[Info-vax] Migrated VMS 5.X to simh - TCPWare error

[gregor.oelze]

On 19 Feb., 10:50, "gregor.oelze" <gregor.oe... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 18 Feb., 18:26, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > In article <c7e127e1-5c77-463a-837c-6a7a4989a... at n18g2000vbq.googlegroups.com>, Dave <Baxt... at tessco.com> writes:
>
> > >On Feb 18, 11:47=A0am, pe... at langstoeger.at (Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER)
> > >> Don't think, that LANCP existed on VAX/VMS V5.1
>
> > >You might be right.
>
> > >I guess my next move would be to disable startup of DECNet and TCPWARE
> > >in  SYSTARTUP_V5.com (??), reboot, and then run NETCONFIG.com
> > >(including the running of the commands)    This should populate the
> > >circuits and lines in ncp, with what OpenVMS actually sees.
>
> > And my "next move" (after SHOW DEVICE and fixing SIMH and also the
> > duplicate IP address) would be (if still neccessary) to @TCPWARE:CNFNET
> > to fix TCPware and not touch DECnet at all (as the OP doesn't require it)
>
> > --
> > Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTÖGER
> > Network and OpenVMS system specialist
> > E-mail  Pe... at LANGSTOeGER.at
> > A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist
>
> I just re-ran the cnfnet script and the following message appeared:
>
> Provide your distributor or Process Software Corporation with the
> following information to obtain a software password for this system:
>
>     o  Hardware ID: "2B-AA-BB-CC".
>
>     o  System ID:   "01-0A".
>
>     o  The product name and version number for the product(s)
>        you are installing on this system.
>
> Refer to your product documentation for more information on obtaining
> a software password.
>
> Enter new software password [NO CHANGE]:
>
> I just pushed "enter" to "not change" anything - could it be, that
> the
> whole TCPWare problem is based on a licence problem?
>
> Do I have to re-licence TCPWare because the hardware has changed?
>
> best regards
>
> Gregor Oelze

Another issue might be a message that we recieve at startup of vms:

%%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM  19-FEB-2011 10:59:28.22  %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user SYSTEM
%LICENSE-E-NOAUTH, DEC VAX-VMS use is not authorized on this node
-LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
-LICENSE-I-SYSMGR, please see your system manager


%LICENSE-E-NOAUTH, DEC VAX-VMS use is not authorized on this node
-LICENSE-F-EXCEEDED, attempted usage exceeds active license limits
-LICENSE-I-SYSMGR, please see your system manager
Startup processing continuing...

Is that also a problem?

best regards

Gregor Oelze