Re: 6.04 CS to 6.10.1 Conversion/Implementation -- BPCS-L

Hi Chick,

Thanks for the information, but I have a comment and a question.

Just to clarify: There is nothing in the BPCS software that hard-codes this
port. This is a parameter which the end-user provides when launching the
daemon job, via either the STRALD command or the old way (prior to BMR39659)
where the SBMJOB command is used to CALL ALAUNCH.

The number '5000' is given in the installation instructions as an example.
The instructions also mention that you can use ANY unused port number on
your system when launching this job, and that 2 daemons can not run on the
same port.

And as far as we were aware, no software provided by IBM at V4R4 was
hard-coded to use port 5000, as they usually reserved the lower port range
for their functions (this is why we settled on the number '5000' for our
example). We had the V4R4 release running here for several months until we
recently upgraded to V4R5 and I don't remember running into this situation
at all. It also was not mentioned in their change documentation.

Just in case this is an IBM application specific issue, can you tell me what
is port 5000 used for in the V4R4 software set up?

I did see one Helpline incident entered by your company in the past year for
the new 6100 installation and the problem with starting up ALAUNCH was
traced to trying to start the daemon for 6100 to the same port that you were
using for the environment in 6004 - that doesn't have anything to do with
V4R4 - it has to do with your BPCS set up - is that the problem you are
referring to?

Can you clarify as to whether the operating system changed at V4R4 or if
this was a BPCS environment problem at your site?

Thanks

Genyphyr Novak
SSA GT

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chick Doe" <Cdoe@barton-instruments.com>
To: <BPCS-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2001 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: 6.04 CS to 6.10.1 Conversion/Implementation


> this problem popped up when we upgraded to V4R4 when we were running bpcs
v6.04.  the standard ssa installation uses tcp/ip port number 5000 to their
ALAUNCH GUI interface program. it looks as if V4R4 now uses port 5000 also,
so we were not able to get the GUI clients to communicate with the AS/400.
the solution is to change the port number on both the GUI client and the
ALAUNCH host software. very easy to do, after you know what the problem is.
>
> chick doe
> barton instruent systems
>
> >>> wmss@iinet.net.au 02/08/01 06:44AM >>>
> I am about to take the plunge and move from 6.04 CS to 6.10.1 and would
like
> to know if there are any nasties to look out for.
>
> The shop is a small manufacturer/distributor running on an AS/400 R4V4.
>
> We have had a number of issues with 6.04 and are looking for some
stability
> with 6.10.1 if possible.
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> Have a good one,
>
> Norm
>
>
> +---


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