Adding an Alias Profile

To add an alias pro￿le to the AliasDB ￿le, y ou must either log on as MANA GER.SYS, have SM capability, or have AM capability for the account you are working in. Follow these steps to add an alias pro￿le to the AliasDB ￿le:

1.Invoke NETUtil.

2.Type ADD ALIAS at the NETUtil prompt. ADD ALIAS prompts y ou ￿rst for the alias name of the DBEnvironment on the server and then prompts y ou for additional information.

3.Respond to each prompt as follo ws:

Prompt

Response

Alias Name:

Enter the alias name of the DBEn vironment on the

 

server, to be used by an application on the clien t. The

 

alias name must be unique on the clien t and does not

 

have to be the same as the DBEn vironment name.

 

It can consist of ASCII 7-bit c haracters as w ell as

 

some 8-bit and 16-bit c haracter sets (either ASCII or

 

non-ASCII), can contain up to 128 characters, and

 

must not begin with an asterisk (*). The alias name is

 

not case-sensitiv e and it is stored and displa yed exactly

 

as it was entered.

Database Server Type:

Enter ALLBASE/SQL, the database managemen t

 

system server type on the server. (HP SQL is still

 

supported as a database serv er type. However,

 

if you enter HP SQL, NETUtil displa ys it as

 

ALLBASE/SQL.) The database serv er type name

 

is not case-sensitiv e and is stored and displa yed in

 

uppercase characters.

DBEnvironment Name:

Enter the fully quali￿ed ￿lename of the

 

DBEnvironment on the server. This name follows the

 

￿le naming conventions of the operating system in

 

which the DBEnvironment resides. It cannot exceed 26

 

characters in length, is not case-sensitiv e, and is stored

 

and displayed exactly as it w as entered.

Server Node Name:

Enter the node name of the serv er. This name is not

 

case-sensitive and is stored and displa yed in uppercase

 

characters.

Machine Type:

Enter the machine type of the server: HP3000 S900,

 

HP9000 S700, or HP9000 S800. A space is required

 

between HP3000 or HP9000 and the series n umber.

 

The machine type name is not case-sensitiv e and is

 

stored and displa yed in uppercase characters.

Datacomm Type:

Enter the type of network service y ou are using, either

 

ARPA or NS. If you are using HP-UX release 10.0 on

 

either the client or server, ARPA is the only valid entry.

 

The datacomm t ype name is not case-sensitiv e.

Setting Up ALLBASE/NET 2-5