[Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?

[David Froble]

Kerry Main wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Info-vax [mailto:info-vax-bounces at info-vax.com] On Behalf Of
>> David Froble
>> Sent: 04-Sep-14 8:50 AM
>> To: info-vax at info-vax.com
>> Subject: Re: [New Info-vax] Rethinking DECNET ?
>>
>> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>
>>> My point and question was actualy, "do you realy need DECnet?" :-)
>>>
>>> I have no problem running VMS without DECnet and the
>>> customer will never ask for it, that is for sure...
>> As some have mentioned, "do you really need VMS?"
>>
>> DECnet IV is useful on a single VMS system, and if you have two or more
>> VMS systems in-house it is very useful.
>>
>> But yeah, I've seen more than one stubborn person who won't install
>> DECnet on their VMS system(s).
> 
> Even if not used for production  purposes, having DECnet available is 
> also a useful tool for troubleshooting purposes when there are TCPIP 
> issues. In mission critical environments issues need to be resolved 
> ASAP. 
> 
> The more tools one has on their belt, the better the carpenter.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Kerry Main
> Back to the Future IT Inc.
>  .. Learning from the past to plan the future
> 
> Kerry dot main at backtothefutureit dot com

Say you normally Telnet (sorry Steve) into a VMS system.  But you need 
to modify TCP/IP, and will need to take it down and re-start.  From your 
Telnet session?  Good luck.

But if you can SET HOST to the system then you can do the TCP/IP mods.

And if you need to modify dECnet to the point of taking it down, there 
is a Telnet session ....