[Info-vax] What would you miss if DECnet got the chop?

[John E. Malmberg]

On 9/19/2016 10:28 AM, Michael Moroney wrote:
> I am following this thread with interest because I put
> a bunch of effort getting DECnet V/DECnet Plus to build
> at VSI, what we got from HP was a bit of a mess.  Since
> then I wondered, how many customers actually use DECnet V
> (or DECnet IV), and for what.
>
> Of course the VMS builtin where you could access any
> file on your DECnet with almost any software just by
> using the file spec node::dev:[dir.sub]file.ext is
> really great, and is missed on TCP/IP.

I use DECNET-IV and have used DECNET-PLUS for copying files between VMS 
systems on a local network.

I also set up network objects to do privileged operations.  One of those 
more useful tools is one that replicates password hashes on my local LAN 
to keep all the VMS passwords in sync.

I also use the TELL.COM utility along with DECNET to use one VMS system 
as a CMS repository to centrally manage all the VMS systems in the 
network.  SYSMAN requires a password for non-clustered nodes.

I stopped using DECNET-PLUS mainly because I had problems getting it to 
work on new installations on an Alpha emulator, and it is much simpler 
to just use DECNET-IV for a simple LAN.

This all currently only hobbyist use.

Regards,
-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net_work