25 Mar
2025
25 Mar
'25
3:47 p.m.
One major annoyance that I have with DECnet phase V, once I have got it
working, is that I can't find any way of telling it about the phase IV
nodes on my network other than by using DECNET_REGISTER.EXE. This involves
manual typing, so it is fine for a few nodes, but not for hundreds.
I now want to configure several hundred nodes (i.e. the nodes in the HECnet
node database) for my phase V system. Does anyone know how to do this with
a command procedure?
Cheers
Peter Allan
On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 at 01:03, John H. Reinhardt <
johnhreinhardt(a)thereinhardts.org> wrote:
I believe you are right. The question is if the
DECnet IV executables are
present. There are no installation kits that I know of. I haven't checked
as I don't have a CLP version running at the moment.
John H. Reinhardt
On 3/21/2025 5:50 PM, Keith Halewood wrote:
If memory serves, DECnet (any phase) is covered by the OPENVMS-X86-OE or
OPENVMS-X86-HAOE OpenVMS licence paks pre-installed as part of the
‘community’ vmdk, so you should be able to install the phase IV
VMSINSTAL’ables and stop phase V from starting up in systartup_vms.com
Just a thought
Keith
*From:* John H. Reinhardt [mailto:johnhreinhardt@thereinhardts.org
<johnhreinhardt(a)thereinhardts.org>]
*Sent:* 21 March 2025 20:39
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*Subject:* [HECnet] Re: DECnet-Plus and Decnet Phase IV interoperability
On 3/21/2025 3:08 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Mar 21, 2025, at 4:04 PM, John H. Reinhardt
<johnhreinhardt(a)thereinhardts.org> <johnhreinhardt(a)thereinhardts.org>
wrote:
On 3/21/2025 12:47 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
On Mar 21, 2025, at 11:19 AM, Peter Allan <petermallan(a)gmail.com>
<petermallan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have DECnet Phase V set up on my x86 community package running VMS 9.2-2, mainly
because it did not come with Phase IV. That pushed me into learning Phase V
"stuff" after 30 years of managing to avoid it.
Hm, it's been a while but I thought the installation procedure for networking gives
you a choice, phase IV or V.
The OpenVMS install does, but the VSI Community License Program only give you access to a
pre-built VM which only has DECnet phase V installed.
I think I was using an earlier community release which wasn't quite so pre-built.
paul
Yes. It was about last April (2024) when VSI changed the format of the CLP
from providing PAKs and FTP access to install media to a pre-built VM with
a version of x86 OpenVMS installed with various LP and options and no
access to install media.
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