NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT

TITLE:              NMA003.EXE; NMA 1.5 fixes for 3.x servers
DOCUMENT ID:        TID251024
DOCUMENT REVISION:  A
DATE:               26OCT94
ALERT STATUS:       Yellow
INFORMATION TYPE:   Symptom Solution
README FOR:         NMA003.EXE

NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
NetWare Management Agent 1.5

ABSTRACT:

NMA003.EXE is the maintenance patch for NetWare Management Agent 1.5 on
NetWare 3.X servers ONLY.  If you have a 4.0x server download NMA004.EXE.
Solves "Trap #230 error" problem and 3.12 server abends.  Supersedes
NMA001.EXE.

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SYMPTOM

On a 3.x server, you encounter any of the following after loading the NetWare
Management Agent 1.5:

* several NetWare Trap #230 errors reported on the server console.

* the server abends when new 3.12 events are generated.

* multiple SCSI cards running the Compaq Fast SCSI II driver are not
recognized.


SOLUTION

Install and use NMA003.EXE according to the instructions below.

NOTE: Do not install this patch on a NetWare 4.x Server!  If you do, "Loader
can not find public symbol errors" or "Needed support modules are not present
errors", will be reported.  If you have a NetWare 4.0x server use NMA004.EXE
instead.


Self-Extracting File Name:  NMA003.EXE     Revision:  A

Files Included     Size     Date      Time

\
  NMA003.TXT         (This File)
  NWTRAP.NLM      38317   02-17-94    3:00p
SIDEWIND.NLM     191873   08-08-94   11:05a


Installation Instructions:

1. Map a drive to SYS:\SYSTEM on the server running NMA 1.5.

2. Rename the old NWTRAP.NLM (in case you later want to restore it).

3. Rename the old SIDEWIND.NLM (in case you later want to restore it).

4. Copy the NWTRAP.NLM in NMA003.EXE, to SYS:\SYSTEM.

5. Copy the SIDEWIND.NLM in NMA003.EXE, to SYS:\SYSTEM.

6. On the server, enter: UNLOAD NWTRAP.

7.  On the server, enter: LOAD NWTRAP 
or 
enter: LOAD NWTRAP /o

The /o switch prevents NWTRAP.NLM from generating the trap #230 (User Logged
In).  With this switch, the User Logged In traps will not show up in the NMS
Console alarm monitor log.

(If you normally load NWTRAP.NLM from NMA.NCF, you may also need to edit
NMA.NCF to add the /o switch.)

8. On the server, enter: UNLOAD SIDEWIND. 

9. On the server, enter: LOAD SIDEWIND /N  (and with the parameters you
specified when loading SIDEWIND in NMA.NCF)


Solution Specifics:

Specifically, this patch to NWTRAP does the following:

- Stops NWTRAP.NLM from printing messages to the system console whenever it
issues a trap.
- Provides the "/o" command line argument to disable the generation of trap
#230 (User logged in).

Specifically, this patch to SIDEWIND does the following:

- Servers running NMA 1.5 will not abend when new 3.12 events are generated.
- Multiple SCSI cards running the Compaq Fast SCSI II driver will now be
recognized.

Patch History:

NMA003.EXE supersedes NMA001.EXE.


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