I know nothing about Netware, but I certainly disagree with the
statement "'ADSM doesn't seem to support a host
name in the SERVERADDRESS option". We use a DNS alias instead of the
TCP/IP address in the opt files on ALL our clients, which include Win95,
WinNT, AIX, and Solaris.
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>From: Sam Sheppard[SMTP:SHS AT SDDPC.SANNET DOT GOV]
>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 1997 6:52 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: IDLETIMEOUT/COMMTIMEOUT
>
>I have a resolution (sort of) to the problems I posted here earlier in
>the week having to do with the unexpected onset of client sessions end-
>ing with IDLETIMEOUT and COMMTIMEOUT limits reached. Thanks to Jerry
>and Dwight for some interesting observations about this problem.
>
>However, as it turns out, the problem now has been resolved by removing
>MVS TCPIP Version 3.2 and returning to 3.1. The sometimes seemingly
>random nature of the failures (node backs up fine one day, fails the
>next; one fails consistently; one fails only during nightly incremental
>backup, etc.) along with some other network related problems earlier,
>caused us to overlook this new version of TCPIP as the culprit (after
>all, it had been running for 3-4 weeks and most of the 200 clients
>weren't having any problems).
>
>For anyone considering moving to TCPIP 3.2, I would advise caution at
>this time, as this is not the only problem we solved by backing out to
>3.1. This particular problem has been reported to level 2 ADSM support.
>
>Now, for a question. I am not a NetWare expert and my NetWare people
>seem to be totally unfamiliar with TCPIP on their boxes. My problem is
>that they seem unable to figure out how to reference our DNS from
>NetWare. They have insisted on putting hard-coded IP addresses in the
>options files because they claim 'ADSM doesn't seem to support a host
>name in the SERVERADDRESS option'. I claim they haven't configured
>TCPIP correctly. They just install it and do no configuration. One
>guy said they could code up a /etc/hosts file, but I have to believe
>there is a way to reference the DNS that the rest of the organization
>uses. Anybody know??
>Thanks
>Sam Sheppard
>shs AT sddpc.sannet DOT gov
>San Diego Data Processing Corp.
>(619)-581-9668
>
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