[Info-vax] Performing the initial PAK load, was: Re: openvms licensing

[Simon Clubley]

On 2016-02-18, IanD <iloveopenvms at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 9:11:46 AM UTC+11, VAXman- wrote:
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>> 
>> Of course, getting that file to the VMS system can be problematic.  It's
>> one of the more ill-conceived things about this sort of PAK distribution
>> mechanism in that without valid PAKs, it can be rather daunting to place
>> the PAK procedure on the system for which the PAKs are intended.
>> 
>
> ^ This
>
> What I ended up doing was doing a cut and paste into a file on the
> VMS system that allowed the network and VMS license to register
>

If you have a Linux PC and your target VMS box has a serial port, either
real or emulated over TCP/IP by an emulator, then getting your PAKs (or
any other small pure ASCII file) over is pretty much a doddle.

Use C-Kermit on the Linux box to log into VMS over the serial port and
issue a DCL $ create command.

Escape back to the C-Kermit prompt and use C-Kermit's TRANSMIT command
to send the PAK file over. If you have flow control issues, the TRANSMIT
command has rate limiting options you can use to slow down the transfer.

When the transfer is complete, issue another C-Kermit connect command
and then type a Ctrl-Z to exit $ create.

Type HELP TRANSMIT and HELP SET TRANSMIT at the C-Kermit prompt for an
overview of the command.

Simon.

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