Jim wrote:
>
> Ken Sletten wrote:
>
> > ...
> >
> >
> > This is a couple times now this has happened, where the
> > Openview PC has been hard down for hardware or software
> > problems after an extended power failure (once it just decided
> > to "eat" the config file for one out of six DTC's)....
> >
> > ...
> >
> > We are eagerly awaiting MPE/iX on-line config, so we can
> > dump Openview DTC Manager and the PC it runs on.....
> >
> > Ken Sletten
>
> This is exactly the scenario that prevents me from purchasing OV
> DTC manager to obtain nailed port access through my DTC based
> X.25 card.  Despite a considerable amount of effort on my part I
> still have yet to get a sensible answer as to why a piece of
> equipment so highly regarded for its reliablity and robustness
> (the HP3000 family) is deliberately tied by its manufacturer to
> the "motherboard of the week architecture" from Intel and
> brethern.
 
Ken, did you have the DTC Manger PC on a UPS?
 
However, I tend to agree with Jim that HP should have implemented
more DTC functionality under host based management. They could have
done OV as a client/server with the HP3000 the server and *any* Windows
PC the client.
 
 
 
 
 
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