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WindowsNT: WindowsNT to VMS connectivity
The Question is:
Question 1.
I would like to access/update information in Windows NT SQL 6.0 databases
on an Compac Windows NT 3.51 server from a Alpha 2100 OpenVMS 6.1 server
using DEC Cobol. The Alpha server is running DEC TCP/IP v4.0 and DECNET.
The NT server is also running TCP/IP.
Microsoft NT help files mention access the database using DECNET and
Pathworks 4.1b for NT. DEC support suggested using DB Integrator
Gateway for PC Data (which is currently unavailble awaiting pricing
information from Oracle) and DEC SQL Development software.
Which one of the two ways is the better way? What other ways exist?
Question 2.
We have a TK50 (or TK87, one of the two) tape drive connected to the
ALPHA 2100 OpenVMS 6.1 server, is there a way to backup files residing
on the NT 3.51 server to this tape drive?
Thanks,
The Answer is:
>Question 1.
>
> I would like to access/update information in Windows NT SQL 6.0
> databases on an Compac Windows NT 3.51 server from a Alpha 2100 OpenVMS
> 6.1 server using DEC Cobol. The Alpha server is running DEC TCP/IP
> v4.0 and DECNET. The NT server is also running TCP/IP.
>
> Microsoft NT help files mention access the database using DECNET and
> Pathworks 4.1b for NT. DEC support suggested using DB Integrator
> Gateway for PC Data (which is currently unavailble awaiting pricing
> information from Oracle) and DEC SQL Development software.
>
> Which one of the two ways is the better way? What other ways exist?
The number of solutions is infinit depending on the amount of
programing you wish to do, and the level of programing. You could
write code on both ends and just use TCP/Ip transport, that would be
the lowest level possible. That method is similar to the PATHWORK &
DECnet method, just does not require PATHWORKS (DECnet) on the NT system.
The DB integrator is probably the highest level possible, but it depends
on what you are trying to achieve.
>Question 2.
>
> We have a TK50 (or TK87, one of the two) tape drive connected to the
> ALPHA 2100 OpenVMS 6.1 server, is there a way to backup files residing
> on the NT 3.51 server to this tape drive?
Nop! You could move the tape drive to NT, and then backup your VMS
PATHWORKS shares, but you would not be able to make an image backup of
your system disk. You need 2 tape drives.
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