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- NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT
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- TITLE: Convert SNA to SAA
- DOCUMENT ID: TID000093
- DOCUMENT REVISION: B
- DATE: 13JAN94
- ALERT STATUS: Yellow
- INFORMATION TYPE: Symptom Solution
- README FOR: CONVRT.EXE
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- NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION:
- NetWare for SAA 1.2
- NetWare for SAA 1.1
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- ABSTRACT:
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- This conversion utility transfers configuration information on PU and
- dependent LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway (version 1.2, 1.3, or 1.3.01) to a
- NetWare for SAA (version 1.1 or 1.2) profile. The LUs on the NetWare SNA
- Gateway are transferred to Public LUs in the profile.
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- DISCLAIMER
- THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL
- MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE
- INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL
- MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION.
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- Self-Extracting File Name: CONVRT.EXE Revision: B
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- Files Included Size Date Time
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- CONVRT.TXT (This File)
- CONVERT.EXE 303155 03-05-92 5:16p
- DBU$ERR.DAT 9451 02-26-90 6:52p
- DBU$MSG.DAT 24812 12-14-89 4:52p
- IBM$DBU.OVL 2936 09-01-89 12:00p
- DBU$HELP.DAT 3722 09-01-89 12:00p
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- Converting NetWare SNA Gateway Configuration Information to a
- NetWare for SAA profile
- **************************************************************
- This conversion utility transfers configuration information on PU and
- dependent LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway (version 1.2, 1.3, or 1.3.01)
- to a NetWare for SAA (version 1.1 or 1.2) profile. The LUs on the
- NetWare SNA Gateway are transferred to Public LUs in the profile. The PU
- and LUs are transferred in one of the following two ways:
-
- - A profile is created and PU information and dependent LU
- information is transferred.
-
- - Only dependent LU information is appended to an existing profile.
-
- Note that this utility does not transfer NetBIOS and coax information
- because they are not supported by NetWare for SAA. During the transfer,
- NetBIOS is converted to SPX and coax is converted to token ring. Also,
- independent LUs are not transferred.
-
- BEFORE YOU BEGIN
- Make sure that the number of sessions on your version of NetWare for SAA
- is equal to or greater than the number of LUs you are transferring from
- the NetWare SNA Gateway. If there are more LUs on the NetWare SNA
- Gateways than are permitted by your version of NetWare for SAA, upgrade
- the NetWare for SAA software or reduce the number of LUs on your SNA
- gateways.
-
- Make sure that NetWare for SAA is installed and the Communication
- Executive is running on the server where the information is to be
- transferred. To load the Communication Executive, enter the following
- command at the NetWare console (:) prompt:
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- LOAD COMMEXEC
-
- For more information on loading the Communication Executive, refer to the
- NetWare Communication Services Administration Guide or the NetWare for
- SAA v1.2 Administration Guide.
-
- INSTALLING THE FILES
- Copy the following files from the floppy diskette to a directory on your
- hard disk:
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- CONVERT.EXE
- DBU$MSG.DAT
- DBU$HELP.DAT
- DBU$ERR.DAT
- IBM$DBU.OVL
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- RUNNING THE CONVERSION UTILITY
- Perform the following steps to transfer the PU and LU configuration
- information on your NetWare SNA Gateway to a NetWare for SAA profile:
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- 1. From a DOS workstation, log in to the network server as a supervisor
- or with "supervisory equivalent" privileges.
-
- 2. From the directory containing the utility files, type CONVERT
-
- 3. You are prompted for the gateway-executable file (the file that
- loads the gateway). The default GWSERVER.EXE is displayed. Press
- <Enter> if the default is correct. Otherwise, enter the path of your
- gateway filename. For example:
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- F:\3270\svl\GATE1.EXE
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- 4. From the list of communication servers displayed, select the server
- that is to receive the configuration information.
-
- 5. You will be prompted for a User Name. The default is Supervisor. Log
- in as Supervisor or with "supervisory equivalent" privileges.
-
- 6. Confirm whether you want to append the configuration information on
- the NetWare SNA Gateway to an existing profile on the communications
- server.
-
- Select NO to create a profile on the communications server. The profile
- is named after the NetWare SNA gateway's "Unique Server Name" field. All
- PU information and LU type and model information is transferred to this
- profile.
-
- If you select YES to "Append to Existing Profile," a list of existing
- profiles is displayed. Select the profile to which you want to transfer
- LU information; the PU address information on that profile will not
- change.
-
- Appending allows you to consolidate LUs from several NetWare SNA Gateways
- into one NetWare for SAA profile. However, the maximum number of LUs
- transferable is restricted by the licensing for NetWare for SAA. For
- example, if your NetWare for SAA software is licensed for 64 sessions and
- you are transferring 64 LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway, but you
- already have 16 LUs on a profile, this utility will transfer the first 48
- LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway. If you want to transfer the remaining
- LUs on the gateway, you need to upgrade your NetWare for SAA software to
- hold more sessions.
-
- Transfer of LUs will be aborted if the sum of LUs in the profile and in
- the gateway is greater than 253. For example, if your NetWare for SAA is
- licensed for 254 sessions, the profile already has 126 LUs and you want
- to transfer 128 LUs from the gateway, this utility will not append any of
- the LUs to your profile. However, if you reduce the number of LUs on the
- SNA gateway to 127, you can transfer all the LUs to the specified
- profile.
-
- VERIFYING TRANSFERRED INFORMATION
- During the conversion process, a text file is created with the NetWare
- SNA Gateway name and .LOG extension. This file will be in the directory
- where the gateway files are located. All the transferred information is
- logged into this file. For example:
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- ** SNA Gateway -> NWSAA Conversion Log 02/12/92 10:01:19 **
- Remember to configure your workstation software.
- Created profile named "GWMIX2" on server "SVL_CS1"
- The following Configuration was transferred:
- Configuration File: C:\3270\GWCAL\GWTOKEN.EXE
- Interface: SPX
- Network Connection: Token Ring
- Destination Address: 5555 79999999 hex
- Service Access Point: 04 hex
- Adapter Type: Primary
- Block ID: 017 hex
- PUID: 00000
- Gateway LUs 2-11 (hex) transferred as LUs 2-11 (hex)
- 16 dependent LUs transferred
-
- Run CSCON to verify or change the transferred PU and Public LU
- information. You may need to specify PU information, for example, when
- you transfer a coax gateway (a coax connection gets converted to a token
- ring in NetWare for SAA).
-
- NetWare for SAA provides a more efficient pooling system than that
- provided in the NetWare SNA Gateway, so run CSCON to convert the Public
- LUs to pools and dedicated LUs, because pooling information is lost
- during the conversion process.
-
- For more information on running CSCON, refer to the NetWare Communication
- Services Administration Guide or the NetWare for SAA v1.2 Administration
- Guide.
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- RECONFIGURING WORKSTATION SOFTWARE
- Once the transfer is complete, check the workstation software to see if
- the sessions on your workstations are compatible with those on the
- communications server. All LU type and model information are transferred
- as Public LUs. NetWare for SAA has a more efficient pooling system than
- that of the NetWare SNA Gateway. If necessary, reconfigure the
- workstation software to take advantage of the new pooling system.
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