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The Question is: After migrating to DECNet-plus, we no longer see OPCOM messages when DECSERVERs request/load via MOP. I see nothing in net$mop_output.log either when a load is requested or successful. I can see that the MOP load counter is incremented by one, but that's it. Is there a way to get this info to show up? The docs state that loads are logged, but I don't see 'em... The Answer is :
The OpenVMS Wizard would typically move to the use of LANCP for MOP
download operations, and would typically migrate off DECnet Phase IV
and would not utilize DECnet-Plus for the purpose of MOP downloads.
LANCP is part of OpenVMS V6.2 and later, and does not depend on the
particular DECnet phase installed -- if any.
If you wish to pursue the use of DECnet-Plus, you will want to more
fully acquaint yourself with NCL command syntax and with the event
filtering. This includes a review of the available DECnet-Plus
documentation, and the DECnet-Plus management tools including NCL,
NET$MGMT, and DECNET_REGISTER.
Also available is the chapter in the DECnet-Plus management manual
on managing and customizing the event dispatcher, which will likely
be of central interest here.
You will also want to ensure the DECnet-Plus Event Dispatcher is
enabled and running -- check to see if the NET$IGNORE_EVD logical
name is defined, for instance. (If so, this will disable the event
dispatcher, and will cause the reported symptoms.) Assuming the file
NET$EVENT_STARTUP.NCL exists and the NET$IGNORE_EVD logical name is
not defined, NET$CONFIGURE.COM will (by default) automatically start
the event dispatcher as part of the DECnet-Plus startup.
For related details on DECnet-Plus event filtering and NCL, please see
the following files:
SYS$STARTUP:NET$EVENT_STARTUP.NCL
SYS$MANAGER:NET$EVENT_LOCAL.NCL
You will also want to apply current ECOs for DECnet, as at least one
DECnet-Plus release had a bug in this area; the fix for this problem
was incorporated in DECnet-Plus V6.3 ECO6.
Arguably the easiest way to see the installed DECnet-Plus version uses
the older DECnet Phase IV syntax and the older NCP utility:
RUN SYS$SYSTEM:NCP
SHOW EXECUTOR CHARACTERISTICS
This same syntax also works on DECnet Phase IV, obviously. (The
OpenVMS Wizard does not expect this to be the problem here, but
mentions it for completeness -- and obviously to encourage you to
apply the current ECO kit(s) for both DECnet-Plus and OpenVMS.)
For MOP-related discussions here in Ask The Wizard, please see topics
including (3041), and please see other topics including (3086), (22),
(40), (80), (166), (1051), (1571), (2852), (5939), (6707), and others.
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