworks/VMS server at 5.0D-ECO3 at least
	
	2.	A WINS server, normally a NT 4.0 server.

	3. 	WINS enabled on the client, W95 and NT has this 
		capability.

	3a. 	Your clients must have WINS capability

	Then you enter the Pathworks cluster alias in the WINS server
	as a multihomed host, that means that the cluster alias in  the 
	WINS server will have the addresses of all the servers in the
	Pathworks cluster.
	This will disable the load balancing Pathworks calculates,
	but the WINS server will do some 'round robin' on the addresses
	that are associated with the cluster alias.

	Have done it, and it works.	


	Have fun....

	Jesper
4201.3Which option is best?OTOOA::GMACDONALDIts badluck to be superstitiousWed Mar 12 1997 11:2617
Thanks for the responses.  The customer does not yet have a WINS server.
Possibly in a couple of months.

Currently they have 2 VAX's and an Alphaserver as their Pathworks servers.  They
are going to be removing the 2 VAX's as servers sometime in the next few
weeks.  Since there will no longer be a benefit in using the alias should
they:

	- add the alias to the LMHOSTS file with the same address as the 
	Alphaserver?

	or

	- have the users change all their connections from the alias to
	the Alphaserver host name?

Thanks. Grant.
4201.4Use the nodenameCOPHK::JESPERWed Mar 12 1997 15:5514

	It depends...

	If they remove the two Vaxes, they dont need the cluster,
	and then no alias is available.

	If they keep the Alpha as a single node cluster, they could
	enter the alias in lmhosts, but I will advise AGAINST it.

	So use the nodename, it will serve you best in troubleshooting
	situations.

	Jesper