[Info-vax] SWCC Client

[Tom Linden]

On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:15:25 -0800, David J Dachtera  
<djesys.no at spam.comcast.net> wrote:

> Tom Linden wrote:
>>
>> Does any one know if the Management Console, was ever installed under
>> OpenVMS?  What I was hoping to do was to display on a remote XP
>> laptop (at home) running eXcursion using an ssh tunnel.
>>
>> --
>> PL/I for OpenVMS
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>
> Hhhmmm...
>
> Well, #1, SWCC is not an X application.

It sure looks like it

>
> 2. There is an "agent" which is installed on the VMS system which has FC
> "visibility" to the HSGs. It communicates with the console LUNs on the
> HSGs via the same mechanism as HSZTERM$SCSIPAD (SET HOST/SCSI
> $1$GGA....). That means it keeps the console LUN tied up - maybe not
> what you want.
>
> 3. SWCC is a MS Windows app. which communicates with the VMS-side agent
> by some IP protocol. In order for it to work, your PC's IP address must
> back-translate to some name (ANY name, I think) -AND- that name must be
> authorized in the SWCC agent's list of authorized clients. So, the name
> can't change unless EVERY possible name to which your PC's IP address
> could back-translate is authorized in SWCC agent on the VMS side.

So do you think there is a way to run it from a remote machine with a
leased IP?  when I try, it tells me "could not establish conection with  
NodeA"
Socket message is incorrect type.

>
> ...I think, IIRC. Apologies for my fuzzy memory - it's been quite a
> while since I played with it.
>
> D.J.D.



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