How do I find and set 'Server Internal Address"?

[woodshop]

Brief: I'm trying to build a test server environment with a copy of production tree. I have a separate network available that I installed a NW6 server in with the same name as the server that I'm trying to duplicate. To copy the tree I am running NWCONFIG and backup the DS before hardware upgrade and now have a copy of the ds.

Problem: Unfortunately I can not restore the ds on the test server with the server complaining that "The Server internal address is not the same..." On the production side I have (2) servers running IP only and there is no "SERVERID" line in the autoexec.ncf files. When I type "serverid" at the console I get
"SERVER-5.60-2722: IPX internal network number was NOT set"

How do I find out what the production server's internal address is and then set it on the test server?

Thanks

 

[Provogeek]

When you type in CONFIG at the server console, the second line will tell you the production server ID.

Then in the test server, just add the line SERVERID XXXXX under the server name line.

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[woodshop]

Hmm. Typed config and got
File server name: FPA
Server Up Time: 2 Days 21 Hours 26 Minutes 9 Seconds

Intel(R) 8254X Based Network Connection
Version 6.76 September 25, 2002
Hardware setting: Slot 2, Memory EC3E0000h to EC3FFFFFh, Interrupt Bh
Node address: 000347DD2E29
Frame type: ETHERNET_II
PACKET EVENIZE_OFF
Board name: CE1000_1_EII
LAN protocol: ARP
LAN protocol: IP Addr:172.16.1.7 Mask:255.255.0.0


Tree Name: .ENG.
Bindery Context(s):
.MSN.WI

FPA:

Is it the Node Address?

 

[marvhuffaker]

If it's not telling you this info, you probably don't have one set. With NetWare 6 you don't have to have an IPX Internal number. ( I think even 5.1 can go without).

If you need one, just insert the following line into your AUTOEXEC.NCF after the "FILE SERVER NAME yyyy" line:

SERVERID xxxxxxx

xxxxxx being up to 8 hex characters and will be the internal ipx number next time you reboot. It can be pretty much random, but make sure its not the same as any other in your network.

This will enable your server to understand the IPX stuff that it is looking for.

Marvin Huffaker MCNE, CNE
Marvin Huffaker Consulting

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