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From: gregw@hspice.portal.com ()
Subject: ARCServe's screwed up tape rotation
Organization: Meta-Software Inc., Campbell, CA
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 00:36:43 GMT

I'm having this really wierd problem with the ARCServe NLM,
perhaps we're not alone?

I have Auto Pilot set up to do full backups on Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday, and Friday.  On Monday, I do my own scheduled workstation
backups.  I instructed Auto Pilot to re-use the weekly tapes.

Based on these instructions, you would expect Auto Pilot to
continually rotate the Tuesday-Thursday tapes as "daily"
tapes, and then rotate the Friday tapes as "weekly" tapes.
Occaisionally, it needs to replace a dialy or weekly tape with
a monthly - but that's OK.

What isn't OK, is that sometimes it just decides that I need a "new
tape".  Now all of a sudden I have two sets of Tuesdays, two sets
of Wednesdays, and so on?  I know it knows about the other sets of
tapes (they're in the log) but for some reason it just doesn't want
to re-use them.  Strange, eh?

While on the subject of ARCServe, I've also noticed lots of bogus
messages, like "Tape Full", when it isn't and it just continues
merrily along.  The restore feature also sucks big time!  Give me
a Mountain, TallGrass or Sytos interface any day.  fancy it requiring
me to explicitly know the directory path I have to restore from ...
whatever happened to "point and shoot".

Phew ... glad that's off my chest :-)

-- Greg

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: birdman@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Christopher Kush)
Subject: Specific question
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 21:17:31 GMT

I am administrating a 5 user network of PC clones, all 486/33, with SMC-Plus
ethernet adapters on a thin-net wire. I have two problems:

1)	The console registers messages like the following at intervals	
	ranging from 5 seconds to 15 hours:

10/13/92 2:10pm: 1.1.140 Primary interrupt controller detected a lost hardware
interrupt

	Only the date/time changes; the "1.1.140" and the rest of the message
	are consistent.  We have been unable to correlate these message with
	any other network activity.

2)	We experience inexplicable slowdowns doing *anything* - changing
	directories, etc.  These slowdowns occur at any time, and are not
	related to any other network activity or the messages described above.

Relevant Information:

We have a UNIX TCPIP network on the same physical wiring system.  It
experiences no slowdown problems, and all the wiring checks out fine.

Help!

_________
_/__\_._| christopher s. kush / birdman@nwu.edu / (708) 467 2067
_\@_|_._| computer systems / programming, industrial research laboratory
___/____| 1801 maple avenue, evanston, illinois 60201 - 3135
__/_____| mesg y; cat /core | write root &; mesg n
From: mndot@msus1.msus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Rconsole/Remote problems
Date: 7 Oct 92 19:57:55 -0600
Organization: Minnesota State University System


I am encountering an idiosyncracy which I would rather not have to deal 
with.  When using Rconsole on a large internet, 20+ remote (t1) locations
and 10+ local network segments of ethernet and token-ring, not all servers
running the REMOTE.NLM appear oin the list of available servers.  I know
this does not sound too critical but when a network administor calls my
offic, central networking services, I cannot gain access to their server
via rconsole.  What really makes this strange is that if one of the servers
is on one of the local ethernets or token rings pressing <ESC> twice
sometimes adds the server to the list of available rconsole reachable servers.

This same problem appears when using an access server but is even more
frustrating because the list is more limited, 5 of 60 servers are listed. 
Pressing <ESC> any number of times to rebuild the list of available servers
accomplishes nothing.

Version Info:

Rconsole.Exe	2.9
Remote.Nlm	1.32
Rspx		1.30

Does anyone else have this problem?  Is there a fix?  Email or response to this
newsgroup would be greatly appreciated.

If there is significant interest I will summarize.

******************************************************************************
Alan R. Johnson                    Minnesota Department of Transportation
Network Analyst                    395 John Ireland Blvd Suite 308
Phone: +1 612 297 1289		   St. Paul, Mn 55155
Fax    +1 612 296 0975		   mndot@msus1.msus.edu
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: mike@childsoc.demon.co.uk (Michael Bernardi)
Subject: Problem to configure SYTOS software in NW 3.11 - Need Hel 
Distribution: world
Organization: The Children's Society
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 11:49:16 +0000

>   I have a problem to configure SYTOS Streamer Software for NOVELL
>   Netware V 3.11. If I configure the software with NETWORK=YES and
>   want to start SYTOS, the following error message appears :
>
>     Create group EVERYONE, add all users, start SYTOS again
>
>   But the group EVERYONE exists. If I configure the software with
>   NETWORK=NO, I get an error reading FAT and cannot continue with
>   batch.

Are you logged in with SUPERVISOR rights? Sytos reads the Bindary so if you
aren't you get this error message. NB You might need to upgrade to SyPlus on
a 3.11 server, we did and backup speed dropped by 400% :-(
                   Mike
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From: shooter@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Shooter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Mathematica on a Novell Network???
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:01:03 GMT
Article-I.D.: jhunix.1992Oct14.190103.24759
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore


Hello all,
	Thanks to everyone who replied to my Windows with Netware question.
It runs wonderfully!  My next question is about Mathematica ver2.1 for
Windows.  Has anyone dared to run it off of a Novell file server?  I've got
Netware3.11

Thanks in advance,
Mark
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From: Michel.Davidoff@sonoma.edu (Michel Davidoff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Directory entries
Date: 16 Oct 92 17:00:06 GMT
Organization: Sonoma state university

If we follow the Novell Directory entries default we should be getting 16768 
directory entries for a 255 MB volume. 
(The formula is ((4 + 1 for each 2 MB) * 128)= (4 +127)*128=16768)

We have just installed a 1.5 Gig hard disk and were unable to get these 
figures. What we end up doing was to increase the size of the hot fix area 
and still came up short for all volumes.

We have 12 MB of ram running on a PS/2 Model 80 with a SCSI hard disk. We 
are running ver 2.2 of Novell.

Help ? Ideas ? Anything ?


Michel Davidoff
E-Mail Michel.Davidoff@Sonoma.edu

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From: ag129@cus.cam.ac.uk (Alasdair Grant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Remote boot image management solutions?
Date: 14 Oct 92 12:08:39 GMT
Organization: U of Cambridge, England


Anyone got neat ways of creating multiple boot images? I.e. getting 
the right combination of files on the floppy, with the right SHELL.CFG,
CONFIG.SYS, device drivers etc., when there are many different LANs
(needing appropriate 'preferred server' statements) and many different
machine types / Ethernet cards etc.?  (I'm not asking for how to use
the boot images once they are there, I am looking for ways to manage the
process of creating them, dealing with updates etc.)

And is there any way to get DOSGEN to run off server filespace instead
of needing a floppy?  
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: mucm000@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Fred Seaton)
Subject: Re: IP traffic, AppleTalk ==> Ethernet???
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 20:44:11 GMT

In article <1bgfd0INN4gp@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> martell@ucs.ubc.ca (Jonn Martell) writes:
>In article <1992Oct13.204555.1565@athena.cs.uga.edu> edm@athena.cs.uga.edu (Ed Maioriello) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct13.092944.43810@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> kpearce@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
>>>Is it possible to use a Novell server with a DL2000 AppleTalk card
>>>and a Western Digital Ethernet card to route IP traffic from the 
>>>AppleTalk side to the Ethernet side?  
>>>
>>>Ken Pearce    kpearce@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
>>
>>Good Question,
>>My bets go for "no", but I'd love to know for sure.  Please include me if
>>not the whole group in on any answers.
>>Thanks in advance.
>>Ed Maioriello		       		            edm @ athena.cs.uga.edu
>>University Computing & Networking Services   	    edm @ aisun1.ai.uga.edu
>>University of Georgia  ----------------------------------------------------
>
>No, unfortunately it can't.  Novell!  Please add this - it's not that hard.
>Our Localtalk connected Macs need access to MacIP!  It's built in to
>the Macs but Novell's (otherwise good routing) fails miserably in this area.
>I hate having to recommend separate (dedicated/proprietary) localtalk to
>IP gateways for our departments.  Most Universities (and any Mac/IP 
>organisations) need this feature...
>
>We need Localtalk to IP (MacIP) Netware capabilities:
>University of Kansas
>University of Georgia
>University of British Columbia
><Add your location here...>
>
>.............................................................................
>Jonn Martell - Network Analyst, MicroLAN Group, University Computing Services
>University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC CANADA V6T 1Z2  <std.disclaimer>
>E-Mail Internet: martell@ucs.ubc.ca  Compuserve: >INTERNET:martell@ucs.ubc.ca

Oh yes, we also need the IP Tunnelling for AppleTalk as well as IPX.

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Fred Seaton                         Internet:  F-Seaton@bgu.edu
Academic Computing                  Bitnet:    mucm000@ecnuxa.bitnet
Western Illinois University         Applelink: u1384@applelink.apple.com
126 Stipes Hall                     AT&Tnet:   309.298.1681
Macomb, IL  61455
From: bob_groendyke@macgate.csuchico.edu (Bob Groendyke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Novell leak and open university labs
Date: 7 Oct 92 17:34:09 GMT
Organization: CSU Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: bob-mac.csuchico.edu
X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d12
X-XXMessage-ID: <A6F86DF91C02501B@bob-mac.csuchico.edu>
X-XXDate: Wed, 7 Oct 92 10:35:37 GMT

I've read much of the info concerning the current security problem. I
understand the reasoning for limiting Supervisor login time, and having
passworded accounts, and am running Showevnt on my servers. 

Be that as it may, I have a couple of servers running in university labs,
and have unpassworded accounts in this setting. Having passworded acounts
for students to access word processors, spreadsheets, etc. would be a
major administrative undertaking given the number of accounts and the
change from semester to semester. I'd like to hear from others running
open labs on how they are dealing with this problem. 

Thanks.

Bob Groendyke
CSU Chico
bob_groendyke@macgate.csuchico.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: dhoward@novell.com (Dirk W. Howard)
Subject: Re: Rconsole/Remote problems
Organization: Novell, Inc.
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 14:49:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct7.195755.1369@msus1.msus.edu> mndot@msus1.msus.edu writes:
>From: mndot@msus1.msus.edu
>Subject: Rconsole/Remote problems
>Date: 7 Oct 92 19:57:55 -0600
>
>I am encountering an idiosyncracy which I would rather not have to deal 
>with.  When using Rconsole on a large internet, 20+ remote (t1) locations
>and 10+ local network segments of ethernet and token-ring, not all servers
>running the REMOTE.NLM appear oin the list of available servers.  I know
>this does not sound too critical but when a network administor calls my
>offic, central networking services, I cannot gain access to their server
>via rconsole.  What really makes this strange is that if one of the servers
>is on one of the local ethernets or token rings pressing <ESC> twice
>sometimes adds the server to the list of available rconsole reachable servers.
>
>This same problem appears when using an access server but is even more
>frustrating because the list is more limited, 5 of 60 servers are listed. 
>Pressing <ESC> any number of times to rebuild the list of available servers
>accomplishes nothing.
>
>Version Info:
>
>Rconsole.Exe	2.9
>Remote.Nlm	1.32
>Rspx		1.30
>
>Does anyone else have this problem?  Is there a fix?  Email or response to this
>newsgroup would be greatly appreciated.
>
>If there is significant interest I will summarize.
>
>******************************************************************************
>Alan R. Johnson                    Minnesota Department of Transportation
>Network Analyst                    395 John Ireland Blvd Suite 308
>Phone: +1 612 297 1289		   St. Paul, Mn 55155
>Fax    +1 612 296 0975		   mndot@msus1.msus.edu
>******************************************************************************
>


With the version of RCONSOLE that you are using, just specify the target 
server name on the command line.  For example if you had a server called 
DULUTH, and you wanted to connect to it, you would issue the following:

	RCONSOLE DULUTH

This will cause RCONSOLE to target the server DULUTH.

The reason that RCONSOLE behaves the way it does, is how it handles the 
service request to find the various REMOTE servers.  Instead of looking into 
the bindery, RCONSOLE just sends out a message onto the wire asking for all 
servers of TYPE REMOTE to respond.  Either RCONSOLE drops the reply packet, 
or the REMOTE server missed the broadcast message.  Either way, you end up 
with an incomplete list of REMOTE servers.  RCONSOLE was written this way so 
that you were not required to have a file server connection to be able to 
run RCONSOLE.

Hope this helps.

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Dirk W. Howard              These are my personal opinions.  No one else 
Novell Technical Support    in their right mind would claim them.
dhoward@novell.com
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: luisg@hadar.fai.com (Luis Galleguillos)
Subject: Novell vs LANtastic
Originator: luisg@lugano
Keywords: Novell Lantastic networks
Organization: Fujitsu NTS
Distribution: ba
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 22:50:30 GMT


I am planning to add a subnet of PCs to may Sun 10BaseT network.

I am planning in having 20 -30 PC users.

Should I use Novell and a PC server or LANtastic with  peer to peer service?

Which is less complex/more effective? I am administering 60 Sun Workstations,
if I adopt Novell which I know nothing about, will I be able to 
handle the administration load?

I prefer LANtastic. Does this make any sense?

How long does it take to learn  Novell?

Cost considerations?

Thanks in advance.


luis
luisg@hadar.fai.com


Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: shooter@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Shooter)
Subject: Installing/setting up Windows3.1 with Netware3.11
Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 14:21:13 GMT

Hello everyone,
	I'm new to this newsgroup, and I'm sure that this topic has been
beaten to death.  However, maybe can still help me.  I'm running a Novell
network here in the computer lab at Johns Hopkins.  We have about 40 PC's
all of which are connected to the server.  I need to install Windows 3.1, so
that we can run applications, like Mathmatica for Windows.  Problems also
arise with people always trying to hack into the server.  Is there an
efficient way of installing Windows for these PC's while efficiently keeping
up with security?  As anyone had any experience with installing windows?

Thanks.
Mark
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ntprlr@eskimo.celestial.com (NightProwler)
Subject: Re: Novell 3.11 and latest patches
Organization: Ghost in the Shell
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 00:48:04 GMT

Mr D.K. Woodman (dazz@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
: I am soon to purchase NetWare 3.11 for a new lan installation and I want
: to be sure that I have all the latest patches (at least the common ones)
: that have been released. Is there some list somewhere that sets out the
: patches with release dates and/or version numbers so I know which ones to
: get?
: 
: Should a good supplier be able to provide me with these details and relevant
: patches etc?

Yes, any Novell Dealer will have at least one CNE on staff, and he's the guy
you want to get to know.

All of the patches are available on CompuServe.  I've also heard rumors about
them being available via anonymous FTP from ftp.novell.com, but I'm not sure.
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From: barrey@Novell.com (Barrey Jewall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Re: server crash error message
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:28:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: novell.1992Oct15.022833.12922
Organization: Novell, Inc.

In <carol.719110588@ee.uts.EDU.AU> carol@ee.uts.edu.au (Carol Gibson) writes:

>Our 3.11 file server crashed today - it looks identical to one that
>happened over a month ago. The error message on the console says

[...]

Sorry, But I have no idea why your server crashed.  Maybe one of my
better-informed colleagues will be able to help with this.

>At the moment we're sticking disks in the file server, as it requested we
>do. Does anyone know what I'm actually supposed to *do* with all these
>disks when we reboot?

As you probably know by now, the number of disks it wants, assuming
you have a fairly large memory size, is rather large. This makes 
the process of doing this dump rather tedious.

The dump (I am told) is a dump of nearly the entire memory of the server
to diskette. This is a tool that can be used by people in Provo, or
wherever, to analyze the state of your server during the crash. (Well, 
just after the crash, anyway.)

Unless our Tech Support folks have requested the diskette dump, it's 
prbably best to skip it, and to just reboot the darned thing.

Wish I could be of greater assistance to you, but I am definitely
NOT a server guru.

Bah

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: pmurrell@trl.oz.au (Phil Murrell)
Subject: Netwire
Organization: Telecom Research Laboratories
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 22:50:36 GMT

Can anyone tell me the name of an Internet site that has access to Netwire 
on Compuserve. I had a host name but lost the details.

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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Help. What makes a driver configurable by JUMPERS.EXE?
From: tanu@beach.csulb.edu (     Tanu Kartawiria)
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:55:35 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cal State Long Beach


Hi,

What makes an ipx.com or nic driver configurable my Jumpers.exe? I have
lots of NI5210 card already installed on PCs with configuration that
doesn't match any of the listing on WSGEN when creating ipx.com.
Why is the IPX.COM generated by WSGEN for NI5210 card is not 
configurable by jumpers.exe? (unlike other NIC like WD8003e).

I don't want to open up every computers and change the hardware jumper
setting just to match WSGEN list. (Those cards are used for our Vines
network) We are just testing our new Novell server. 

Am I missing something? How can I change the ram base address of the 
ipx.com? I tried creating net.cfg file, but it also doesn't work, ipx.com
just ignores the MEM setting I have in the net.cfg file.

Would a new NIC driver for NI5210 help? Can somebody tell me where I can
new drivers?

Thankx,
Regards,
-- 
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CSULB LIB LAB
From: alanlb@bethesda.cs.vt.edu (Alan L. Batongbacal)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
Subject: Wanted: 4mm/8mm drive recommendations
Date: 14 Oct 92 18:47:23 GMT
Originator: alanlb@bethesda.cs.vt.edu

Hi there!  I am considering the purchase of either a 4mm or 8mm
tape drive for backup purposes, to be connected alternately to
a generic 486-class machine with an Adaptec 1542, running Novell
netWare *and* to another similar 486 running ISC Unix 3.0.  I need
something in the 2GB capacity class.  Is there any particular make/model
e.g. Exabyte EXB-8200, that is generally held in high regard by this
group?

Thanks!

alan l. batongbacal
Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell
From: ukcy@pool.info.sunyit.edu (Kevin Yager)
Subject: Re: Mirroring
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 01:55:56 GMT

In article <2509.2ACC93A4@catpe.alt.za> Rob.Bernstein@f124.n7102.z5.fidonet.org (Rob Bernstein) writes:
>To: johnb@fexco.ie
>
>In a message of <26 Sep 1992 17:14>, John Bowler (5:7104/2) writes:
>
> JB>Mirroring 2 file servers using Novell 2.2 or 3.1.
> JB>
> JB>I have 2 file servers connected together on an ethernet 
> JB>network. If I update
> JB>files on 1 server is there any way that I can mirror that 
> JB>update on a 
> JB>'backup' server. I realise that I can mirror 2 disks if they 
> JB>are connected  
> JB>to the same disk controller card, but can I mirror updates to 
> JB>files to 2  
> JB>servers across a network. Any information on this area would be 

A product called Nonstop Network will mirror logical drive letters acrossed any
platform.

Nonstop's num is 315-738-1819.

Kevin Yager
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