About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7

HP DCE/9000 Core Services Software

Features Removed at HP DCE 1.6 and 1.7

The following features were removed at HP DCE 1.6:

•Distributed File Service (see “Installation Notes” in Chapter 4 for information about unconfiguring DFS before installing HP DCE 1.6).

•Global Directory Service.

•HP DCE Cell Monitor.

•The DCE cell diagnostic tool dceval.

The following feature was removed at HP DCE 1.7:

•Network Computing System (NCS) Version 1.5.1 compatibility (see “Note for Users of NCS-based Software” in Chapter 5 for important HP DCE/9000 configuration information).

Version Identification

Version information for individual HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7 components may be obtained via the /opt/dce/bin/dce_version utility. This utility prints the version of the installed DCE and can also retrieve what strings (see what (1)) from HP DCE/9000 programs and libraries. See the dce_version man page for information on how to use dce_version.

Cell Configuration and Diagnostics

HP DCE supplies two configuration tools with this release:

•dce_config is the cell configuration tool provided by OSF, with substantial modifications by Hewlett-Packard.

•DCM, the DCE Configuration Manager, provides a SAM interface to cell management.

•HP’s DCE cell validation and diagnostic tool dceping.

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Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7