Chapter 9. Managing Server Status

This chapter discusses how to determine the current status of NetWare network servers. The servers can be local, running on an Integrated PC Server. The servers can also be remote, running on either a remote PC server or on a remote Integrated PC Server in your network. 

The topics this chapter are as follows: 

Related topics about tasks you can manage from the Work with Network Server Status display, are: 

Working with Network Server Status

You can determine the current status of network servers by using the Work with Network Server Status Network Server Status display. To work with network server status, use the Work with Network Server Status (WRKNWSSTS) command specifying *NETWARE for the server type. 

The default server type value for WRKNWSSTS is *NWSUSRA. This value tells AS/400 to use the default server type of the user attributes. You can display these user attributes using the DSPNWSUSRA command. You can change the default server type for the WRKNWSSTS command by: 

  1. Using the CHGCMDDFT command 
  2. Indirectly by changing the NWS user attributes (using the CHGNWSUSRA command). 

  3. If the default server type for the users are *NWSA, then change the NWS attributes (using the CHGNWSA command). 

Note:

Enhanced Integration for NetWare provides additional NetWare administration support for connections. See "Work with Network Server Status--Enhanced Integration for NetWare Additions" for details. 

Work with Network Server Status--Integration for NetWare

Integration for NetWare Users:

Figure 9-1. Work with Network Server Status Display--Integration for NetWare
 
 

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                        Work with Network Server Status                         |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Server type  . . . . . :   *NETWARE                                            |
|                                                                                |
| Type options, press Enter.                                                     |
|   5=Display details   8=Work with configuration status   14=Restart server     |
|   15=Work with storage                                                         |
|                                                                                |
| Opt  Server             Status                Location                         |
|      BENCC01N           ACTIVE                  *LCL                           |
|      ETHCC03            INACTIVE                *LCL                           |
|      JDMCC03            INACTIVE                *LCL                           |
|      JDMCC05            INACTIVE                *LCL                           |
|      JDMCC07            ACTIVE                  *LCL                           |
|      NWCC08             INACTIVE                *LCL                           |
|      NWHERMAN           ACTIVE                  *LCL                           |
|      NWITSC             INACTIVE                *LCL                           |
|      PJNCC02            ACTIVE                  *LCL                           |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Parameters or command                                                          |
| ===>                                                                           |
| F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F6=Print list   F9=Retrieve   F12=Cancel    |
| F17=Position to                                                                |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


Figure 9-2 shows the additional support that Enhanced Integration for NetWare provides. 

Work with Network Server Status--Enhanced Integration for NetWare Additions

Enhanced Integration for NetWare Users:
Before you can perform many of the server status tasks, you must establish a connection to the server you want to manage. See Chapter 17. "Managing NetWare Server Connections" for details. Figure 9-2 shows the Work with Network Server Status display as the display appears when Enhanced Integration for NetWare is installed. 

Figure 9-2. Work with Network Server Status Display--Enhanced Integration for NetWare
 
 

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                   Work with Network Server Status                              |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Server type  . . . . . :   *NETWARE                                            |
|                                                                                |
| Type options, press Enter.                                                     |
|   5=Display details     7=Display users   8=Work with configuration status     |
|   10=Start connection   11=Work with connections   14=Restart server           |
|   15=Work with storage   16=Work with volumes                                  |
|                                                                                |
| Opt  Server            Status                Location                          |
|      NWHERMAN1         INACTIVE                *LCL                            |
|      PUBS              INACTIVE                *LCL                            |
|      ITSONTW           ACTIVE                  *RMT                            |
|      CHICAGO           ACTIVE                  *RMT                            |
|      DAKOTA            ACTIVE                  *RMT                            |
|      FINANCE           ACTIVE                  *LCL                            |
|      BACKUP            INACTIVE                *LCL                            |
|      MINNSVR           ACTIVE                  *LCL                            |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Parameters or command                                                          |
| ===>                                                                           |
| F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F6=Print list   F9=Retrieve                 |
| F11=Display entire server names    F12=Cancel      F24=More keys               |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



Network Server Status and Actions

This topic explains the status that appears on the Work with Network Server Status display. Some of the status indicators have a different meaning when only Integration for NetWare is installed. "Actions for Integration for NetWare" explains the meanings for Integration for NetWare users. "Actions for Enhanced Integration for NetWare" explains them for Enhanced Integration for NetWare users. 

Actions for Integration for NetWare

Integration for NetWare Users:
 
Status Description
Active The Integrated PC Server is varied on. The monitor job has been notified that NetWare is running. The current status may be different, however. The monitor job that displays the status is not notified of any changes to the server from the active state. 
Pending The Integrated PC Server is varied on, but the network server has not yet reached the active state. 
Inactive The Integrated PC Server is varied off. The monitor job is not running. 
Unknown Unknown is displayed when the monitor job for the NWSD ended but the NWSD was not varied off. See the job log for this server's monitor job to determine why the job ended. Restart the network server or vary off the network server and vary it on again. 

Actions for Enhanced Integration for NetWare

Enhanced Integration for NetWare Users:
 
Status Description
Active For a *LCL server, the Integrated PC Server is varied on. The monitor job has been notified that NetWare is running. The active status does not mean that the Enhanced Integration for NetWare NLM is loaded. 

For a *RMT server, active indicates that the Enhanced Integration for NetWare NLM is loaded on this server. 

Inactive For a *LCL server, the network server is not available. Vary the server on. 

For a *RMT server, inactive means that the Enhanced Integration for NetWare NLM is not loaded on the server. 

Pending The network server is starting but is not yet available. No action is required. AS/400 may also display this status if a failure occurred while trying to place the network server in a restricted state. 
Unknown Unknown is displayed when: 
  • The monitor job for the NWSD ended but the network server description was not varied off. 
  • The monitor job was unable to place the server in a restricted state. See the job log for this server's monitor job to determine why the job ended. Restart the network server or vary off the network server and vary it on again. 
Restricted The network server is running but cannot be accessed by requesters. However, the network server can be accessed by functions running on the AS/400 system. 

The monitor job was ended (either as a result of ENDSBS or ENDJOB) and was able to place the server in a restricted state. Contact with the Enhanced Integration for NetWare NLM is necessary to perform this function. You can restart the monitor job using option 14 (Restart server). 

This status describes the local area network status rather than the network server description, which can be viewed using the Work with Configuration Status (WRKCFGSTS) command. 


Enhanced Integration for NetWare Additional Management Capabilities

In addition to viewing the server status, you can use this display to do the following: 

  • Display details such as the version of NetWare and the NetWare processor utilization.     
  • Work with configuration status for that server and the associated AS/400 objects. 
  • Restart the server. 

  • Restarting the server causes the monitor job for the network server description to be restarted. 

  • Work with network server storage spaces that are associated with that server. 
If you have established a connection to the server, the display details show additional information about the server. 

The details include: 

  • Version of NetWare 
  • How long the server has been up 
  • NDS tree this server is in(for NetWare 4.1 servers) 
  • Server context(for NetWare 4.1 servers) 
  • Number of current licensed connections 
  • Cache buffer information 
  • List of NLMs 
  • Number of NLMs loaded 
  • Number of mounted volumes 
Figure 9-3 shows the details from a NetWare 4.1 server. Notice that there are 62 NLMs loaded. The figure shows one display of several that make up the list. If you have Enhanced Integration for NetWare, you can have additional management capabilities. From the Work with Network Server Status display, you can do the following, if an authenticated connection is established with the NetWare server: 
  • Display users that are connected to the server 
  • Manually start a connection to the server 
  • Work with connections that are on the server 
  • Work with volumes on the server. 
These topics are discussed in Chapter 17. "Managing NetWare Server Connections"

Displaying Network Server Details

To display a number of details about NetWare network servers, choose Option 5 on the Work with Network Server Status display. 

You must have a connection to the server to display the details shown in Figure 9-3. Press F13 to see the third display in this figure. 

Figure 9-3. Display Network Server Details--Enhanced Integration for NetWare
 
 

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Server  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   PUBS1                                    |
|                                                                                |
| NDS tree  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   IBM_TREE1                                |
| Server context  . . . . . . . . . :   SRVN.PUBS.ROCH.IBM                       |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
| Server type . . . . . . . . . . . :   *NETWARE                                 |
| Version . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   4.10                                     |
|                                                                                |
| Server up time  . . . . . . . . . :   008:07:08:10                             |
| NetWare processor utilization . . :   98                                       |
| Maximum licensed connections  . . :   25                                       |
| Current licensed connections  . . :   0                                        |
| Peak connections  . . . . . . . . :   1                                        |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Press Enter to continue.                                                       |
|                                                                                |
| F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F6=Print   F12=Cancel   F13=Display list of NLMs        |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                |
|                         Display Network Server Details                         |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Original cache buffers  . . . . . :   3532                                     |
| Dirty cache buffers . . . . . . . :   5                                        |
| Current cache buffers . . . . . . :   1219                                     |
| Directory cache buffers . . . . . :   35                                       |
|                                                                                |
| AS/400 NLM version  . . . . . . . :   1.00                                     |
| NLMs loaded . . . . . . . . . . . :   62                                       |
| Mounted volumes . . . . . . . . . :   1                                        |
| Maximum mounted volumes . . . . . :   64                                       |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Press Enter to continue.                                                       |
|                                                                                |
| F3=Exit   F5=Refresh   F6=Print   F12=Cancel   F13=Display list of NLMs        |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                |
|                              Display List of NLMs                              |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| NLM file name  NLM type    NLM name                                            |
| CLIB.NLM       *NLM        NetWare 4.10 C NLM Runtime Library (PTF 02/13/96    |
| AFTER311.NLM   *NLM        NetWare 3.11 Compatible NLM Support Module          |
| CONLOG.NLM     *NLM        System Console Logger                               |
| MSM.NLM        *NLM        Novell Generic Media Support Module                 |
| TOKENTSM.NLM   *NLM        Novell Token-Ring Topology Specific Module          |
| NTR2000.LAN    *LANDRV     Novell NTR2000 Token-Ring                           |
| ROUTE.NLM      *NLM        NetWare 386 Source Route Driver                     |
| REMOTE.NLM     *NLM        NetWare 4.1 Remote Console                          |
| RSPX.NLM       *NLM        NetWare Remote Console SPX Driver                   |
| NWSNUT.NLM     *UTILPGM    NetWare NLM Utility User Interface                  |
| MONITOR.NLM    *NLM        NetWare 4.10 Console Monitor                        |
| DSAPI.NLM      *NLM        NetWare Directory Services API Library v4.10        |
| TLI.NLM        *NLM        NetWare Transport Level Interface Library           |
| SPXS.NLM       *NLM        NetWare STREAMS SPXII Protocol                      |
| VOLLIB.NLM     *UTILPGM    NetWare Volume Library Utility                      |
| PARTAPI.NLM    *NLM        Media Manager Partition API                         |
| AS4NW410.NLM   *NLM        AS/400 Enhanced Integration                         |
| INSTALL.NLM    *UTILPGM    NetWare 4.1 Installation Utility                    |
|                                                                      More...   |
| F3=Exit   F6=Print list   F12=Cancel   F22=Display entire name                 |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



Working with NetWare Users

To display a list of users currently logged in to the server, select Option 7 on the Work with Network Server Status display. Optionally, you can run the DSPNWSUSR command to get this display. 

When the display appears, you can either display connection information or details for a particular user. You can optionally display the connection information shown here by using the DSPNTWCNN command.   Figure 9-4 shows that user LUEKE has two connections to the PUBS1 server on SYSAS400. The DSPNWSUSR command also invokes this display. This is discussed under "About Connections". QNETWARE is also connected. 

Figure 9-4. Displaying Network Server Users--Enhanced Integration for NetWare
 
 


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                          Display Network Server Users                          |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Server . . . . . . . . . :   PUBS1                                             |
|                                                                                |
| Type options, press Enter.                                                     |
|   5=Display details   7=Display connection                                     |
|                                                                                |
|                                                Connection                      |
| Opt  User Id                                   Number      Time of last logi   |
|      LUEKE                                       5         08/30/96  19:57:2   |
|      LUEKE                                       6         08/30/96  19:57:3   |
|      QNETWARE                                    4         08/29/96  13:54:3   |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                         Bott   |
| Press Enter to continue.                                                       |
|                                                                                |
| F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F5=Refresh   F6=Print   F12=Cancel   F17=Position to     |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



Figure 9-5 shows, for example, that: 
  • User LUEKE must change her password on September 20, 1996. 
  • She can have up to four concurrent connections. 
  • She has no login script or home directory. 
  • She belongs to two user groups on the NDS tree. 
Figure 9-5. Network Server User Details--Enhanced Integration for NetWare
 
 

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                          Network Server User Details                           |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| NDS tree . . . . . :   IBM_TREE0                                               |
| Server . . . . . . :   PUBS1                                                   |
| User . . . . . . . :   LUEKE                                                   |
|                                                                                |
| Login disabled  . . . . . . . . . :   *NO                                      |
| Grace login limit . . . . . . . . :   6                                        |
| Login expiration date . . . . . . :   09/20/96                                 |
| Maximum concurrent connections  . :   4                                        |
|                                                                                |
| Password change allowed . . . . . :   *YES                                     |
| Password required . . . . . . . . :   *YES                                     |
| Unique password required  . . . . :   *NO                                      |
| Minimum password length . . . . . :   6                                        |
| Password expiration date  . . . . :   09/20/96                                 |
| Password expiration interval  . . :   31                                       |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Press Enter to continue.                                                       |
|                                                                                |
| F3=Exit   F6=Print   F12=Cancel                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                          Network Server User Details                           |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| NDS tree . . . . . :   IBM_TREE0                                               |
| Server . . . . . . :   PUBS1                                                   |
| User . . . . . . . :   LUEKE                                                   |
|                                                                                |
| Default server  . . . . . . . . . :   PUBS                                     |
|                                                                                |
| Profile login script  . . . . . . :                                            |
| Home directory  . . . . . . . . . :                                            |
| Text  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Edith Lueke test profile                 |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                      Display Network Server User Details                       |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| NDS tree . . . . . :   IBM_TREE0                                               |
| Server . . . . . . :   PUBS1                                                   |
| User . . . . . . . :   LUEKE                                                   |
|                                                                                |
| ---------------------------NetWare group membership-------------------------   |
| Everyone                                                                       |
| ADMIN-OBJECTS                                                                  |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


Figure 9-6 shows one of the two connections that user LUEKE has to the server. This user is not doing much. 

Figure 9-6. Display NetWare Connection--Enhanced Integration for NetWare
 
 

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                           Display NetWare Connection                           |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Server name . . . . . . . . . . . :   PUBS1                                    |
|                                                                                |
| Current context . . . . . . . . . :   PUBS.ROCH.IBM                            |
| Object name . . . . . . . . . . . :   LUEKE                                    |
| Object type . . . . . . . . . . . :   *USER                                    |
| Connection number . . . . . . . . :   5                                        |
| Option  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   *SERVER                                  |
|                                                                                |
| Network address . . . . . . . . . :   30318C01                                 |
| Node address  . . . . . . . . . . :   000000000001                             |
| Time of last login  . . . . . . . :   08/30/96  19:57:20                       |
| Expiration time . . . . . . . . . :   *NOMAX                                   |
| Connection in use . . . . . . . . :   No                                       |
| NetWare connection class  . . . . :   *NLM                                     |
| Requests  . . . . . . . . . . . . :   0                                        |
| Kilobytes read  . . . . . . . . . :   0                                        |
| Kilobytes written . . . . . . . . :   0                                        |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Press Enter to continue.                                                       |
|                                                                                |
| F3=Exit   F6=Print   F12=Cancel                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+


+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                                                                                |
|                           Display NetWare Connection                           |
|                                                             System:   SYSAS400 |
| Files locked  . . . . . . . . . . :   0                                        |
| Records locked  . . . . . . . . . :   0                                        |
| Semaphores  . . . . . . . . . . . :   0                                        |
|                                                                                |
| Status  . . . . . . . . . . . . . :   Logged in                                |
|                                                                                |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



Configuration Status of Network Servers

You can use the Work with Configuration Status display to show the network server descriptions and associated information. To get to this display, select option 40 Work with configuration status from the NWSADM menu, or type: 


WRKCFGSTS *NWS



You can do the following from this display: 
  • Vary on and vary off the network server descriptions 

  • For a NetWare NWSD, this starts and stops the NetWare server. 

  • Work with the network server descriptions 

  • To work with network server descriptions from this display, press F14. 

  • Work with the network server status 

  • To work with network server status from this display, press F15. 

When this display shows that a local server is active, it can mean that only OS/2 running on the Integrated PC Server for the local server is active. Users can still use the line for other activities. To ensure that the NetWare server itself is active, select F15 to display the network server status for your servers. For more information about network server status, see "Work with Network Server Status--Integration for NetWare"

Figure 9-7. Work with Configuration Status Display
 
 

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|                         Work with Configuration Status                SYSNAM00 |
|                                                             11/03/95  21:21:24 |
| Position to  . . . . .                Starting characters                      |
|                                                                                |
| Type options, press Enter.                                                     |
|   1=Vary on   2=Vary off   5=Work with job   8=Work with description           |
|   9=Display mode status ...                                                    |
|                                                                                |
| Opt  Description       Status                -------------Job--------------    |
|        NWHERMAN01      VARIED ON                                               |
|        NWHERMAN02      VARIED ON                                               |
|      NWITSC            VARIED OFF                                              |
|        NWITSC01        VARIED OFF                                              |
|        NWITSC02        VARIED OFF                                              |
|      NWRPL             VARIED OFF                                              |
|        NWRPL01         VARIED OFF                                              |
|      PJNCC02           ACTIVE                                                  |
|        PJNCC0201       VARIED ON                                               |
|                                                                      More...   |
| Parameters or command                                                          |
| ===>                                                                           |
| F3=Exit   F4=Prompt   F12=Cancel   F23=More options   F24=More keys            |
|                                                                                |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+



Starting and Stopping Servers

To start a NetWare server that is on a local Integrated PC Server, use the VRYCFG command to vary it on. To stop a server that is on a local Integrated PC Server, use the VRYCFG command to vary it off. From the display shown in "Configuration Status of Network Servers", you can select the VRYCFG command for your NetWare server. 

Note:
Be sure you use the vary on and vary off options rather than using the NetWare DOWN command. For more information on the DOWN command, see "NetWare Commands Not Supported with the Integrated PC Server"

To start or stop a remote NetWare server, use SBMNWSCMD or RCONSOLE to issue the DOWN command. You must use the server console to restart the server. For information about SBMNWSCMD, see "Submit Network Server Command (SBMNWSCMD)"

Restart server

Option 14=Restart server on the Work with Network Server Status display does not actually restart the server. AS/400 just re-contacts the server and restarts the monitor job that is re-started.   The server is released from Restricted state, if in Restricted state. In any case, the monitor job will attempt to contact the server again. Only local servers have associated monitor jobs. Therefore, only local servers can be restarted. 


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