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The Question is:
The problems which we are facing during the connection building between
windows95 and VAX system OpenVMS version 7.2 through PATHWORKS software.
VT320 utility is working fine so its mean that connection between OpenVMS and
windows95 is established, but NFT (DECnet File Transfer Utility) is not
working. NFT utility uses to transfer the files between OpenVMS to Windows95
and vise versa. The exact pr
oblem is when we try to connect NFT utility with OpenVMS system with the
following information
Server Name: S6410
User Name: ********
Password: ********
It gives the error ``Link aborted by remote node``
In the help file of NFT utility it is mention that
``Each PC and server that will be sending or receiving files must be running
the FAL utility. ``
FAL is running fine in the windows95 but not in OpenVMS. ``%System_F_Ivlognam,
Invalid Logical Name`` error comes when we run FAL.EXE on OpenVMS.
We also try to transfer the files through Kermit. This is also not working it
gives the error ``cannot get Kermit status information make sure the Kermit is
running in server mode``.
Now what we want exactly is to build the connection between OpenVMS and
windows95 through which we should be able to transfer the files as shown in
the following diagram.
Constraints
1) Windows95 is the only OS, which we can use for client end, as licensed
version of PATHWORKS is available for win95.
2) We cannot install anything on OpenVMS system because its CD-Drive is
not working and tape backup is also not functional. We tried to run it through
infoservice but unable to connect it.
The Answer is :
There is no indication what version of PATHWORKS 32 client you are
running on the Microsoft Windows 95 system. The current version
is V7.3. Since you mention VT320, the assumption is that the client
PATHWORKS 32 V7.0 or V7.0a version is in use, as the VT320 Terminal
Emulator was superceded by PowerTerm 525 in PATHWORKS 32 V7.1 and
later.
Just because VT320 can connect to VMS does not indicate that
other network connections will function.
VT320 connections can be over LAT, CTERM (using DECnet), or
Telnet (using TCP/IP).
For DECnet network file transfers to function you need to have
DECnet (drivers, utilities, etc) running on both the Microsoft
Windows client and the OpenVMS system. It would appear that
there is a configuration error on the OpenVMS system or --
more likely -- an error within the SYLOGIN.COM or LOGIN.COM
procedure. (These coding errors are a common cause of the
FAL network partner exited error.) To resolve the error, please
consider disabling the SYLOGIN.COM or LOGIN.COM, and also check
the contents of the NETSERVER.LOG or NET$SERVER.LOG on the target
system.
Recent versions of OpenVMS provide a SYLOGIN.TEMPLATE example with
details of configuring the DCL procedure for network operations.
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