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Before you set up ALLBASE/NET, you need to gather the information about the client and/or server that you will be entering in the AliasDB and NETUsers files.

  • If you are the system administrator on both the client and server, all the information you need is readily available to you.

  • If you are the system administrator on only the client or the server, contact the system administrator on the other server or client to obtain specific information. You also need to provide that system administrator with information specific to your client or server.

As system administrator on the client, you need the following information about the server to put in the AliasDB file:

  • Type of database management system being used on the server.

  • Fully qualified filename of the DBEnvironment on the server.

  • Node name of the server where the DBEnvironment is located.

  • Machine type of the server.

  • Type of data communication used.

As system administrator or account manager of the account where the remote user will log on to on the server, you need the following information about the client to put in the NETUsers file and for assigning a server login to the client:

  • Client node name.

  • Client login name.

To obtain the host name used by the ARPA interface, check the HOSTS.NET.SYS file on MPE/iX. If the hosts file does not exist, check the domain name service file, RESLVCNF.NET.SYS. This file contains the names of the systems that have hosts files. To obtain the node name used by the NS interface, type the MPE/iX command NETCONTROL STATUS. You need NM (Node Manager) capability to use this command. Node names are defined through NMMGR on MPE/iX or through SAM on HP-UX.

If you specify ARPA as the datacomm type, the ARPA domain name must be specified. To set or change the local domain name, do the following:

  1. Run the NMGR program:

       :RUN NMMGR.PUB.SYS 
    

  2. Open the configuration file:

       OPEN CONFIG
    

  3. Go to the NS screen:

       [NS]
    

  4. Type in the local domain name and save it:

       LocalDomainName
    
       [SAVE DATA]
    

  5. Exit:

       [PRIOR SCREEN] [PRIOR SCREEN] [EXIT]
    

When you have obtained all the needed information, set up ALLBASE/NET using the step-by-step instructions in the "Setting Up ALLBASE/NET" chapter.

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