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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

535.0. "How do I find the Version from the IMPM?" by NSSG::R_SPENCE (Nets don't fail me now...) Mon Dec 10 1990 15:54

    How can I find out the version of DECmcc from the Iconic Map?
    
    I started it up but the DECterm I started it in did not display the
    version. Without opening any domains (didn't want to till I knew which
    version of software I had) I could not find any way to discover the
    actual version. The HELP always seems to say V1.1 even for the X1.1
    and T1.1 kits. Perhaps the Help should really reflect the real Version?
    Also, the real version should be accesable by the user.
    
    s/rob
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535.1re -.1BARREL::LEMMONMon Dec 10 1990 19:3014
To show the version of a specific component, type

	MCC> SHOW MCC 0 <component> ALL CHARACTERISTICS

This will give you the version of the individual management module.  
You can also do this from the Iconic Map by adding the MCC entity
to a domain and double clicking into it.  You will then see all of the
management modules that MCC knows about.  Select the one you are interested
in and then pulldown the operations menu to do a SHOW CHARACTERISTICS.

The About help will contain the version of the DECmcc Directive kit installed.
In this case it should have been T1.1.

/Jim
535.2NSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Mon Dec 10 1990 19:5011
    In the T1.1 kit the HELP says it is V1.1.
    
    When you start MCC with the FCL as the PM, the version is displayed
    at startup time before you get the MCC Prompt.
    
    However, with the IMPM there needs to be a way to do it without
    creating a domain to put MCC in then opening it up. I shouldn't have
    to write into the namespace just to ask what version this is
    (especially if you suspect a version mismatch).
    
    s/rob
535.3re: .2BARREL::LEMMONWed Dec 12 1990 19:0115
The About help will (in the next version) contain the version of the
DECmcc director kit installed.  It was an oversight on our part that it
doesn't say T1.1.  This version is equivilent to what you see
when you start up the MCC with the FCL.  

There will be management modules released asynchronously from the 
DECmcc director kit (e.g., TCP/IP AM).  If you want to see the 
version of non-DECmcc Director kit management modules from the
iconic map, you will need to add the MCC entity to a domain. double click
into it, select the management module, and show its characteristics.

This is what we call managment of managment. 

/Jim
535.4Writing to DNS to find out version not ok.NSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Fri Dec 14 1990 16:248
    Thanks for the pointers to finding the version.
    
    However I still believe that it is not acceptible to have to create
    a domain (therefore writing into DNS) in order to simply find out
    if you have the correct software installed.
    
    s/rob