topic Re: list all known nodes in decnet plus in Operating System - OpenVMS

list all known nodes in decnet plus

Patrick_42 — Fri, 23 May 2003 02:50:36 GMT

Hi all,

I am profiling a number of VMS nodes installed with DECnet plus.

I would like to know if there is anything in NCL language equivalent to decnet phase IV command "show known nodes"

Re: list all known nodes in decnet plus

Gary Sachs — Fri, 23 May 2003 11:28:11 GMT

Hi, try the X-window application, SYS$SYSTEM:NET$MGT, it may provide the answer you seek.

Re: list all known nodes in decnet plus

Bradford Hamilton — Fri, 23 May 2003 20:34:22 GMT

mcr decnet_register is the method for dealing with DECnet Phase V.

One of the menu options allows you to list all the nodes to a text-readable file.

--Brad

Re: list all known nodes in decnet plus

Guy Peleg — Mon, 26 May 2003 04:00:32 GMT

Hello Patrick,

There is a utility called DECNET_MIGRATE to
convert phase IV command and command procedures
to phase V standard. See the following example:

$ r sys$update:decnet_migrate
DECNET_MIGRATE> convert command "SHOW KNOWN NODES"

! *** Converting the following NCP command to NCL:
! SHOW KNOWN NODES
SHOW NODE 0 ROUTING CIRCUIT {{{}}} ADJACENCY * ALL STATUS

DECNET_MIGRATE>

Guy

Re: list all known nodes in decnet plus

Connie Tate — Thu, 29 May 2003 21:57:39 GMT

Patrick,

The best answer is to go into MC DECNET_REGISTER, take option 1, and put an * in the nodename location. That will show you all the nodes that you have "defined". However, unlike NCP, it will not show you things like remote machines you don't have defined, but are connected to your machine.

As I'm sure you've already discovered, NCL is nothing like NCP. DECNET_MIGRATE under certain VMS/DECnet-Plus combinations has been known to crash machines. In addition, the command DECNET_MIGRATE provided will only show you the nodes that are one "hop" away from this machine. So if you are an end node, it will show you the routers in your area. If you are a router, it'll show all the nodes you've received a hello message from.

I hope this clarifies the use of DECNET_MIGRATE.

Connie

Re: list all known nodes in decnet plus

John Yu_1 — Sun, 22 Jun 2003 17:13:13 GMT

NCL>sho sess control known towers

will generate something similar