[HECnet] Error when copying node names

[Mark Wickens]

On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:09:18AM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> On 2016-08-30 11:01, Mark Wickens wrote:
> >I booted the non-emulated ORAC today, which hasn't been running for a
> >while, so decided to update the node database from the 'master' on MIM.
> >
> >I got an interesting error when doing so:
> >
> >RAC$$ mcr ncp
> >NCP>copy known nodes from mim to both
> >%NCP-W-INVPVA, Invalid parameter value , Address
> >
> >
> >NODE  6.52   NAME JALAD
> >
> >
> >%NCP-W-INVPVA, Invalid parameter value , Address
> >Remote node =   6.52 (PIVAX2)
> >
> >NODE  6.52   NAME JALAD
> >
> >
> >NCP>
> 
> Looks like you have a definition for 6.52 as PIVAX2, while on MIM,
> it's now JALAD. Not sure how well NCP on VMS deals with a node that
> change name. Might also be that you have a JALAD already, at some
> other address. Cleaning up your local nodename database first, and
> then copy should solve it, I suspect...
> 
> (Yes, people sometimes contact me with changes that redefine
> existing nodes.)
> 
> 	Johnny
> 
> -- 
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Yes, that has worked - cleared down the existing and then reloaded.

I don't recall seeing this before, so renames must be fairly rare.

Thanks, Mark.