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Hi Samuel, re: > I guess I'm a little confused as to the general process for creating a small > & relatively current datasets for fast retrieval (with IDV, etc...). OK. > The only reason I used /data/ldm/pub, is because that's what you had in your > e-mail suggestion from January 9th. My email was supposed to be an _example_ of how one creates an ADDE dataset definition. The intent was to show the process only. You need to replace things like directory locations with ones that match your setup. > I'm not convinced it worked, but I have executed the commands you have > suggested, and the output looked like this: > > -bash-2.05b$ cd $MCDATA > -bash-2.05b$ dsserve.k ADD NEXRCOMP/1KN0R-NAT GINI TYPE=IMAGE > DIRFILE=/data/ldm/pub/native/radar/composite/gini/n0r/1km/\\CURDAY/Level3_Composite_n0r_1km_\*.gini > \"1 km N0R US Base Reflectivity Composite > > Unable to add NEXRCOMP to DATALOC table > NEXRCOMP is already pointing at ADDE.CISE-NSF.GOV Again, the message 'Unable to add NEXRCOMP to DATALOC table' is issued by DSSERVE when there is already an entry in the client routing table for data dataset. It appears that you had a client routing table entry for NEXRCOMP pointing to ADDE.CISE-NSF.GOV. > Group/Descriptor Type Format & Range RT Comment > ------------------------ ----- ------------------ ---------------------- > NEXRCOMP/1KN0R-NAT IMAGE GINI 1 km N0R US Base > Reflectivity Composite > DIRFILE=/data/ldm/pub/native/radar/composite/gini/n0r/1km/\CURDAY/Level3_Composite_n0r_1km_*.gini > NEXRCOMP/2KN1P-NAT IMAGE GINI 2 km N1P US 1-hr Precip. > Composite DIRFILE=/data/ldm/mcidas/images/NEXRCOMP/2km/n1p/n1p_* > NEXRCOMP/4KNTP-NAT IMAGE GINI 4 km NTP US Storm Total > Precip. Composite DIRFILE=/data/ldm/mcidas/images/NEXRCOMP/4km/ntp/ntp_* > dsserve.k: done This listing shows that the server mapping table was updated with your ADDE definition. However, if your NEXRCOMP 1km National N0R composites are not stored in /data/ldm/pub/native/composite/gini/n0r/1km/... then your requests for data on your own system will never work. What you need to do is review where you are filing the 1km National N0R images on your system and substitute that directory in the definition above (i.e., you will rerun DSSERVE specifying the correct location for the data). > -bash-2.05b$ dataloc.k ADD NEXRCOMP LOCAL-DATA > > Group Name Server IP Address > -------------------- ---------------------------------------- > NEXRCOMP <LOCAL-DATA> > > <LOCAL-DATA> indicates that data will be accessed from the local data > directory. > DATALOC -- done Very good. Now you will try to get the data from your own ADDE server and not ADDE.CISE-NSF.GOV. Again, the access will not work until your ADDE dataset definition is correct. If you like, I can logon to your system and setup the NEXRCOMP dataset definitions based on how your LDM pqact.conf action(s) are processing the data. You could then review the definition and compare it to the example. Cheers, Tom **************************************************************************** Unidata User Support UCAR Unidata Program (303) 497-8642 P.O. Box 3000 address@hidden Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unidata HomePage http://www.unidata.ucar.edu **************************************************************************** Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: TTR-495389 Department: Support McIDAS Priority: Normal Status: Closed