[Info-vax] SWCC Client

[Tom Linden]

On Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:20:56 -0800, Tom Linden <tom at kednos.company> wrote:

> 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
>>> www.kednos.com
>>
>> 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.

My error, I ran the wrong client when I run GSG80ACS8.5  I get
"Unauthorized Client, Connecdtion refused"
Now from home I go through Comcast which is going
to give me a dynamic IP.  Is it possible to make this work?

>
>>
>> ...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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