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Hi Talbot, Port 388... Thank you, -Jeff ____________________________ _____________________ Jeff Weber address@hidden Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 ________________________________________ ______________________ On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Talbot Brooks wrote: > Jeff - > > Do you know what port number LDM uses on a Tru64 box? > > Thanks, > > Talbot J. Brooks > Dept. of Geography > Arizona State University > P.O. Box 870104 > Tempe, AZ 85287 > > (480) 965-7832 > > address@hidden > > Visit our web site at: > http://geography.asu.edu > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:26 PM > To: Talbot Brooks > Cc: address@hidden > Subject: RE: 20010817: ASU LDM setup > > > HI Talbot, > > The LDM uses TCP/IP not ftp.... > > Are you getting ANY data at all from U of A? > > Thank you, > > -Jeff > ____________________________ _____________________ > Jeff Weber address@hidden > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 > ________________________________________ ______________________ > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Talbot Brooks wrote: > > > Jeff - > > > > We're having some problems receiving data from the University of Arizona, > > our upstream site. In the process of troubleshooting, one of the > questions > > which arose was the method of file transfer. The router which handles our > > incoming streams to campus uses packet shaping. They're always trying to > > tighten things down to reduce hacks/illegal use. My question to you: is > the > > data used by LDM coming in normal ftp packets? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Talbot J. Brooks > > Dept. of Geography > > Arizona State University > > P.O. Box 870104 > > Tempe, AZ 85287 > > > > (480) 965-7832 > > > > address@hidden > > > > Visit our web site at: > > http://geography.asu.edu > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 2:37 PM > > To: Talbot Brooks > > Subject: RE: 20010817: ASU LDM setup > > > > > > Hi Talbot, > > > > Oh yes, the fun can really begin now!!! > > > > I lived in Scottsdale/Tempe from 87 to 93 > > and attended ASU fulfilling some physics and math requirements (and > > tennis) before pursuing my Masters at CU.. > > > > Enjoy the end of the monsoon (nice machine name, always my favorite time > > of year there) and let me know how things progress... > > > > I am running Solaris x86 and it performs nicely for this software. > > > > Thanks and keep me posted, > > > > Go Devil's!! > > > > -Jeff > > ____________________________ _____________________ > > Jeff Weber address@hidden > > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 > > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 > > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 > > ________________________________________ ______________________ > > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Talbot Brooks wrote: > > > > > Hi Jeff! > > > > > > Sounds like I'm in for some real fun! I will not be transferring the IP > > and > > > name. The new box will be called monsoon.la.asu.edu and will likely > > reside > > > at 129.219.255.72. I'll let you know if this changes. From quickly > > looking > > > at the documentation, it sounds like I'll need to do a completely new > > > installation and configuration since the move is off the Compaq box > > running > > > Tru64 to the new Sun running Solaris 8.x. I'll drop you a note after I > > get > > > into things to let you know what I'm up to. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Talbot J. Brooks > > > Dept. of Geography > > > Arizona State University > > > P.O. Box 870104 > > > Tempe, AZ 85287 > > > > > > (480) 965-7832 > > > > > > address@hidden > > > > > > Visit our web site at: > > > http://geography.asu.edu > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jeff Weber [mailto:address@hidden] > > > Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:29 PM > > > To: Talbot Brooks > > > Cc: ldm-support > > > Subject: Re: 20010817: ASU LDM setup > > > > > > > > > Hello Talbot, > > > > > > Welcome aboard! > > > > > > Are you going to be transferring the IP and name of the machine to the > new > > > or will we be dealing with a completely new entity? > > > > > > If it is going to change, I suggest keeping the old one up and running > > > until we have the new one running...and you will want to go into your > > > ldmd.conf file and notify all who feed from you and all who you feed > > > from..both primary and failover, and all point to point connects, and > > > notify them of the change and when it will occur. For topo changes like > > > this the more "heads up" we can provide to everyone the better. > > > > > > Soooo, the first thing you will want to do is install the LDM on the new > > > machine. > > > > > > Please see: > > > > > > http://unidata.ucar.edu/packages/ldm/index.html > > > > > > and I suspect you will go with a binary install, unless you desire to > muck > > > with the code. > > > > > > So go to LDM Preinstallation Requirements > > > > > > and peruse document, then I would visit > > > > > > LDM Binary Installation Check List > > > > > > and then probably > > > > > > LDM Setup > > > > > > > > > all these are links from the aforementioned URL. > > > > > > These provide step by step instructions on how to load the LDM. > > > > > > I would suggest making copies of your ldmd.conf file and probably your > > > pqact.conf file from your existing machine and transferring them over, > > > this will save you time, and probably some error troubleshooting. > > > > > > There are also many searchable archives for help at the bottom of this > > > page, please feel free to scour them for advice...and as always, when an > > > answer cannot be found please contact address@hidden > > > > > > > > > Thank you and good luck.. > > > > > > I also maintain the topology so please keep me posted as to the new name > > > -if there is going to be one- and when the change will occur. > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > -Jeff > > > ____________________________ _____________________ > > > Jeff Weber address@hidden > > > Unidata Support PH:303-497-8676 > > > NWS-COMET Case Study Library FX:303-497-8690 > > > University Corp for Atmospheric Research 3300 Mitchell Ln > > > http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/staff/jweber Boulder,Co 80307-3000 > > > ________________________________________ ______________________ > > > > > > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Unidata Support wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > ------- Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > >To: address@hidden > > > > >From: Talbot Brooks <address@hidden> > > > > >Subject: Shifting data stream > > > > >Organization: UCAR/Unidata > > > > >Keywords: 200108171734.f7HHYQ107330 > > > > > > > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not > > understand > > > > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > > > > > > > --Boundary_(ID_mcjlSALMXaN4spy0vZfv+g) > > > > Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > My name is Talbot Brooks and I am the relatively new network > > administrator > > > > for the Dept. of Geography at Arizona State University. One of our > > > faculty, > > > > Prof. Joe Zehnder, is a recipient of Unidata data streams for > NOAAport, > > > > GOES, and NIDS. Currently, our data stream is being handled by a > Compaq > > > > Alpha server running Tru64. Recently, we purchased 2 Sun Microsystems > > > 420r > > > > servers. We want to shift the handling of the data stream from the > > Compaq > > > > to the Sun boxes. I am not terribly familiar with LDM or how the > > > datastream > > > > is handled. Would you be able to help me through this process by > > > outlining > > > > what needs to be done on our end with some pointers to additional > > > > information for each step? > > > > > > > > Thank-you, > > > > > > > > Talbot J. Brooks > > > > Dept. of Geography > > > > Arizona State University > > > > P.O. Box 870104 > > > > Tempe, AZ 85287 > > > > > > > > (480) 965-7832 > > > > > > > > address@hidden > > > > > > > > Visit our web site at: > > > > http://geography.asu.edu > > > > > > > > --Boundary_(ID_mcjlSALMXaN4spy0vZfv+g) > > > > Content-type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable > > > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> > > > > <HTML> > > > > <HEAD> > > > > <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; = > > > > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > > > > <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version = > > > > 5.5.2653.12"> > > > > <TITLE>Shifting data stream</TITLE> > > > > </HEAD> > > > > <BODY> > > > > > > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Hi!</FONT> > > > > </P> > > > > > > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>My name is Talbot Brooks and I am the relatively new > = > > > > network administrator for the Dept. of Geography at Arizona State = > > > > University. One of our faculty, Prof. Joe Zehnder, is a > recipient > > = > > > > of Unidata data streams for NOAAport, GOES, and NIDS. Currently, > = > > > > our data stream is being handled by a Compaq Alpha server running = > > > > Tru64. Recently, we purchased 2 Sun Microsystems 420r = > > > > servers. We want to shift the handling of the data stream from = > > > > the Compaq to the Sun boxes. I am not terribly familiar with LDM > = > > > > or how the datastream is handled. Would you be able to help me = > > > > through this process by outlining what needs to be done on our end > with > > = > > > > some pointers to additional information for each step?</FONT></P> > > > > > > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Thank-you,</FONT> > > > > </P> > > > > > > > > <P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Talbot J. Brooks</FONT> > > > > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Dept. of Geography</FONT> > > > > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Arizona State University</FONT> > > > > <BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>P.O. 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