SYSTEM-F-IVDEVNAM, invalid device name and tcpip failed

[Lionel Liu]

When system startup, we kept running into the error "SYSTEM-F-IVDEVNAM, invalid device name" which displayed on the console and we found tcpip didn't startup properly.

we used $show device and $show error. we didn't found anything wrong.

Then we shutdown system and reboot again. the problem disappear.

Anybody know how to trace the problem?

Thanks very much


Lionel

[Uwe Zessin]

Any change on the system?

I think this message comes up if the name of the interface set up in the TCP/IP data base does not properly reflect the OpenVMS device name.

Please do:
$ show device E
$ TCPIP show configuration interface

and let some of us figure this out (the interface names are NOT the same, e.g. WE0 maps to EWA0:).

[Lionel Liu]

Thanks for your reply,

We didn't make any change on the system

$show dev e
Device Device Error
Name Status Count
EWA0: Online 0
EWA2: Online 0
EWA4: Online 0
EWA5: Online 0
EWA6: Online 0
EWA7: Online 0
EWA8: Online 0
EWA9: Online 0
EWA10: Online 0
EWA11: Online 0
EWB0: Online 0
EWB2: Online 0
EWB4: Online 0
EWB5: Online 0
EWB6: Online 0

$tcpip show configuration interface

Interface: LO0
IP_Addr: 127.0.0.1 NETWRK: 255.0.0.0 BRDCST:

Interface: WE0
IP_Addr: 192.16.19.12 NETWRK: 255.255.248.0 BRDCST: 192.16.15.255

Thanks again

Lionel

[Ian Miller.]

do you run DECnet and is DECnet started on the ethernet interface EWA0 before TCPIP?

[Lionel Liu]

Thanks for your reply

I did some investigation, It could be possible when system startup, The DNS server was down. So the startup file try to create ip printer queue using following command.

init/que/start TTT_QUE -
/PROCESSOR=tcpip$telnetsym -
/ON="tssppo:2005" -
/RETAIN=error-
/DEFAULT=(NOFEED,NOBURST,NOFLAG,form=hp_lgl_land_cond)-
/LIBRARY=PCSA$EPSON -
/SEPARATE=(NOTRAILER,NOBURST,NOFLAG,NORESET) -
/SCHEDULE=(NOSIZE)/form_mounted=po_cheques-
/RECORD_BLOCKING

Becasue the dns server down, it couldn't create a queue on node tssppo. Then it generate the error message "SYSTEM-F-IVDEVNAM, invalid device name and tcpip failed"

We are going to verify it until next time taking the machine down


Lionel