A little OpsNav trouble...

[J.Pluta]

I'm almost back up. One of the last pieces is mapping the AS/400 IFS as network drives to W2K. This requires OpsNav. Unfortunately, when I click on my File Systems icon, I get the following: "An error occurred while retrieving directories and files. Please check your communications path to the AS/400." This is odd, because everything else works just fine. I have emulation sessions up, it sees my TCP/IP servers and Client Access servers. For the fun of it I tried configuring my AS/400's DNS server, although I'd never done that before. No joy. So now I cannot get into my file system, and that's a REAL problem. Anybody run into this? Joe

[Guest.Visitor]

A little OpsNav trouble...

Just curious Joe...what all did you have to do to get your data/system back?

[Guest.Visitor]

A little OpsNav trouble...

Joe, Anytime you have a problem where some things work but some don't, the first thing you should try is CWBPING at your PC. This will tell you the status of the AS/400's servers as they appear to the PC. Bill

[J.Pluta]

A little OpsNav trouble...

FORMAT C: Seriously, a full reinstall from scratch.

[J.Pluta]

A little OpsNav trouble...

I'll try CWBPING when I get home, Bill, but what SHOULD I see? Because in OpsNav itself, I can bring up the list of servers, both TCP/IP and Client Access. And in the Client Access servers, ALL are in "Started" mode. Similarly, nearly all of my TCP/IP servers are started. I don't have DHCP or BOOTP relay started, or VPN, I believe (going from memory here). Other than that, they're all started. It seems there's just a configuration issue or perhaps Client Access V3R2M0 won't work with W2K SR1. In fact, that may indeed be the case, but it's odd because NEARLY everything works. Maybe I need to install CAX.

sigh<

[J.Pluta]

A little OpsNav trouble...

Gz Louise. I just searched on my own messsages, and got this: "Client Access does NOT work with Windows 2000. You must use Client Access Express." Duh. That's the problem. Time to get a CAX disk. Duh Duh Duh.

[Guest.Visitor]

A little OpsNav trouble...

Joe: I not sure if it requires CAX, but, another way you could try to map your PC drive to the IFS with W2K, is to use Add a Network Place. You launch an icon on your W2K desktop called My Network Places and the first entry in the folder is called Add Network Place. It brings up a wizard to guide you through the process and you describe your as400 \qMYAS400, like in CAX. I think it may work, because there are some 400 users that don't connect with CAX, yet they still can map their PC drive to the 400. HTH

[J.Pluta]

A little OpsNav trouble...

I'll try that, Mike, but I have a feeling I'm just going to go to CAX. It'll still be good to know in case I run into this in the field. Joe