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LANDP Workgroup Definitions

A LANDP workgroup is a collection of workstations, some of which are servers that provide LANDP services, and some are clients that make use of those services. The workstations communicate over a local area network, or LAN.

Defining a LANDP workgroup

LANDP workgroups are defined in a file called LANCONF.SPC, which is placed in a workgroup directory that you create. If you have installed LANDP in C:\EHC\ and would like to define a workgroup called WORK, you would first create a directory called C:\EHC\EHCCUS\WORK\.

LANCONF.SPC is laid out with vectors in the same way as COMMON.SPC.

A typical LANCONF.SPC looks like the following:

  LANCONF  NAME=WORK,
WSNAMES=(F1)
  LWSCONF NAME=F1,
TYPE=NT,
SERVER=(PR47X2##),
PAR&47X2=(C,C,9600,4722),
CLIENT=(PR47X2F1,F1),
SES&47X2=(F1,F1,1,C),
SOFTPACK=CONFTEST

The LANCONF vector

The LANCONF vector describes the workgroup itself. The name of the workgroup and the type of network used to connect the workstations are the most common options defined here.

The LANCONF vector is described on page 417 of the LANDP Installation and Customization manual.

The LWSCONF vector

There is an LWSCONF vector for every workstation in the workgroup. In the above example, there is only one workstation defined.

The LWSCONF vector is described on page 423 of the LANDP Installation and Customization manual.

Validating Workgroup Definitions

Once you have defined your workgroups, you must validate them to make sure they are correct. For more information on the VALSPEC utility see chapter 7 of the LANDP Installation and Customization manual.