INFO-VAX Sun, 25 Feb 2007 Volume 2007 : Issue 111 Contents: FYI We now have qty of DS15 systems Re: Is it possible to boot OpenVMS from an IDE disk on an ES40? Re: Privs required for NCP SET and DEFINE Re: Quebec Health Care Virus Re: RENAME/QUEUE again Re: TSZ07 Re: TSZ07 What a subject! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 21:52:17 -0500 From: "David Turner, Island Computers US Corp" Subject: FYI We now have qty of DS15 systems Message-ID: For your info, we are now shipping brand new Alphaserver DS15 systems ! Send us your required configuration ! David Island Computers (dturner-at-islandco-dot-com) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:51:17 -0600 From: pechter@pechter.dyndns.org (William Pechter) Subject: Re: Is it possible to boot OpenVMS from an IDE disk on an ES40? Message-ID: In article , Craig A. Berry wrote: >In article <1172227848.363049.45770@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com>, > "Camiel" wrote: > >> I created the image as follows: I took the original OpenVMS 8.3 >> installation CD-ROM, and used Nero to extract an ISO image from it. >> This should result in a flat file, that has all the data on the CD in >> it. > >In my (admittedly limited) experience, Nero is worthless for creating >images that are useable by anything but Nero. I had a VAX boot image >created by Nero that neither SIMH nor LDDRIVER could make any sense at >all out of. I had to obtain a copy of Nero, burn an actual CD from it, >then take an image of the CD using a tool that didn't do so much >interpretation of what a CD image should have on it. Then SIMH was >happy. I used Mac OS X's Disk Utility to create the image from the CD. Nero's default saved file type is not an ISO... to get an ISO you have to select the option to save it as an ISO image. I've done it with the Nero 6 Ultra suite of programs. > On Linux, you can probably just use the dd command. It may be that >Nero has the ability to create an image correctly if you find a way to >turn off all its advanced features and compression and so on, but it >seems like it would be prudent to remove Nero from the equation first >and only resort to disassembling the VMS boot sequence once you've >reproduced the problem using a disk image created in one or more other >ways. > Make sure you're not saving as an .nrg (IIRC). There's definitely a way to use it to write a straight iso. There's write to Image Recorder option that will write a straight iso IIRC. I usually use my Linux or FreeBSD box for this...though. >-- >Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Bill -- -- "When I think back on all the crap I learned in Vax school It's a wonder I fixed anything at all." (to the tune of Kodachrome) pechter-at-ureach.com ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:02:43 -0500 From: Stephen Hoffman Subject: Re: Privs required for NCP SET and DEFINE Message-ID: Jeff Cameron wrote: > What minimum privilege or privileges are required to perform the following > NCP> commands: ... > I currently have just TMPMBX and NETMBX and can run NCP and do a : ... > I'm configuring some replacement DECServers and need to change the e-Net > address so they can boot. > The system admin only wants to grant me those privileges I need to do the > job. The Brute-Force Approach: Give the system manager one example of the NCP command sequence required, and encourage the use Privilege Auditing to determine exactly what is required. The DCL Overkill Approach: Generate a dinky little DCL procedure, set it up with a captive, and pass over the settings as required. Template: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/wizard/wiz_0159.html The Petulant Approach: Generate the DCL procedure, and give it to the system administrator to deal with. The Truely-Paranoid Approach: Set up and use the two-password login sequence, and have two of you entering the necessary NCP commands from a privileged username. (And there are those folks and those sites around that are justifiably paranoid.) -- FWIW, there was a configuration tool around to handle this stuff and there was a command procedure in one of the system directories that had details of the particular DECserver configuration. DSVCONFIG.COM and DSVCONFIG.DAT. (This if you had the DECserver DS* VMSINSTAL kit installed.) There are also cases where Terminal Server Manager (TSM) was used for this task, and TSM was released on the OpenVMS Freeware some time ago. And OpenVMS security use-of-privileges auditing would tell you want privileges for any of these. And barring a reason to use DECnet Phase IV NCP for service requests, I'd certainly look to load the stuff into LANCP. That continues to work with or without DECnet, and it's part of OpenVMS starting at V6.2. It does mean you'll have to switch everything -- including the MOP service -- over to LANCP. Oh, and make sure you're not running DECnet-Plus / DECnet Phase V / DECnet/OSI. (You've probably already checked this, but it's mentioned here as I know I've gotten tangled up by using NCP on a DECnet-Plus box. It all even works nice for some stuff, too.) DECserver VMSINSTAL installation and configuration information: http://h30266.www3.hp.com/MasterIndex/installation_guide/installation_guide_000313dc.txt -- www.HoffmanLabs.com Services for OpenVMS ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 00:46:24 +0800 From: Paul Repacholi Subject: Re: Quebec Health Care Virus Message-ID: <878xenh5b3.fsf@k9.prep.synonet.com> Tad Winters writes: > Paul Repacholi wrote in > news:87ps7z4wgk.fsf@k9.prep.synonet.com: > >> Tad Winters writes: >> >>> Imagine this as a preventative measure: Remove all browsers. Remove >>> all email clients. Set firewalls to block all traffic outbound to >>> ports 80, >> >> Great, you have just shut off access to 99.9% of the worlds medical >> journals and health info... > > It's merely a cost of using insecure technology. However, medical journals > and health information exist outside of computers. Once upon a time, this > kind of information was *all* available on paper... :-^) I know. I have done research that meant starting at one end of the library and scimming though the lot. You just can't do that with displays, I've tryed. The other scary thing is that none of the uni libries here have local copies of the on-line journal. Out the internet, and it is all gone... ------------------------------ Date: 25 Feb 2007 00:24:47 -0600 From: cornelius@encompasserve.org (George Cornelius) Subject: Re: RENAME/QUEUE again Message-ID: In article <45decd70$1@news.langstoeger.at>, peter@langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER) writes: > As the need popped up again: > > Am I the only one who still miss a RENAME/QUEUE command ? How about naming your queue something generic like batch_00013701 and then pointing a logical name at it? Renaming would then be painless later. -- George Cornelius cornelius()eisner.decus.org cornelius()mayo.edu ------------------------------ Date: 24 Feb 2007 11:35:47 -0800 From: bob.birch@gmail.com Subject: Re: TSZ07 Message-ID: <1172345747.305940.253940@t69g2000cwt.googlegroups.com> On Feb 24, 10:49 am, b...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote: > In article <1172339064.211896.229...@v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com>, > bob.bi...@gmail.com writes: > > > > > On Feb 24, 6:37 am, b...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote: > >> In article <87lkin4vqc....@k9.prep.synonet.com>, > >> Paul Repacholi writes: > > >> > b...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: > > >> >> Are you sure? Then what is the wheel on the bottom that spins > >> >> inbetween that sensor? (See picture on website!) I just looked > >> >> again and there are no wires or anything coming from the tension arm > >> >> so I don't see how it could containt he tach sensor. > > >> > Not the front one, the one at the rear that runs on the takeup hub. > >> > There is a tack under that black plastic `club' > > >> I don't think we are talking about the same tape drive. There is no > >> front tensioner. I assume by "tensioner" you mean the arm with the > >> wheel that presses the tape down on the take-up. It has nothing > >> between it and the body of the drive except the pivot and a spring. > >> I am certain the tach is the sensor on the bottom of the drive with > >> the plastic wheel spinning inside it. > > >> bill > > >> -- > >> Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves > >> b...@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. > >> University of Scranton | > >> Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include > > > According to the service manual the velocity > > tach is mounted on the motors (page#28). > > There is only one packer (tension) arm. > > The tape in path and tape sensor/roller are > > mounted to the right side of the head (page#126). > > That sounds closer to mine. :-) > > > > > Book shows about 25 different failing conditions > > that can generate a motor fault (fault Msg #17). > > Interesting. My error is "5F Motor Fault". Don't know what the #17 > might be. Mine lists 2 fixes for that error, both involve replacing > a piece of hardware. They have a table with four codes: Fault Sympton Code(FSC) : 5F is "no once around tach" Fault Msg Code(FM) : 17 Motor fault Err Recovery table(ERP): 3,5 and 6 means - recycle power if no fix, then replace FRU, if no fix, then call field service (yuk, yuk) It recommends replacing these FRU's: motor first, if no fix then servo bd. I guess they don't want you replacing the tach ? > > > Anything from the take up reel, sensors, motors, > > etc. Even the drive servo parameters stored in > > memory. > > > Service aid #117 shows you how to check the > > servo's using the front panel. > > I ran the motor calibration service aid (#525, I think it was) and > after it failed a couple times I decided to watch what it actually > printed on the display. Lit looks like the first two things it does > are to tach the motors. Supply tachs around 300rpm. Take-up spins > but the display always prints "0 rpm". Pretty good sign that the > tach isn't working. :-) Yea that makes sense to me, the motor turns and it does the same thing if you load the tape manually or auto. You can probably meter the tach on the supply mtor and compare it to the tach on the take up motor. Myabe there's a difference ? Everything else I have tried seems to work > OK. Guess I need to trace that wire coming from the sensor (it kinda > disappears under the blower housing) and see if I am lucky enough that > the problem is going to be bad contacts where it hooks up to the logic > board. Otherwise, I guess I need to determine if it is the logic > board or the sensor. If it's the sensor ther eis always the possibility > that I can repair it. I haven't pulled it off the motor yet but I > am assuming it is just another led/photocell pair. Might be able to > troubleshoot and repair it. Yea the sensor goes to the servo board, reseating it makes sense and/or metering the tach ? > > > I only have parts > > for the older drives not the M995, sorry. > > Thanks for the help. I looked at all the old Cipher parts I had (actually, > my old Ciphers went to the physics department who are going to use things > like the motors for building contest robots. :-) but none of them had a > motor like this. I think maybe the old ones had a tach like Paul was > describing as there does not appear to be any kind of a tach mechanism > built onto the motors. Looks like some major re-design ont he newer ones. > > bill > > -- > Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves > b...@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. > University of Scranton | > Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:00:21 +0800 From: Paul Repacholi Subject: Re: TSZ07 Message-ID: <87zm73fq3e.fsf@k9.prep.synonet.com> bill@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) writes: > Are you sure? Then what is the wheel on the bottom that spins > inbetween that sensor? (See picture on website!) I just looked > again and there are no wires or anything coming from the tension arm > so I don't see how it could containt he tach sensor. Is this the bigger 6250 drive? or the lower profile 1600 one? ------------------------------ Date: 24 Feb 2007 22:42:02 -0800 From: najabig@gmail.com Subject: What a subject! Message-ID: <1172385722.762711.23360@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> Islam is an Arabic word which means total submission to God, peace, purity, acceptance and commitment. 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The accurate teachings of Islam on these matters can be obtained only from authentic Islamic writings. ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2007.111 ************************