upgrade vms 7.3-2 to 8.3 problems

[robert70]

on LIVE box we have

SDA> show lan/full/dev=eia

LAN Data Structures
-------------------
-- EIA Device Information 26-MAR-2010 10:50:38 --

LSB address 837E2000 Driver code address 00000000
Driver version 00A50001.07320029 Device1 code address 00000000
Device1 version 00000000.00000000 Device2 code address 00000000
Device2 version 00000000.00000000 LAN code address 811FF400
LAN version 00A50001.07320156 DLL type CSMACD
Device name EI_82558 MOP name EIA
MOP ID 204 HW serial Not supplied
HW version 12298086 Promiscuous mode OFF
Controller mode NORMAL Promiscuous UCB 00000000
Internal loopback OFF All multicast state OFF
Hardware address 00-02-A5-60-4B-E8 CRC generation mode ON
Physical address AA-00-04-00-FE-FF Full Duplex Enable ON
Active unit count 4 Full Duplex State ON
Line speed 100

Flags: 00000140
Char: 00000004 MULSEG

Press RETURN for more.
SDA>


On Upgraded box we have...............

Def. MAC addr 00-02-A5-60-61-1E
Current MAC addr AA-00-04-00-FE-FF

Is this the problem? current MAC on UPGRADE is same as Physical address on LIVE box?

[Volker Halle]

Roger,

as long as you don't communicate with IP addresses outside your current IP network (129.94.185.128), the default gateway will not be used. This could explain, why this wrong config still works.

You should correct his with:

$ TCPIP SET NOROUTE/DEFAULT/PERM

and then run @TCPIP$CONFIG to define the correct route.

Volker.

[Volker Halle]

Roger,

YES, this IS THE PROBLEM: AA-00-04-00-FE-FF

You now have 2 systems with the same active MAC address on your LAN segment. First thing to do: disconnect the network cable of the upgraded system !!!

Volker.

[robert70]

thanks - Ive had the UPGRADE box disconnected for sometime - as was causing problems with our LIVE box.
How do I resolve the problem with the UPGRADE mac address?

[robert70]

is it the scssytemid in the modparams that is the problem here?

[Volker Halle]

Roger,

let me guess: you've taken an image backup of your LIVE box and upgraded that to V8.3. You thought about the different IP addresses, but you didn't think about DECnet ...

You need to change the DECnet address of the upgraded system to a new UNIQUE DECnet address. How to do this depends on your DECnet version and what your plans are to replace/upgrade your LIVE system.

If you're running DECnet-Plus (DECNET_OSI), then just editing SYS$MANAGER:NET$ROUTING_STARTUP.NCL and changing the PHASEIV ADDRESS may be sufficient.

Volker.

[robert70]

we dont run decnet on either box - we use pathworks on our LIVE box but have pathworks switched off on our UPGRADE box.

[robert70]

Yes it was an image backup of LIVE box with changes to the NODE name and IP address.
The scssytemid in modparmas.dat is not the same as the LIVE box so not sure why the MAC addresses are showing the same?

[Volker Halle]

Roger,

if the MAC address is a DECnet MAC address, you ARE running DECnet.

$ SHOW SYS/PROC=NET*

Volker.

[robert70]

nothing returned with
$ show sys/proce=net*