SUMMARY: Sun OnLine DiskSuite 1.0

From: Ayrton Sargusingh (asargusi@sbrsim.ed.dreo.dnd.ca)
Date: Fri Jan 06 1995 - 20:26:02 CST


ORIGINAL QUESTION:
-----------------

>I just got a copy of Sun's Online DiskSuite 1.0 only to find that it
>supports only SunOS 4.1.1 and 4.1.2. When I tried to install it a
>message appeared saying that is was incompatible with my current OS
>version. I'm at SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and plan to upgrade to 4.1.4 by the end
>of the month. What is going on? Is this the latest copy of DiskSuite? I
>find it hard to believe I would be shipped an old copy. The CD case
>says Revision A, Sept 1991. That seems kinda old to me. I have a call
>into Sun and Digidyne (the supplier) about this, but so far no response.

RESPONSES:
---------

I got lots of responses from many people including:

Casper Dik <casper@fwi.uva.nl>
jmackenzie@kryten.telecom.com.au (Jamie Mackenzie)
Nate Itkin <Nate-Itkin@ptdcs2.intel.com>
Gordon Rowell <gordonr@ind.tansu.com.au>
dal@gcm.com (Dan Lorenzini)
han@trdlnk.com (Han Tunca)
danno@large.com (Daniel S. Notov)
ken@alaska.opensys.COM (Ken Lamoreaux)
H.Butts@car0101.wins.icl.co.uk
steve@bellevue.pnw.opensys.com (Steve Lee)
Daniel E. Zegarac" <zegarac@gdls.com>

Most people told me that ODS 1.0 Rev A (Sep 1991) 'should work' with
SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4, but to watch for OS bug fixes and patches.
Daniel Zegarac mentioned there may be rpc.lockd errors, but to copy
rpc.lockd_413 to rpc.lockd:

        Just take the original version (now named rpc.lockd_413) and
        place it back in the rpc.lockd. This should fix the lockd
        errors.

Unfortunately, Daniel, I do not quite understand this 'fix'. Please
explain.

Steve Lee came up with a different response:

        My guess is that it's a broken script that is only looking for
        4.1.1 and 4.1.2 for the OS level. However, ODS 2.0 is available
        for 4.1.3, and there's a new ODS 3.0 that was just announced a
        couple of months ago.

COMMENT:
-------

Most said there is only version 1.0 Rev A (Sept 1991) for Solaris 1.x
(SunOS 4.1.x). ODS 2.0 and 3.0 are only for Solaris 2.x. Until I hear
from Sun, my guess is that the one I have is the only version that will
run under Solaris 1.x, and that I should persue all necessary patches
to the OS and then ignore the version warnings when running the
installation. Since I am due for an upgrade to 4.1.4, I think I will
upgrade the OS first then pursue ODS. If it bombs under 4.1.4 I'll be
sure to ship ODS back to Sun for a full refund.

I think Sun's support of Solaris 1.x really stinks. I feel like a
second class citizen. But if people like me didn't exist (i.e., Solaris
1.x users), the only Sun there would be is the one that shines! When I
called Sun's Canadian hotline 800-722-4SUN, I was told after a lot of
runaround that they cannot help me and I should contact my local
supplier. Pitiful!

-------
Ayrton Sargusingh, SBR System Manager, RSD | phone: 613-998-2932
Defence Research Establishment Ottawa (DREO) | fax: 613-998-4560
3701 Carling Ave., Ottawa ON, Canada K1A 0Z4 | email: asargusi@sofkin.ca



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Fri Sep 28 2001 - 23:10:13 CDT