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From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell
Subject: Re: Looking for great tape backup software.
Date: 7 Sep 92 06:54:27 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

I've had similar experiences with Novell's SBACKUP, which I understand
is a somewhat limited version of Cheyenne's ARCserve.  After 6-10
backups (performed every weekday evening) the server would ABEND
running proc TSA.  Downing the server once a week seemed to avoid the
problem, so we went with a similar approach to Glen's (made .NCF files
called STARTBAK and ENDBAK, which also unload/load AFP so we can catch
the Mac desktop files).  No SBACKUP related ABENDs have occurred since
(only four weeks, though).

Now if I can just solve the other mysterious problems so easilly.


Fund@RELAY.PROTEON.COM writes:
| >$I have used arcserve and it works fine. We run it on a FS and we backup yhe FS
| >$DOS Workstations and OS/2 workstations. It can be controlled from any WS.
| 
| >   We recommend ARCserve to all of our clients.  However, we have now
| >twice seen a strange problem that is making me wonder if ARCserve is
| >100% stable.
| 
| >   In both cases, the server was running NetWare 3.1x (one was 3.10,
| >and I don't know what the other was running) using duplexed disks,
| >with the tape drive attached to one of the disk channels.  In both
| >cases, after a long period of continuous uptime (something in the
| >half-year range, roughly), ARCserve failed with an error message
| >about being unable to allocate buffers.  Over the next few hours,
| >the servers' hard drive became corrupted (any file that was written
| >to became filled with garbage, and NetWare's FATs and directories
| >became garbled).  Later in the day, the system ABENDed.  One of them
| >was salvageable with VREPAIR (hint:  ALWAYS put this NLM in your
| >boot partition so it's there when you need it), while the other
| >was so messed up that it required a complete reinstallation of
| >NetWare.
| 
|    I have nothing confirmed, but we have occasionally seen an error
|    similar to yours and we have had an occasional abend.  As in your
|    case, this seems to happen after the ArcServe NLMs have been up
|    for an extended period of time.
| 
|    So... what we did is we took them out of the AUTOEXEC.NCF.
| 
|    We created two addtional text file NCF files called ARC.NCF and UNARC.NCF.
|    The ARC.NCF loads the board driver and the ARCServe NLMS.  The UNARC.NCF
|    unloads the NLMS.  Once a week we simply type UNARC at the file server
|    console (or through RCONSOLE) and then ARC.  This takes less than a minute
|    to do, and appears to keep everything just fine and dandy.
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From:         Jim Murphy <MURPHY@NET2.EOS.UOGUELPH.CA>
Subject:      Can you use TCP/IP on NAS Dial-in system?

Has anyone with a NetWare Access System or NAS for short ever figured out
if you can go tcp/ip protocol similar to packet drivers and BYU IPX files
while at school directly on the ethernet.

Our situation. During the day, students and staff access the InterNet and
local on campus facilities via the campus backbone and many would like to
be able to the same at night when dialling in from home via telephone
lines and accessing the Novell Lan via the NAS. Anybody ever figured this
out.

Just in case you need more info, here is our nver output:
NETWARE VERSION UTILITY, VERSION 3.12

IPX Version: 2.15
SPX Version: 2.15

LAN Driver:  Racal InterLan Ni6510 Novell RollCall Pkt Driver  v4.01EC
(910918) V1.00
         IRQ =  9, IO Address =  360 (hex), Dma Channel =  3
Ethernet Address =   020701{%

Shell:       V3.02 Rev. A
DOS:         MSDOS V4.00 on IBM_PC

FileServer: HAL2010
Novell NetWare v3.11 (250 user) (2/20/91)


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From:         "(RYAN)" <RYAN.NPIH@MAIL.NPI.UCLA.EDU>
Subject:      Ultrastor fails surace test

To: SMTP"NOVELL@suvm.acs.syr.edu", SMTP"RWILSON@SMU2.STMARYS.CA"

Ryan
    I got the BIOS upgrade to the Ultrastor controlers. The MiniScribe
drive that worked well unde 2.15 fails surface test under 3.11. I use the
63 sector mapping. Tried it with and without spare sector per track.
Breif-n Extended-n and low level all pass and then fail on surface test!

What are you using for your drive setup? 17/32 or 63 sector? I may be
barking up the wrong tree....
---------------------------------------------------------------------
I don't use sector mapping...It says NO in the field...The manual for my
drives says that it will read the sector map from the drive.

I've been having a very weird problem lately though.... I'm not sure if
this is related to the Ultrastor or not. I'm using two drives as one volume
and intermittantly...one hour into the backup..the server will dismount the
sys volume with message saying deactivating drive due to drive failure.
The wierd thing is that before it deactivates it gives a message like
Redirecting bad block on partition #3....But there is no partition #3!
There is Partition #1, and #2 for the two drives but no three!!!
It is always ONE HOUR into the backup...I ran the Surface Analysis on one
of the drives and it didn't find any errors...Now I guess I'll run it on
the other (18 hours!!!!)
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From:         Jane Hesler <HESLER@VCUVAX.BITNET>
Subject:      Loading ODI drivers

Does anyone know a way to load the ODI drivers at an interrupt other
than 60?
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From:         Peter Seethaler <Peter.Seethaler@UIBK.AC.AT>
Subject:      Re: Program for deleting entire directory including sub-dir

I wrote a small, self explaining commandline utility a few years ago,
you can ftp it from sowi-nov.uibk.ac.at (138.232.25.2) its name is
extdel.exe and its in the SYS:FTP - directory.

Enjoy it ...
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From:         KASPER@PENNDRLS.UPENN.EDU
Subject:      TOKEN-RING Throughput

I am using LANPERF to test out the throughput of my Token-Ring network.
I have 2 LAN's, one with UTP and the other with TYPE 1 cabling.  Both
are IBM 4/16 token-ring cards.

For UTP I am getting very poor throughput,  25KBytes/sec, at 4MB.  For
TYPE 1 I am getting 100 - 120 KBytes/sec at 4MB.  All things being equal,
is the type of throughput I should expect for UTP on TOKEN-RING?  Has
anyone had similar/dissimilar results?

-Stan Kasper
kasper@penndrls.upenn.edu
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Subject:      Re: Batch files in Login Script

>Date:         Sun, 6 Sep 1992 23:03:00 PST
>From:         Michael_Kessler.Hum@MAILGATE.SFSU.EDU
>Subject:      Batch files in Login Script
>
>The title says it all.  Is it possible to end a login script with a batch
>file, for example one that takes the user into dougmenu?  If so, how?  The
>books are not too clear on this subject.

Use the EXIT command:

Say you wanted a user to execute BATCH.BAT at the end of the login script.

        Place the following command as the last statement:

        EXIT "BATCH.BAT"

Of course, assure you have a path set up as to the location of BATCH.BAT
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From:         Maurice Rich <M.Rich@ITC.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:      Re: WANTED: CNE Study materials
              Sep 8, 92 5:00 pm

Gary Miller said ...
>
> How do I FTP to SIMTEL? What is the IP#/name for SIMTEL?
>
> Thanks.
>
>  ---------------------------+-----------------------+-------------------------
>  GARY D. MILLER             |  1910 UNIVERSITY DR.  | CREN: DOSMILLE@IDBsu
>  CENTER FOR DATA PROCESSING    BOISE, IDAHO 83725     INTERNET:
>  BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY     |  (208) 385-1163       | DOSMILLE@IDBSU.IDBsu.edu
>

wsmr-simtel20.army.mil  192.88.110.20

also mirrored at  wuarchive.wustl.edu

HTH !!


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From: lou@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
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Subject: ESDI and SCSI in one system???
Date: 14 Sep 92 06:35:31 -0400
Distribution: world
Organization: Georgetown University

I am trying to put a Micropolis 330meg esdi drive and an ultrastor 12f 
controller in my HP 486/33U EISA machine. 
I eventually want to get this running along with an adaptec 1742a and 
a micropolis 660meg scsi II drive.
I have gotten the 1742a and the micropolis 660meg drive working OK.
Adding the ultrastor and the esdi drive brought the whole thing down.
Now, i can't even get the machine to run with just the ultrastor 12f 
and the esdi drive.  I have the CFG files for the 12f that ultrastor 
has on their bbs, but even with these, the cpu refuses to function.  
The most common message i have been getting at configuration time is
that the bios is corrupted on the adapter card, and it is returning a 
bad crc.
Has anyone gotten this combination of esdi and scsi to co-exist in an 
eisa box.  Can this be done, or am i just dreaming?
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From:         Anne Liang <GOVE036@TWNMOE10.BITNET>
Subject:      Program for deleting entire directory including sub-directories

Hi,

I used FILER to delete entire directory including all sub-directories.
However, it works for network drivse only. How about local drives? Is there
program doing things like that? Where can I FTP it?

Thanks in advance.
Anne Liang
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From:         "(Mukesh Sundaram)" <mukesh@NOVELL.COM>
Subject:      Re: ASN.1 language description
              Sep 11, 92 8:28 am

> I have some SNMP MIB files that are in ASN.1 language format.  Does anyone
> know where I can get a detailed language description for ASN.1?  I want
> to write a program that pulls certain information out of these files.
>
> I looked through a list of RFC's and didn't see it unless it was
> not labeled ASN.1.
>
> Thanks
> Jay Sissom
> Indiana University Department of Medicine

Look at RFC 1155, 1212, 1213, to name a few. SNMP MIBs are straightforward
in their syntax and the language used is a _small_ subset of ASN.1.
ASN.1 is itself documented in a couple of ISO documents, which I believe are
8825 & 8826. Omnicom is the source for those _hard copies_.

Mukesh
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From:         Joe Doupnik <JRD@USU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Multi Drives per Nov 3.11 Vol

>Hi,
>I have a weird problem here with a Novell 3.11 Server (486, 50mz, 16 Meg
>Ram) with a 600 meg Micropolis and a 300 Meg Micropolis Drive as two
>segments making the SYS Volume.  I have had this crash twice so far with a
>message saying Drive ## deactivated due to drive failure.  I have an
>Ultrastor Controller and just installed the latest ROM Upgrade for them
>(009).  The first time it crashed, both copies of the FAT were destroyed
>and I had to restore from tape, the second time, I Rebooted the server and
>it worked fine.
>Any Ideas?
-------------
        ESDI? SCSI?
        My guess is your are using ESDI and have both drives terminating
the cable. Alternate guess if SCSI is termintor problems too, so that's
only 1.5 guesses so far. If ESDI again, check the disk statistics via
Monitor and pay careful attention to the number of remapped sectors. I
just dealt with a 300 MB ESDI Micropolis drive which showed about 10 remapped
sectors but in reality it managed to eat itself into net.oblivion (could
read from it but no way could anything new be stored). Upon a new surface
analysis (INSTALL option) there were loads of weak sectors. WD1007 controller.
        Now a suggestion learned the hard way is to not let a volume span
spindles, especially SYS:, because when one drive goes the entire volume
is gone. If only Novell material is placed on SYS: then about 30 MB is
adequate, but we frequently give the whole drive to SYS: (I do too, sigh).
        Joe D.
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From:         chandave@PYRITE.SOM.CWRU.EDU
Subject:      Return of Dougmenu...

GRG1678@VAX2.QUEENS-BELFAST.AC.UK writes:
**>Dougmenu 1.68 has now reappeared in its former location in the
**> pub/MSDOS_UPLOADSdirectory on wuarchive.wustl.edu (note the capitalisation
 in
**> the name).
**>

For those that are interested in DougMenu...

I just gave Doug access to my anonymous ftp server, shasta.scl.cwru.edu.
He agreed to use that site as the main repository for his releases.  So,
If you want the latest and greatest version of DougMenu, look there.

BTW, Doug can be reached at dab6@po.cwru.edu or dab6@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu.

See ya...

d.c.
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From:         "(Michael R. Fox)" <cstmf04@GSVMS2.CC.GASOU.EDU>
Subject:      RE:netware lite

>Does DR DOS have to be used with Netware Lite?
>Jo Ann Perry Univ of New Mexico

No, We haven't used it.  We use dos 4.0 and 5.0.
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From:         Fred Hartman <fredh@VAX1.BEMIDJI.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:      Novell Training (q)

As a Novell-neophyte I ask...
Is the Novell training offered by Novell through training centers around the
country worth the effort? For me, its a 5-hour drive to the training site.
Will taking the Novell training and (assuming success) obtaining a Certified
Novell Engineer certificate really help me more than reading the Novell manuals?
Thanks in advance...
..............................................................................
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Date:         Thu, 10 Sep 1992 09:58:00 EST
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From:         MAGOT@LIUVAX.BITNET
Subject:      Recommendations

The market has become more flooded then ever with PC's.  And so I
am turning to you for comments - and recommendations about PC's.

Type of unit: 486, 33 MHz, to use as either a stand alone or on a
network (I did not include the 486, 50 MHz because I heard some
negative comments..).  What brands have been holding up, what
brands have not.

Rather than clog the net, respond directly to me.  If I get enough
responses, I will summarize them and send the summary to the net.

Many thanks,
Seth
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From: medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici)
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Subject: Re: multiple servers
Date: 6 Sep 92 07:00:25 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


>What is the "best"way of implementing multiple servers?  I have about 400 users
>who want to use the same apps.  Is it better to duplicate apps on each server
>or have everyone attach to one server.  This seems like it would get a bit
> hairy
>trying to keep accounts straight (which server gets the users home account).

There is no pat answer to this.  It depends on how your users will use
the network, what applications they will run, how server-intensive the
applications are, and what the physical layout of the network is.

If you can provide a little more insight as to what the users will use
the network for, what applications they will run, how much network
printing will be used and so on, you'll get some useful answers.

>A related question is Can redundancy be built into the two servers so if one
>goes down the other will be able to provide some or all services.

Yes and no.  You can set-up identical servers, and even create
accounts for each user on each server.  Setting trustee rights by
group and using MAKEUSER to create all accounts will help make this as
painless as possible.  Have the login script (system or user)
automatically attach the user to both servers, so password changes
stay in sync.

The only problem with this is data.  User data will be written on
whichever server the user's home directory (and other shared
directories) is mapped to.  There are a couple ways to handle this:

   1. Set-up batch files (or menu scripts, or whatever) that
      will copy all data files from one server to another.  If
      this is done once a day, the worst you can loose if a
      server goes down is one day's work.

   2. There is (or at least used to be) a utility called
      "Non-Stop Network" that could cause all network writes
      to be duplicated on a separate server.  As I recall, this
      is/was a workstation-based program.  The advantage is (if
      it works) SFT III data security, the disadvantage is, since
      the utility is workstation based, all writes take twice as
      long.  You also have to buy the software.
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From:         "Douglas R. Nebeker" <$DOUGN@SASB.BYU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Disk Usage Statistics

> Howdy.
>
> Does anyone know of some software that will display how
> much disk usage a user or multiple users are using?
>
> If you would be so kind as to email me the site and name of
> that utility I would be grateful.

I have written a shareware program that does pretty much what you are
looking for.  It is at SIMTEL at pd1:<msdos.lan> and its called
SPACECHK.ZIP.

I hope it works for you.

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Douglas R. Nebeker                     Internet: $dougn@sasb.byu.edu
Brigham Young University