[Info-vax] DHCP problems on OpenVMS 9.2 x86

[Gary Sparkes]

On Tuesday, April 25, 2023 at 8:09:35 AM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2023-04-25, Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.... at telia.com> wrote: 
> > Den 2023-04-25 kl. 01:41, skrev fswo... at gmail.com: 
> > 
> >> Folks, 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Does anyone have any solution for fixing DHCP client problems? 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > On VMS? 
> > "Don't use it", is the easiest solution.
> I would like to know what the obsession is with DHCP _client_ on a 
> _server_ operating system. About the only _possible_ use I can see 
> for it is within a small home/office environment when VMS is being 
> used as a workstation, not a server, and that's not exactly a place 
> for VMS (Phillip not withstanding :-)). 
> 
> Simon. 
> 
> PS: Talking about Phillip, I haven't see him around here recently. 
> Hope he's ok. 

6,000+ server OS environment here, many mixed platforms/architectures from wintel to z/OS to solaris to red hat systems. Everything that can be set DHCP is, with appropriate reservations and whatnot in play. Makes management/shifting/IPAM like tasks/cleanup/renumbering/migrations/corporate mergers&splits&acquistions/etc a breeze. 

About the only thing that isn't DHCP is items that for whatever reason can't technically be or have some sort of compatibility issues, plus a few oh-crap last resort things (and network hardware, for obvious reasons).