[Info-vax] Host-Based InfoServer error

[RobertsonEricW]

On Dec 3, 9:48 am, "Peter Weaver" <info-... at weaverconsulting.ca>
wrote:
> My first guess is that you specified the device as EIA in both
> SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT and SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT. I
> would either specify the full device name (EIA0 or EIA1 or whatever) or
> remove the device from both files. I took a look at the same files on my
> systems and none of them define a device.
>
> You might want to check to see if there are any errors in either
> SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.LOG or SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.LOG.
>
> If those do not help then can you try creating a new container file and
> serving that? That would let you know if the problem is with InfoServer or
> if there is something about your I64E84.ISO file. If you get the same error
> with the new container then try serving a CDROM that will narrow it down to
> either the InforServer setup or your LD setup.
>
> The other thing I would try is using the command
>     CREATE SERVICE VMS84FTIA64 _SRVR1$LDA100:
> instead of
>     CREATE SERVICE VMS84FTIA64 LDA100:
> but on my system I get a different error if I use LDA100: instead of the
> fully qualified name so I doubt this is your issue.
>
> Peter Weaverwww.weaverconsulting.ca
> Winner of the OpenVMS.org Readers' Choice Award for System
> Management/Performancehttp://www.linkedin.com/in/peterweaver

Thanks Peter Weaver. When I looked at the SYS$STARTUP:ESS
$LAD_STARTUP.LOG file there was an error message regarding the DEVICE
= EIA entry in the SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT file. After looking
at the code in SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.COM, it turns out that the
DEVICE = EIA entry is not legal for the ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT file. So,
I removed this entry from the SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAD_STARTUP.DAT file.
The DEVICE = (EIA) entry in the SYS$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT file,
however, is valid because the ALL_CONTROLLERS = ON line in the SYS
$STARTUP:ESS$LAST_STARTUP.DAT is supposed to be commented out (there
were issues reported with multiple Ethernet controllers being used for
LAST services. Current documentation indicates that only one
controller is supported) and the DEVICE = (EIA) configures the LAST
services to use only the EIA Ethernet controller. I actually forgot to
comment out the ALL_CONTROLLERS = ON entry originally. But, I have
since corrected this omission. Now after restarting LAST and LAD the
service creation command completes successfully.

Thanks again,

Eric