[Info-vax] Host-Based InfoServer error
RobertsonEricW
robertsonericw at netzero.net
Tue Dec 1 10:16:37 EST 2009
I am trying to setup the Host-Based InfoServer on my AlphaServer ES40
running OpenVMS V8.3 (Fully patched as of 01-OCT-2000) so that I can
network boot an RX2600 using the recently released OpenVMS 8.4FT DVD
ISO image file.. The LAD and LAST startup on the ES40 proceed without
incident as does the LD connect and mount commands. The problem arises
when I attempt to use the Infoserver control program to make the DVD
ROM ISO image available via the LD device to which the ISO image file
is connected. Here is the output from the terminal session in which I
attempted to configure the InfoServer Service:
$ show device LA
Device Device Error
Name Status Count
LAST0: Online 0
LAD0: Online 0
$ LD CONNECT DISK_USERS:[usr.robertson.OpenVMS84FT]I64E84.ISO LDA100:
$ MOUNT/SYSTEM/NOWRITE LDA100: I64084
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, I64084 mounted on _SRVR1$LDA100:
$ dir LDA100:[000000]
Directory LDA100:[000000]
000000.DIR;1 AVAIL_MAN_BASE.DIR;1 BACKUP.SYS;
1
BADBLK.SYS;1 BADLOG.SYS;1 BITMAP.SYS;1
CLEAN_SDA_HELP.COM;1
CONTIN.SYS;1 CORIMG.SYS;1 DECNET_PHASE_IV_I64084.DIR;1
DWMOTIF_SUPPORT_I64084.DIR;1 GPT.SYS;1 INDEXF.SYS;
1
KITS.DIR;1 SECURITY.SYS;1 SYS0.DIR;1 SYS1.DIR;1
SYS10.DIR;1 SYS11.DIR;1 SYS12.DIR;1 SYS13.DIR;
1
SYS14.DIR;1 SYS15.DIR;1 SYS16.DIR;1 SYS17.DIR;
1
SYS18.DIR;1 SYS19.DIR;1 SYS1A.DIR;1 SYS1B.DIR;
1
SYS1C.DIR;1 SYS1D.DIR;1 SYS1E.DIR;1 SYS1F.DIR;
1
SYS2.DIR;1 SYS20.DIR;1 SYS21.DIR;1 SYS22.DIR;
1
SYS23.DIR;1 SYS24.DIR;1 SYS25.DIR;1 SYS26.DIR;
1
SYS27.DIR;1 SYS28.DIR;1 SYS29.DIR;1 SYS2A.DIR;
1
SYS2B.DIR;1 SYS2C.DIR;1 SYS2D.DIR;1 SYS2E.DIR;
1
SYS2F.DIR;1 SYS3.DIR;1 SYS30.DIR;1 SYS31.DIR;
1
SYS32.DIR;1 SYS33.DIR;1 SYS34.DIR;1 SYS35.DIR;
1
SYS36.DIR;1 SYS37.DIR;1 SYS38.DIR;1 SYS39.DIR;
1
SYS3A.DIR;1 SYS3B.DIR;1 SYS3C.DIR;1 SYS3D.DIR;
1
SYS3E.DIR;1 SYS3F.DIR;1 SYS4.DIR;1 SYS40.DIR;
1
SYS41.DIR;1 SYS42.DIR;1 SYS43.DIR;1 SYS44.DIR;
1
SYS45.DIR;1 SYS46.DIR;1 SYS47.DIR;1 SYS48.DIR;
1
SYS49.DIR;1 SYS4A.DIR;1 SYS4B.DIR;1 SYS4C.DIR;
1
SYS4D.DIR;1 SYS4E.DIR;1 SYS4F.DIR;1 SYS5.DIR;1
SYS50.DIR;1 SYS51.DIR;1 SYS52.DIR;1 SYS53.DIR;
1
SYS54.DIR;1 SYS55.DIR;1 SYS56.DIR;1 SYS57.DIR;
1
SYS58.DIR;1 SYS59.DIR;1 SYS5A.DIR;1 SYS5B.DIR;
1
SYS5C.DIR;1 SYS5D.DIR;1 SYS5E.DIR;1 SYS5F.DIR;
1
SYS6.DIR;1 SYS60.DIR;1 SYS61.DIR;1 SYS62.DIR;
1
SYS63.DIR;1 SYS64.DIR;1 SYS65.DIR;1 SYS66.DIR;
1
SYS67.DIR;1 SYS68.DIR;1 SYS69.DIR;1 SYS6A.DIR;
1
SYS6B.DIR;1 SYS6C.DIR;1 SYS6D.DIR;1 SYS6E.DIR;
1
SYS6F.DIR;1 SYS7.DIR;1 SYS70.DIR;1 SYS71.DIR;
1
SYS72.DIR;1 SYS73.DIR;1 SYS74.DIR;1 SYS75.DIR;
1
SYS76.DIR;1 SYS77.DIR;1 SYS78.DIR;1 SYS79.DIR;
1
SYS7A.DIR;1 SYS7B.DIR;1 SYS7C.DIR;1 SYS7D.DIR;
1
SYS7E.DIR;1 SYS7F.DIR;1 SYS8.DIR;1 SYS80.DIR;
1
SYS81.DIR;1 SYS82.DIR;1 SYS83.DIR;1 SYS84.DIR;
1
SYS85.DIR;1 SYS86.DIR;1 SYS87.DIR;1 SYS88.DIR;
1
SYS89.DIR;1 SYS8A.DIR;1 SYS8B.DIR;1 SYS8C.DIR;
1
SYS8D.DIR;1 SYS8E.DIR;1 SYS8F.DIR;1 SYS9.DIR;1
SYS90.DIR;1 SYS91.DIR;1 SYS92.DIR;1 SYS93.DIR;
1
SYS94.DIR;1 SYS95.DIR;1 SYS96.DIR;1 SYS97.DIR;
1
SYS98.DIR;1 SYS99.DIR;1 SYS9A.DIR;1 SYS9B.DIR;
1
SYS9C.DIR;1 SYS9D.DIR;1 SYS9E.DIR;1 SYS9F.DIR;
1
SYSA.DIR;1 SYSA0.DIR;1 SYSA1.DIR;1 SYSA2.DIR;
1
SYSA3.DIR;1 SYSA4.DIR;1 SYSA5.DIR;1 SYSA6.DIR;
1
SYSA7.DIR;1 SYSA8.DIR;1 SYSA9.DIR;1 SYSAA.DIR;
1
SYSAB.DIR;1 SYSAC.DIR;1 SYSAD.DIR;1 SYSAE.DIR;
1
SYSAF.DIR;1 SYSB.DIR;1 SYSB0.DIR;1 SYSB1.DIR;
1
SYSB2.DIR;1 SYSB3.DIR;1 SYSB4.DIR;1 SYSB5.DIR;
1
SYSB6.DIR;1 SYSB7.DIR;1 SYSB8.DIR;1 SYSB9.DIR;
1
SYSBA.DIR;1 SYSBB.DIR;1 SYSBC.DIR;1 SYSBD.DIR;
1
SYSBE.DIR;1 SYSBF.DIR;1 SYSC.DIR;1 SYSC0.DIR;
1
SYSC1.DIR;1 SYSC2.DIR;1 SYSC3.DIR;1 SYSC4.DIR;
1
SYSC5.DIR;1 SYSC6.DIR;1 SYSC7.DIR;1 SYSC8.DIR;
1
SYSC9.DIR;1 SYSCA.DIR;1 SYSCB.DIR;1 SYSCC.DIR;
1
SYSCD.DIR;1 SYSCE.DIR;1 SYSCF.DIR;1 SYSD0.DIR;
1
SYSD1.DIR;1 SYSD2.DIR;1 SYSD3.DIR;1 SYSD4.DIR;
1
SYSD5.DIR;1 SYSD6.DIR;1 SYSD7.DIR;1 SYSD8.DIR;
1
SYSD9.DIR;1 SYSDA.DIR;1 SYSDB.DIR;1 SYSDC.DIR;
1
SYSDD.DIR;1 SYSDE.DIR;1 SYSDF.DIR;1 SYSE.DIR;1
SYSE0.DIR;1 SYSE1.DIR;1 SYSE2.DIR;1 SYSE3.DIR;
1
SYSE4.DIR;1 SYSE5.DIR;1 SYSE6.DIR;1 SYSE7.DIR;
1
SYSE8.DIR;1 SYSE9.DIR;1 SYSEA.DIR;1 SYSEB.DIR;
1
SYSEC.DIR;1 SYSED.DIR;1 SYSEE.DIR;1 SYSEF.DIR;
1
SYSF.DIR;1 SYSF0.DIR;1 SYSF1.DIR;1 SYSF2.DIR;
1
SYSF3.DIR;1 SYSF4.DIR;1 SYSF5.DIR;1 SYSF6.DIR;
1
SYSF7.DIR;1 SYSF8.DIR;1 SYSF9.DIR;1 SYSFA.DIR;
1
SYSFB.DIR;1 SYSFC.DIR;1 SYSFD.DIR;1 SYSFE.DIR;
1
SYSFF.DIR;1 VMS$COMMON.DIR;1 VOLSET.SYS;1
Total of 272 files.
$ RUN SYS$SYSTEM:ESS$INFOSERVER
InfoServer> CREATE SERVICE I64084 LDA100:
%SYSTEM-F-DEVINACT, device inactive
I am not sure how to interpret this error message. The LDA100: device
is apparently active because it responds as expected to a directory
command. Which leaves me wondering which device it is trying to use
that it believes is inactive. Unfortunately, it is not nice enough to
display the device name of the supposedly inactive device along with
the error message. Has anybody else experienced this problem or a
similar one? Any wisdom is greatly appreciated. Just in case it
matters, here are the contents of the SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT
and SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT files:
SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT:
!++
! ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT
!
! Copy this file to SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT and edit it
! to suit your local situation.
!
! This file is used by SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.COM to set up
! the parameters for the InfoServer Application on OpenVMS
! LASTport/Disk (LAD) server.
!
! Note:
! The LAD disk block cache is structured as a number of fixed-size
! buckets. You must specify both the bucket size and the number of
! buckets for the cache.
!
! The LAD cache is allocated from non-paged pool and is in no way
! associated with the XFC cache. The total LAD cache size in bytes
! may be determined by the formula:
!
! cache-bytes = bucket-size-in-blocks * number-of-buckets * 512
!
! Be sure the SYSGEN parameters NPAGDYN/NPAGEVIR are sized
appropriately.
!
! The following keywords with values are accepted by this procedure:
!
! BUFFER_SIZE - A number between 3 and 8 denoting the
! bucket size in blocks as follows:
! 3 - 8 blocks
! 4 - 16 blocks
! 5 - 32 blocks
! 6 - 64 blocks
! 7 - 128 blocks
! 8 - 256 blocks
! CACHE_BUCKETS - Number of buckets
! MAXIMUM_SERVICES - Maximum number of services (max=1024)
! WRITE_LIMIT - Server wide count of asynchronous writes
!--
DEVICE = EIA
BUFFER_SIZE = 3 ! default (8 block buckets)
CACHE_BUCKETS = 512 ! Default setting
WRITE_LIMIT = 0 ! No async writes
MAXIMUM_SERVICES = 256 ! default (typically more than enough)
SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT:
!++
! This file will be used to set the appropriate LASTCP qualifiers. The
following
! LASTCP qualifiers: ALL_CONTROLLERS, CHECKSUM, TRANSMIT_QUOTA, or
SLOW_MODE
! can be set by using the following statement format:
! LASTCP qualifier = 1 to enable e.g. SLOW_MODE = 1 enables
SLOW_MODE
! LASTCP qualifier = 0 to disable e.g. SLOW_MODE = 0 disables
SLOW_MODE
! The remaining LASTCP qualifiers will require the appropriate value
settings.
DEVICE = (EIA)
! TIMEOUT = n minimum interval in
seconds
! CIRCUIT_MAXIMUM = n maximum number of
nodes
! GROUP = n Group number
! NODE_NAME = name Node name
! CONTROLLERS = ([{controller letter,}...]) Controller list
! TRANSMIT_QUOTA = n Number of transmit
buffers
!--
ALL_CONTROLLERS = ON
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