20050407: LDM Error Messages in System Logs: What do they mean? (cont.)

>From: "Alvarez, Angelo CIV NAVPACMETOCCEN JTWC" <address@hidden>
>Organization: NAVPACMETOCCEN/JTWC
>Keywords: 200504072353.j37Nr0k4014186 LDM

Hi Angelo,

I know that you sent this directly to Steve, but I thought I would jump in and
respond.  Please see my comments below.

>Thanks.  Because of the way LDM is installed and "runtime" is linked to the
>binary version:
>
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            14 Dec 22 14:27 data -> /var/data/ldm/
>drwx------    2 ldm      ldm          4096 Dec 22 14:03 decoders
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            11 Dec 22 14:26 doc -> runtime/doc
>drwxrwxr-x    2 ldm      ldm          4096 Apr  7 16:03 etc
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            15 Dec 22 14:27 include -> runtime/inc
> lude
>drwxr-xr-x    7 ldm      ldm          4096 Sep 15  2004 ldm-6.0.15
>-rw-------    1 root     root      2197504 Dec 22 14:02 ldm-6.0.15.tar
>-rw-rw-r--    1 ldm      ldm             6 Apr  7 16:04 ldmd.pid
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            11 Dec 22 14:27 lib -> runtime/lib
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            19 Dec 22 14:28 logs -> /var/data/ldm/
> logs/
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            11 Dec 22 14:27 man -> runtime/man
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            19 Dec 22 14:04 runtime -> /opt/ldm/ld
> m-6.0.15
>lrwxrwxrwx    1 ldm      ldm            12 Dec 22 14:07 src -> runtime/src/
>drwx------    2 ldm      ldm          4096 Dec 22 14:03 util
>
>
>we should be able to download, compile, and link "runtime" to the latest
>version and not have to edit the configuration files. Right?

You would be correct _if_ you were upgrading from LDM v6.2.x to LDM 6.3.
One of the differences between LDM 6.0.15 and more recent versions is
the separation of LDM configuration information into the file
'ldmadmin-pl.conf', a file that will get installed in your ~ldm/etc
directory.  After installing a recent version of the LDM -- hopefully the
latest version which is currently v6.3.0 -- you will need to edit
~ldm/etc/ldmadmin-pl.conf and set values in it in the same way that you
possibly did in ~ldm/bin/ldmadmin for v6.0.15.  I say possibly since it
may be the case that you made no changes to your v6.0.15 ldmadmin
script.  If you made no changes in it, you will not need to make
changes in the new ~ldm/etc/ldmadmin-pl.conf file.

Secondly, please change the runtime link:

<as 'ldm'>

cd ~ldm
ldmadmin stop
rm runtime
ln -s ldm-6.0.15 runtime

 -- or --

ln -s ldm-6.3.0 runtime         <- if you upgrade to LDM v6.3.0

ldmadmin start

The main reason for this change has to do with statistics reporting.

Thanks for your consideration in this.

Cheers,

Tom Yoksas
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>From address@hidden  Thu Apr  7 23:47:01 2005

Tom,

Thanks. I just upgraded our LDM server from 6.2.0 to 6.3.0 and it was
fairly quick.  My plan is to now upgrade the clients (most of them are
running 6.0.15).  I like the ldmadmin-pl.conf :)

v/r
angelo

Angelo Alvarez
System Administrator
NAVPACMETOCCEN/JTWC
https://www.npmoc.navy.mil
email: address@hidden
phone: 808.471.3645