Re: WDSC 6.0 through VPN and NAT router

Don,

It was a firewall issue with port 446. Our network team opened it up and
we are now able to sign in and open source members.

Thanks for your help,
Steve Cross


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H iSteve,

This means WDSc can't connect to the DDM host server (actually DRDA).
This 
runs on port 446. 

1.  Make sure the server is started:  STRTCPSVR *DDM

2.  Make sure you don't have any firewalls blocking this port between
your 
PC and the iSeries.  We usually find customers have some PC firewall 
software installed like Zonelabs or Norton Internet Security that is 
blocking that connection.  You need to add a rule to allow that 
connection.  It could also be your VPN software blocking that
connection, 
but I haven't come across that yet.

Don Yantzi
Technical Release Lead
WebSphere Development Studio &
WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
IBM Toronto Lab
Phone: (905) 413-4476
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Don,

We verified the connection and everything was successful except the
connection to Record Access Service.  That is showing Failed.  We get
the "Required host servers are not started" error message when we try to
sign on to the AS/400 through WDSC.  Does the failed message mean it's a
firewall issue and if so, can you tell which port needs to be opened?

Thanks,
Steve



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Hi Steve,

Yes WDSc 6.0 is capable of this configuration, in V6.0 the debugger 
callback was removed to solve this very problem.  The only thing you
won't 
be able to do is run the STRRSESVR command to associate an interactive 
emulator with an RSE connection.  In my opinion this isn't a big deal 
since you can just switch over to a 5250 emulator to test your 5250 
applications.  Especially with the Service Entry Points (SEP)
breakpoints; 
if you want to debug an interactive application just set the SEP on your

program / service program you want to debug first then switch to the 
emulator and call your program like you normally would.

Now, to figure out why you get the "Required host servers are not
started" 
message : )  I'm assuming you get this when you try to connect.  Does 
everything still seem to work or nothing works at all?  At the top of
the 
verify connection dialog, does it show all the host servers as being 
started?  (If it does then we can rule out a firewall issue.) 

Don Yantzi
Technical Release Lead
WebSphere Development Studio &
WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
IBM Toronto Lab
Phone: (905) 413-4476
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Hello,

We are having problems getting WDSC 6.0 to run behind a NAT router and
VPN.  Is version 6.0 capable of this type of configuration?  The error
message we get is "Required host servers are not started."  When I
verify the connection, the callback to debug and RSE daemon failed.  All
other options via verify are successful except Remote System Explorer
has a product missing.  I will use the product updater to fix that.

Thank you,
Steve Cross
YRC Worldwide Technologies, Inc
8550 W Bryn Mawr
Chicago, IL  60631
(773) 867-3717


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