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тАО12-02-2005 01:15 AM
тАО12-02-2005 01:15 AM
I have an OPenVMs 6.2-1H operational system on an Alpha2100 and a test 8.2 system on an Alph800.
I was wondering if it is possible to migrate the user files and righslist from the 6.2-1h system to the 8.2 system and then restore data files and disk with associatd permissions and rights intact on the 8.2 box?
Thx
Clayton
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тАО12-02-2005 01:42 AM
тАО12-02-2005 01:42 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
merging RIGHTSLIST and SYSUAF files is described in the OpenVMS Cluster Systems manual appendix B:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731FINAL/4477/4477pro_023.html#build_uaf_upgrade
Volker.
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тАО12-02-2005 02:11 AM
тАО12-02-2005 02:11 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
Then I use the CONVERT mechanism to merge with an existing indexed SYSUAF.DAT or I use a CONVERT/FDL to create an all-new file. The FDL definition can easily created from:
$ analyze/rms/fdl...
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тАО12-02-2005 04:24 AM
тАО12-02-2005 04:24 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
The format of the SYSUAF.DAT, RIGHTSLIST, and associated files are upward-compatible. So you can modify and copy as Ian suggested.
I guess you have to take NET$PROXY.DAT file also, use SYS$SYSTEM:CONVERT_PROXY.EXE to convert netproxy.dat to net$proxy.dat
The big task here is that as RIGHTSLIST identifier values and UIC values that end up scattered around the target system must be rationalized to node where you copy.
In the same way the problem exist with UIC values, as these too tend to be scattered all over the system environment. Like the
binary identifier values, you will find UIC values associated with disks, ACLs, queues, and various other structures.
Archunan
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тАО12-20-2005 06:03 AM
тАО12-20-2005 06:03 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
Doing a direct convert on the SYSUAF.
NOw when I try to log on I get the error:
Error accessing system authorization file
Invalid record size
Any ideas on this error?
Do I have to go the whole gambit of Rights list etc before the convert works?
Are there any problems trying to convert SYSUAF from 6.2-1h tp 8.2?
Thx
Clayton
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тАО12-20-2005 07:19 AM
тАО12-20-2005 07:19 AM
Solution>Invalid record size.
>Any ideas on this error?
Sounds like you lost the file/record attributes on the way.
>Are there any problems trying to
>convert SYSUAF from 6.2-1h tp 8.2?
There is no conversion, the files are the same format. They can even be physically shared in a cluster (a mixed version V6.2 + V8.2 cluster is not supported, but there are reports that it does work!)
If you're having trouble, start with something simple. COPY the files from the V6.2 system to the V8.2 system, put them in the correct locations and reboot. Verify that your V8.2 system now has the same set of usernames & passwords as the V6.2 system.
If you need to merge in the usernames from the V8.2 system, follow the documentation recommended by Volker:
OpenVMS Cluster Systems manual appendix B:
http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731FINAL/4477/4477pro_023.html#build_uaf_upgrade
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тАО12-20-2005 07:29 AM
тАО12-20-2005 07:29 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
Thanks for tyhe response.
Simple ?
I can't seem to get the one I corrupted back.
I was doing the test on a backup image drive. Now when I go to copy the SYSuaf from the original system harddrive to the imaged drive I still get corrupt messages when I try to boot to the imaged drive.
I'm putting the sysuaf.dat in sys$common:[sysexe].
Is there somewhere I should be putting the files as well?
Thanks
Clayton
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тАО12-20-2005 10:51 AM
тАО12-20-2005 10:51 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
I would start out by checking whether is is 'just' loginout which is unhappy about the fresh UAF, or whether it is a bad file.
Check stuff like:
$SEARCH/STAT/WIN=0 sysuaf blahbla
$ANAL/RMS sysuaf ... is it still a multy key indexed file?
Longest record?
What do you mean by:
"Doing a direct convert on the SYSUAF."
What was the EXACT command used?
Maybe (unlikely) you need to convert/trunc to deal with a bad record in one ot the input files?
The only problem I am aware of with SYSUAF record comming from older system (like V4.0!) around. you may get some 'short' records (644 bytes) and other at the normal size (1412 bytes). Maybe even some at 671 bytes. There are also minor inconsistencies possible under specific USERDATA usage conditions.
Hein.
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тАО01-04-2006 02:39 AM
тАО01-04-2006 02:39 AM
Re: Coping/exporting UAf accounts and rightlist
A straight copy finally work.
I was able to copy the sysuaf.dat from the 6.2 system to the 8.2 system and able to log in.
Some of the troubles were locations ; the 6.2 used a version in the sys$root:[sysexe] and I was using the sys$common:[sysexe] version. And the copy seem to be bad. When I FTP the sysuaf.dat accross it would get different format. I fianlly used a host copy over decnet to copy the file.
Using the edit sysuaf tip help in the differences in file copy and in the file version contents.
HAven't tested yet , but I'm assuming rightlists and NETproxy will be okay as well.
More issues may arise from this yet. Once again thanks to all for the advice and learning.
Clayton