Re: 19990720: ldm hostname

On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Unidata Support wrote:

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> >To: <address@hidden>
> >From: "J. Christopher Clarke" <address@hidden>
> >Subject: scriptconfig script
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> >Keywords: 199907212029.OAA01389
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> Hello again,
> 
>       While looking at you latency web site and after running
> "ldmadmin config", it looks like our setup still thinks it's "cyclone.net2..."
> While we are still waiting for our feed site to change to our new
> IP, the fact that our LDM still thinks of the old name probably means
> that our stats we send to you will have the old name, hence the 
> latency time for the old, but new, machine name.
> 
Chris,

From the LDM user home directory, edit ldmadmin script ie.

% vi bin/ldmadmin

Look for $hostname variable and set it to the new name.



>       Looking in my manual there is supposed to be a script
> called "scriptconfig" that will change this to the new name.  However
> for the life of me, I can't find it anywhere in our version directories.
> 

The scriptconfig was only sent out with the binary releases, it's located
in the {ldm-version}/bin directory.


> First, do you have any idea where this script might have gone?
> We have three version still on line (5.0, 5.0.2 and 5.0.8) and none
> seem to have this script.
> 
> Second, does it really matter.  You see the latency, albeit under
> the old name, and we get our data...
> 

It's better to keep things current because otherwise it make
new configuration harder. I'm sure you will find the hostname in the
bin/ldmadmin script.


> I promise after I get all this working again (and the GEMPAK which
> I never did get installed...) I won't bother you anymore. :)
> 
No problem.

Robb....



> Thanks for all the help,
> 
> Chris
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> J.  Christopher Clarke                address@hidden    
> Assistant Professor  
> Northeast Louisiana University
> Dept. of Geosciences                     
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