20000718: McIDAS-X installation (Urgent) (cont.)

Dear Leonard,

As you know, I have been trying to re-install LDM-McIDAS since we moved
back to Wood Hall, 2 years ago.  Regardless the many times I have tried,
with help from the University of Wisconsin(Chad) and with Tom Yoksas from
UNIDATA support, things always got stuck when the installation required
root access.

I had this subcontract with University of Virginia and NASA that is
expiring at the end of this month.  Even though I have the data to
analyse I could never do it because I did not have ldm-mcidas-x
installed.  I have a CE student (Matthews Williams) who is willing to
help me. But YOU need to do the aaccount preparation (mcidas and
mcadde) because they are all done at the root administration level.
The information is at the UNIDATA website;
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/mcidas/mcx/index.html I do need
this to be done before the end of theis week.

John knows the new code to enter the Meteorology lab.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Elen
Elen Cutrim, Acting Chair
Geography Department
Western Michigan University
Ph: (616)387-3418
FAX:(616)387-3442
email: address@hidden

John,

>The three accounts (as per note from Tom Yoksas) exist.  
>
>Storage for McIDAS data files will have to be on s418 external
>disk(s).  As this machine is a client of grog (where the software will be
>installed), processing should not be a problem.

From this comment I am assuming that McIDAS-X, -XCD, LDM, and
ldm-mcidas are to be installed on a machine named
s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu.  This is the same machine that I tried to do
the install on a while back, but I had problems contacting it from our
offices in Boulder.  Apparently, the problem continues.  Here are
results from two pings to the machine:


/home/yoksas% ping s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu
PING s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu (141.218.93.42): 56 data bytes
^C
--- s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
/home/yoksas% ping s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu 
PING s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu (141.218.93.42): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 141.218.93.42: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=51 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.93.42: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=60 ms (DUP!)
^C
--- s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu ping statistics ---
51 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, +1 duplicates, 98% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 51/55/60 ms

A ping to grog shows an entirely different story:

/home/yoksas% ping grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu
PING grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu (141.218.23.75): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=49 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=49 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=56 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=49 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=10 ttl=244 time=48 ms
^C
--- grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu ping statistics ---
11 packets transmitted, 11 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 48/49/56 ms

>All three accounts are in an "ldm" group created for this purpose.
>
>Installation activities requiring root activities will have to be done by
>WMU UNIX Systems group personnel.  University policy prohibits providing
>anyone else from having the password or equivalent priviliges.
>
>Either Leonard or I should be able to assist where required.

If you could troubleshoot the access to s418, I would then be able
to start doing installations.

Tom

John,

>The three accounts (as per note from Tom Yoksas) exist.  
>
>Storage for McIDAS data files will have to be on s418 external
>disk(s).  As this machine is a client of grog (where the software will be
>installed), processing should not be a problem.

From this comment I am assuming that McIDAS-X, -XCD, LDM, and
ldm-mcidas are to be installed on a machine named
s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu.  This is the same machine that I tried to do
the install on a while back, but I had problems contacting it from our
offices in Boulder.  Apparently, the problem continues.  Here are
results from two pings to the machine:


/home/yoksas% ping s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu
PING s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu (141.218.93.42): 56 data bytes
^C
--- s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
/home/yoksas% ping s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu 
PING s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu (141.218.93.42): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 141.218.93.42: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=51 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.93.42: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=60 ms (DUP!)
^C
--- s418.lab2.cc.wmich.edu ping statistics ---
51 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, +1 duplicates, 98% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 51/55/60 ms

A ping to grog shows an entirely different story:

/home/yoksas% ping grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu
PING grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu (141.218.23.75): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=0 ttl=244 time=49 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=1 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=2 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=3 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=4 ttl=244 time=49 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=5 ttl=244 time=56 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=6 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=7 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=8 ttl=244 time=48 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=9 ttl=244 time=49 ms
64 bytes from 141.218.23.75: icmp_seq=10 ttl=244 time=48 ms
^C
--- grog.lab2.cc.wmich.edu ping statistics ---
11 packets transmitted, 11 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 48/49/56 ms

>All three accounts are in an "ldm" group created for this purpose.
>
>Installation activities requiring root activities will have to be done by
>WMU UNIX Systems group personnel.  University policy prohibits providing
>anyone else from having the password or equivalent priviliges.
>
>Either Leonard or I should be able to assist where required.

If you could troubleshoot the access to s418, I would then be able
to start doing installations.

Tom

>From address@hidden Wed Jul 12 13:59:54 2000
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:59:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: address@hidden
Subject: LDM and McIDAS installation
To: peirce <address@hidden>, "john.tucker" <address@hidden>,
   address@hidden
Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden

Hi, Tom Yoksas, Leonard Peirce, and John Tucker, 
I found a Computer Engineering student here at WMU that is willing to
install LDM and McIDAS in one of our machines at the Meteorology
Laboratory.  His name is Matthew Williams.  PLease give him all the
support you can, including download passwords for ldm and mcidas.

Thnak you so much.

Elen

Elen Cutrim, Acting Chair
Geography Department
Western Michigan University
Ph: (616)387-3418
FAX:(616)387-3442
email: address@hidden