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Ask the Wizard archive (July 2002 - December 2002)
    18 November 2002
  1.  (0014)  Conversational Bootstrap? (take I)
  2.  (0430)  How to reset IP address?
  3.  (0440)  Printing via Parallel Port on OpenVMS Alpha?
  4.  (0476)  Conversational Bootstrap? (take II)
  5.  (1069)  how to change IP address?
  6.  (1462)  Conversational Bootstrap? (take III)
  7.  (1630)  Seeks DECevent kit?
  8.  (1781)  TCP/IP (UCX) LPRSETUP printcap symbols?
  9.  (2744)  Current version of DECevent (DIAGNOSE) tool?
  10.  (3018)  Conversational bootstrap? (single-user mode)
  11.  (3991)  Changing IP addresses?
  12.  (5293)  Conversational Bootstrap? (take IV)
  13.  (5374)  DECevent PAK? (ANALYZE/ERROR CEHFND)
  14.  (5777)  Changing IP Address?
  15.  (5871)  Seeking DECevent kit?
  16.  (6431)  Host-, backplane- and bus-based RAID?
  17.  (6664)  Seeking DECevent (Compaq Analyze) Info?
  18.  (6934)  DECevent (DIAGNOSE) and Compaq Analyze Tools?
  19.  (7254)  Seeking TDMS Upgrade Path?
  20.  (7293)  TDMS and ISO-8859 characters?
  21.  (7710)  Changing IP address, host name?
  22.  (7915)  Availability of OpenVMS Patch (ECO) Kits?
  23.  (7916)  Product Descriptions V/V and V/A?
  24.  (7918)  Apache (CSWS) Webserver Performance?
  25.  (7919)  Setting the host node name?
  26.  (7920)  Disk Corruptions, ANALYZE, and BACKUPs?
  27.  (7922)  DCPS Queue Stalls in STARTING? (Canon Printer)
  28.  (7923)  DECnet Ping?
  29.  (7924)  SHOW DEVICE, DIRECTORY, and disk usage?
  30.  (7925)  IP rsh privilege (NOPRIV) error with bind?
  31.  (7926)  Client-server programming? Terminal Emulators?
  32.  (7927)  VAX/VMS V5.2, HSC70, and cannot upgrade?
  33.  (7928)  Patch or ECO kit checksum? Boot Failure?
  34.  (7929)  Disaster recovery, hot standby site, cluster?
  35.  (7930)  Managing and Deleting Queues?
  36.  (7931)  Third-party IP Firewall, Security Boxes?
  37.  (7933)  ODBC and third-party database performance?
  38.  (7934)  Datatrieve and inaccessable forms library?
  39.  (7935)  Changing the IP Address? (take III)
  40.  (7936)  file is not expired (FILNOTEXP) error?
  41.  (7937)  SRM T-ERR-SCSI and Bootblock error?
  42.  (7938)  Seeking OpenVMS and DCL Tutorial?
  43.  (7939)  NFS crash?
  44.  (7940)  NSTATS and XSTATS OPCOM messages?
  45.  (7941)  Suppressing initial formfeed on print?
  46.  (7942)  Managing and Viewing Queues?
  47.  (7943)  Finding and executing SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM?
  48.  (7944)  IP programming; API for DNS/BIND?
  49.  (7945)  No Support for -a and Whitebox Systems?
  50.  (7948)  SCSI unit and disk device names?
  51.  (7949)  Reconfiguring IP NICs, Cluster Alias?
  52.  (7951)  getenv, setenv, symbols and logical names?
  53.  (7952)  Seeking NCS collation customization help?
  54.  (7953)  System Time Synchronization?
  55.  (7954)  IP address of DHCP Client? WINS, DNS/BIND?
  56.  (7955)  Meaning of RWINS state?
  57.  (7956)  Calling JNI from [language]?
  58.  (7957)  Advanced Server and SMP?
  59.  (7958)  Maintain or duplicate MAIL on OpenVMS?
  60.  (7959)  LAT, telnet, and LPR/LPD?
  61.  (7960)  C and Virtual Memory Management? (take II)
  62.  (7961)  Seeking Compaq Analyze? (and DECevent)
  63.  (7963)  Disabling MOP Services?
  64.  (7964)  Renaming an OpenVMS Host?
  65.  (7967)  BACKUP/SINCE File Selection Processing?
  66.  (7968)  Finding cause of unauthorized license error?
  67.  (7969)  Merging Multiple MAIL.MAI Files?
  68.  (7970)  APB.EXE is missing?
  69.  (7971)  Bad or unsupported floppy disk causes crashes?
  70.  (7972)  Installing OpenVMS Alpha? (take I)
  71.  (7973)  Automatic Daylight Savings Time (DST)?
  72.  (7974)  DECwindows Instability, Mouse Dropping Off?
  73.  (7975)  Locating Frequently-Accessed (Hot) RMS Files?
  74.  (7977)  Current and Prior Version Support Information?
  75.  (7978)  Apple Macintosh OS X SMB (and NFS) disk services?
  76.  (7979)  Installing OpenVMS Alpha? (take II)
  77.  (7980)  Preserving Terminal Session? (Virtual Terminals)
  78.  (7982)  Conversational Bootstrap? (take V)
  79.  (7983)  DECnet-Plus DECdns for OpenVMS Alpha?
  80.  (7984)  C include files, system service declarations?
  81.  (7985)  C putenv and setting DCL symbols?
  82.  (7986)  Image Activation, Linking, Shareable Images?
  83.  (7987)  Installing Shareable Images with Privileges?
  84.  (7988)  Obtaining UIC information in DCL?
  85.  (7989)  Obtaining Hardware Support?
  86.  (7991)  Privileged access for non-priv user? (OPCOM)
  87.  (7992)  Reading and Writing PC Floppy Disks?
  88.  (7993)  TCP/IP (UCX) LPRSETUP printcap symbols?
  89.  (7994)  Problems with TCP/IP XDM?
  90.  (7995)  Researching queue manager ENQLM failure?
  91.  (7996)  Third-party (parallel) printing? (Epson)
  92.  (7997)  BACKUP Tuning and I/O Performance?
  93.  (7998)  Configuring a Dial-up Modem?
  94.  (7999)  V7.2-6C1, V7.2-6C2 DII COE Integration?
  95.  (8000)  IP telnet print symbiont problems?
  96.  (8001)  Third-party printers? (Nashuatec)
  97.  (8002)  Is the Queue Manager Running?
  98.  (8003)  Seeking IP Cluster Load Balancing Documentation?
  99.  (8004)  Changing IP Host Address?
  100.  (8005)  DECevent and Compaq Analyze Download Kits?
  101.  (8006)  BASEstar and DECosap Version Support?
  102.  (8007)  No I/O channel available? (NOIOCHAN)
  103.  (8008)  Seeking help with unsupported hardware?
  104.  (8009)  BACKUP /NEW_VERSION and version inversion?
  105.  (8010)  Connecting IP Printer?
  106.  (8011)  Proper Status Code Processing?
  107.  (8012)  Renaming Files within a BACKUP Saveset?
  108.  (8013)  Lost or Forgotten SYSTEM Password?
  109.  (8014)  PATHWORKS Client and Server Licensing?
  110.  (8015)  Performance of Mailbox Communications?
  111.  (8016)  Average Process CPU Usage?
  112.  (8018)  Connecting IP Printer?
  113.  (8019)  telnet BIND_SESSION and CREATE_SESSION?
  114.  (8021)  BACKUP, MOUNT and NOTANSI media errors?
  115.  (8022)  Memory Channel (MC) on V7.3-1?
  116.  (8023)  Decoding Mutex (EFWM) States?
  117.  (8024)  LAN traffic monitor for IP network?

    14 October 2002

  118.  (0874)  BEA MessageQ Information?
  119.  (3499)  BACKUP PROCINDEX ACCVIO error?
  120.  (7255)  TCP/IP rsh NOPRIV privilege error?
  121.  (7875)  ODS-2 and ODS-5 Filename Specifications?
  122.  (7876)  C and Virtual Memory Management?
  123.  (7877)  Setting Ethernet Speed, Negotiation?
  124.  (7878)  Third-party Storage? (Exabyte)
  125.  (7879)  Platform Support? Whitebox? Windows NT-only series
  126.  (7880)  Meaning of and causes of INVLOGIN error?
  127.  (7881)  Meaning of SHOW DEVICE trans count?
  128.  (7882)  DECwindows CDE Automatic Login?
  129.  (7883)  MOUNT, Labels, Logicals, and Device Naming?
  130.  (7884)  INITIALIZE disk volume for maximum files?
  131.  (7885)  Handling File Version Limits?
  132.  (7886)  C RTL I/O stream and record context?
  133.  (7887)  Disk-to-disk BACKUP operations?
  134.  (7888)  Meaning of bad pages and memory holes?
  135.  (7889)  Telnet/LPD/LPR/IP Printing?
  136.  (7890)  LNMSHASHTBL, AUTOGEN MIN_, MAX_, and ADD_?
  137.  (7891)  Third-party software? (DECscheduler)
  138.  (7892)  OSU Webserver vs CSWS, for DCL CGI?
  139.  (7893)  Console Serial Lines, Communications, BREAK?
  140.  (7894)  BACKUP and index file error (PROCINDEX)?
  141.  (7895)  Compaq Insight Management Agents?
  142.  (7896)  Programming IP, Protocols?
  143.  (7897)  Moving OpenVMS VAX to Alpha?
  144.  (7898)  Unable to add new cluster member?
  145.  (7899)  IP and multiple NIC failover?
  146.  (7900)  Searching for Files, Subdirectories? Wildcards?
  147.  (7901)  Support info? (STARS, DSNlink, WIS; RWMBX)
  148.  (7902)  Bypassing Firewall block of SMTP traffic?
  149.  (7903)  Seeking ReGIS and SIXEL Converters?
  150.  (7905)  Translating condition values to error messages?
  151.  (7906)  Loading fonts into printers?
  152.  (7907)  Third-party software? (MessageQ)
  153.  (7909)  BACKUP and PROCINDEX, ACCVIO error?
  154.  (7910)  FAT- or DOS-format floppies, AlphaBIOS and RAID?
  155.  (7911)  Automating Remote (Network) Login?
  156.  (7912)  Terminating Idle Processes?
  157.  (7913)  Host Names, Personas, Cluster Alias?

    12 September 2002

  158.  (0798)  0::?
  159.  (7808)  DECamds and NIC selection?
  160.  (7809)  Pascal and uninitialized variables?
  161.  (7811)  Troubleshooting DECterm?
  162.  (7813)  File and Directory Security? Protection?
  163.  (7814)  TCP/IP sockets, bind, and SS$_DUPLNAM?
  164.  (7815)  Seeking ODS-5 version of Zip?
  165.  (7816)  HP Certification of Oracle Products?
  166.  (7817)  HP LaserJet 2200 Printer?
  167.  (7818)  Password-based User Authentication?
  168.  (7820)  NFS errors? (NFS_NOCMAP, NFS_PROGVS)
  169.  (7822)  Network Time; DTSS$NTP_PROVIDER.C?
  170.  (7823)  Connecting to StorageTek L700?
  171.  (7826)  C/C++ log files, stdout, I/O redirection?
  172.  (7827)  Defining an IP route?
  173.  (7828)  Parallel Processing (SMP) Coding?
  174.  (7830)  Errors receiving SMTP mail?
  175.  (7831)  Third-party software? (Multinet)
  176.  (7832)  Modifying PRINT Jobs? (Copies and Queues)
  177.  (7834)  Advanced Server Cluster Failover?
  178.  (7835)  Usernames, Passwords, DCL and FTP?
  179.  (7836)  Device Queues and Device Allocations?
  180.  (7837)  Redundent Network Configuration? NetRAIN?
  181.  (7838)  License Agreements, PAKs, and Transfers?
  182.  (7839)  PC FTP 425 connection errors?
  183.  (7840)  AUTHORIZE and username expiration?
  184.  (7841)  Third-Party Printer? (Xerox)
  185.  (7842)  Capturing command output?
  186.  (7843)  sys$errorlog.dmp is too small?
  187.  (7844)  C Compiler ECO Availability?
  188.  (7846)  Direct Printer (Queue) Output To File?
  189.  (7847)  Device Names, Logicals? Text Search and Replace?
  190.  (7849)  DECwindows (or system) hang?
  191.  (7850)  SMTP mail return-receipt request?
  192.  (7851)  Third-party hardware? (Seagate)
  193.  (7852)  NFS MOUNTFAIL and DATALOST Errors?
  194.  (7853)  Distributed System (Error) Management Reports?
  195.  (7854)  Printing and network disconnect? (LINKDISCON)
  196.  (7855)  CWSW/Apache and flip ccl cgi?
  197.  (7856)  IP subnets, routing problems?
  198.  (7857)  Meaning of INSVIRMEM error?
  199.  (7858)  LPD printing and flag pages?
  200.  (7859)  ANALYZE/AUDIT and /SELECT?
  201.  (7860)  ILLPAGCNT error in third-party product?
  202.  (7861)  Reconfiguring TCP/IP?
  203.  (7862)  OpenVMS V7.3-1 and Secure Shell? (SSH)
  204.  (7864)  DNS/BIND configuration, failover?
  205.  (7865)  Virtual Balance Set Slots? VBSS?
  206.  (7866)  DECwindows X Windows Resource Names?
  207.  (7867)  Third-party product? (TCPware)
  208.  (7868)  BACKUP wait on idle buffer? (WAITIDLEBCB)
  209.  (7869)  DNS/BIND configuration for Active Directory?
  210.  (7870)  Tracking insufficient privilege errors? (NOPRIV)
  211.  (7871)  VAXft console operations?
  212.  (7872)  TCP/IP programming, protocols, and ICMP?
  213.  (7873)  How to compile C code?
  214.  (7874)  Causes of stack overflow? (STKOVF)

    14 August 2002

  215.  (1144)  sys$acme_module? (external authentication)
  216.  (4778)  OpenVMS Authentication, Evasion, Auditing APIs?
  217.  (5628)  XML/SOAP on OpenVMS?
  218.  (7088)  Support for SOAP?
  219.  (7587)  Security, Untrusted Privileged Users?
  220.  (7740)  Cause(s) of remote locking?
  221.  (7743)  Debugging SS$_EXQUOTA errors?
  222.  (7744)  Meaning of invalid login? (INVLOGIN)
  223.  (7745)  BACKUP processing of output tape?
  224.  (7746)  Copying selected ACCOUNTING data?
  225.  (7747)  TCP/IP MX Record Deletion?
  226.  (7748)  Interaction of AWSTIME and QUANTUM?
  227.  (7749)  Selecting Single Process as Primary? (Batch)
  228.  (7750)  Managing and Archiving MAIL? (BACKUP)
  229.  (7751)  security server not active? (SERVERNOTACTIVE)
  230.  (7752)  Setting Global Pages? (GBLPAGES)
  231.  (7753)  PRINT/PAGES File Processing?
  232.  (7754)  Disk Consumption, Tracking, Use, Monitoring?
  233.  (7756)  OpenVMS (still) not supported on XL?
  234.  (7757)  System Performance Tuning, IP Activity?
  235.  (7758)  Seeking BACKUP/IMAGE Documentation?
  236.  (7759)  Seeking EXCHANGE documentation?
  237.  (7760)  PURGE and file archiving (BACKUP, zip)?
  238.  (7761)  FTP and foreign file systems corrupt files?
  239.  (7762)  DLT and DDS Media Compatibility?
  240.  (7763)  OPERATOR.LOG Timestamp (flush) interval?
  241.  (7764)  DECserver 700 bootp download fails?
  242.  (7765)  Assistance Porting MySQL with GCC?
  243.  (7767)  OpenVMS Upgrade Paths?
  244.  (7768)  MSCP Serving all but local disks?
  245.  (7769)  Secure IP Network Link? (FTP, Tunnel)
  246.  (7770)  Hardware question on UNSUPPORTED -a series?
  247.  (7772)  Seeking Documentation of OpenVMS?
  248.  (7773)  How To Find Documentation? (Privileges)
  249.  (7774)  FTSO Support of TCP/IP Services?
  250.  (7775)  COBOL COMP and DECforms?
  251.  (7776)  Recovering from full (system) disk volume?
  252.  (7777)  SCSI bus polling error?
  253.  (7779)  File sharing and interlocks? (FLK)
  254.  (7780)  Networking Options on (old) OpenVMS VAX release?
  255.  (7781)  Troubleshooting DECconnect (MMJ) wiring?
  256.  (7782)  Disabling DECwindows Startup?
  257.  (7784)  SYSMAN and EXBYTLM Exceeded bytlm quota?
  258.  (7785)  Disk Volume Structure Errors? (IDXHDRBAD)
  259.  (7786)  Foreign File Specifications and FTP?
  260.  (7787)  TCP/IP (NIC) Interface Reconfiguration?
  261.  (7788)  Debugging BASIC Memory Management Violation?
  262.  (7790)  Calling LIB$FIND_IMAGE_SYMBOL?
  263.  (7791)  Seeking Details of OpenVMS Galaxy?
  264.  (7792)  DECwindows Login Display Customization?
  265.  (7793)  Basics of Network Bandwidth?
  266.  (7794)  Seeking Example Programming Code?
  267.  (7795)  PTHREAD$RTL and STKOVF Stack Overflow?
  268.  (7796)  SWXCR StorageWorks RAID and DR$INIT?
  269.  (7798)  Seeking details on old hardware? (RAID)
  270.  (7799)  Debugging ACCVIO from SYS$CANCEL?
  271.  (7802)  Calculating Buffered I/O Rates?
  272.  (7803)  DCL: Blank Lines and Null Commands?
  273.  (7804)  QMAN-E-NODISKSPACE, disk space not available?
  274.  (7805)  Troubleshooting Cluster Hang?
  275.  (7806)  TCP/IP Print Queues, Network Printer?
  276.  (7807)  Why is the disk volume label important?

    10 July 2002

  277.  (0488)  DCL command buffer limits and BACKUP?
  278.  (0841)  disk data declassification? (data remanence, eras
  279.  (1286)  DLT III reinitialization in TZ85?
  280.  (2736)  Accidential INITIALIZE of storage media?
  281.  (4571)  Recovering from corrupted disk?
  282.  (4598)  Secure Disk Media Erasure? (Data Remanence)
  283.  (5002)  Configuring Global Pages, Sections? (GPTFULL)
  284.  (5071)  Recovering from corrupt RIGHTSLIST?
  285.  (5553)  Recovering data from improperly closed file?
  286.  (5719)  Recovering data from (old) BACKUP tape?
  287.  (6021)  Recovering from Disk Failure?
  288.  (6234)  Recover Database BACKUP? (Rdb)
  289.  (6536)  Memory Management, Pagefiles, Sections?
  290.  (6926)  Disk Bad Block Processing?
  291.  (6990)  Recovering data from overwritten tape?
  292.  (7320)  Wipe/Erase/Clobber/Overwrite/Zero Disk Data?
  293.  (7575)  Writable Shareable Images? (COMMONs)
  294.  (7679)  AUTOSTART on TelnetSym queues?
  295.  (7692)  Monitoring for process inactivity? (FTP)
  296.  (7693)  CBT/Training/Courses/Education?
  297.  (7694)  Finding Files With Large Versions? (32767)?
  298.  (7695)  Addressing Tapes in Tape Library?
  299.  (7696)  Connect to Network Object Rejected?
  300.  (7697)  Using FDL Files?
  301.  (7698)  Finding Disk Hogs? (Storage Monitor)
  302.  (7699)  Total Timeline Tracking Tool (T4) Kit?
  303.  (7701)  DEFINE LOGNAM LOGNAM logical name?
  304.  (7702)  The null (NLA0:) device?
  305.  (7703)  Configuration Management? Installed Software?
  306.  (7704)  TCP/IP and C gethostbyname call?
  307.  (7705)  Configuring Ethernet NIC?
  308.  (7706)  DCL command negation? SET DEVICE/[NO]SPOOL?
  309.  (7707)  Security, Intrusion, and Breakin Evasion?
  310.  (7708)  RMS File Defered Write (FAB$V_DFW) Status?
  311.  (7711)  Print Symbiont Reporting TOOMNYLIB?
  312.  (7712)  Replacement for SET UIC command?
  313.  (7713)  LAT device and HANGUP errors?
  314.  (7714)  Disassemble Executable Images, Objects?
  315.  (7715)  Escape and control sequences?
  316.  (7716)  Recovering Disk/Tape Data After INITIALIZE?
  317.  (7717)  ACMS, TDMS, and I/O (HANGUP) Error?
  318.  (7719)  Reading COBOL COMP (Packed Decimal) Data?
  319.  (7720)  Seeking InfoServer Licenses?
  320.  (7721)  Fatal Drive error with SSL2020 AIT Tape?
  321.  (7722)  OpenVMS on Intel? Current OpenVMS Version?
  322.  (7723)  Tracking telnet active sessions?
  323.  (7725)  Support for Gigabit Ethernet Adapter?
  324.  (7727)  DCPS V1.2 and HP LaserJet 4100?
  325.  (7730)  FTP Illegal Record (IRC) Error?
  326.  (7731)  Compaq Insight Management Agent?
  327.  (7732)  SUBMIT/REMOTE/NOPRINT?
  328.  (7733)  Removing TAB from Telnet Printing?
  329.  (7734)  SET PROTECTION, other retired commands?
  330.  (7736)  Finding open files?
  331.  (7737)  TQELM? Third-party software? (ROBOMON)