Re: Informix and NT

paul.d.finkel (pfinkel@cbnews.cb.att.com) wrote: : Our client has asked us to create a system using NT as the operating system. : I viewed Windows NT for the first time at our local Informix sales office. : I was put off by the fact that with either SE or ONLINE, administration : must be performed at the server's console. For us that would necessitate Hmmmmmm. I just started working with NT and hadn't noticed that the tools such as onmode, onmonitor, onstat, etc do not work in client-server mode. I tried such obvious things as changing the INFORMIXSERVER and/or INFORMIXDIR variables, to no avail (INFORMIX!!! are we missing something obvious here?) However, I did find a solution to the problem. All of the tools are character-based. I installed a copy of the Beame & Whiteside NFS products. This will give you a telnet daemon on NT that works just like the Unix telnet. Now I can telnet into any of the NT servers and administer them just like I do Unix. I understand that there are some telnet products that are available (either as shareware or PD) for NT, but I have no specifics. I'd buy the Beame & Whiteside (http://www.bws.com, sales sales@bws.com phone (919-831-8989) ) just to get their slick traceroute for NT (included with the NFS tools). This is a graphical traceroute that actually draws you a map of the path that your packet is taking. In all fairness, I've heard that B&W software is somewhat fragile and has been known to crash systems, but I haven't seen it yet. I think they offer a demo....check it out). Joe -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------