NOVELL TECHNICAL INFORMATION DOCUMENT TITLE: Convert SNA to SAA DOCUMENT ID: TID000093 DOCUMENT REVISION: B DATE: 13JAN94 ALERT STATUS: Yellow INFORMATION TYPE: Symptom Solution README FOR: CONVRT.EXE NOVELL PRODUCT and VERSION: NetWare for SAA 1.2 NetWare for SAA 1.1 ABSTRACT: This conversion utility transfers configuration information on PU and dependent LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway (version 1.2, 1.3, or 1.3.01) to a NetWare for SAA (version 1.1 or 1.2) profile. The LUs on the NetWare SNA Gateway are transferred to Public LUs in the profile. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 DISCLAIMER THE ORIGIN OF THIS INFORMATION MAY BE INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL TO NOVELL. NOVELL MAKES EVERY EFFORT WITHIN ITS MEANS TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION. HOWEVER, THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT IS FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY. NOVELL MAKES NO EXPLICIT OR IMPLIED CLAIMS TO THE VALIDITY OF THIS INFORMATION. 컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴 Self-Extracting File Name: CONVRT.EXE Revision: B Files Included Size Date Time \ CONVRT.TXT (This File) CONVERT.EXE 303155 03-05-92 5:16p DBU$ERR.DAT 9451 02-26-90 6:52p DBU$MSG.DAT 24812 12-14-89 4:52p IBM$DBU.OVL 2936 09-01-89 12:00p DBU$HELP.DAT 3722 09-01-89 12:00p Converting NetWare SNA Gateway Configuration Information to a NetWare for SAA profile ************************************************************** This conversion utility transfers configuration information on PU and dependent LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway (version 1.2, 1.3, or 1.3.01) to a NetWare for SAA (version 1.1 or 1.2) profile. The LUs on the NetWare SNA Gateway are transferred to Public LUs in the profile. The PU and LUs are transferred in one of the following two ways: - A profile is created and PU information and dependent LU information is transferred. - Only dependent LU information is appended to an existing profile. Note that this utility does not transfer NetBIOS and coax information because they are not supported by NetWare for SAA. During the transfer, NetBIOS is converted to SPX and coax is converted to token ring. Also, independent LUs are not transferred. BEFORE YOU BEGIN Make sure that the number of sessions on your version of NetWare for SAA is equal to or greater than the number of LUs you are transferring from the NetWare SNA Gateway. If there are more LUs on the NetWare SNA Gateways than are permitted by your version of NetWare for SAA, upgrade the NetWare for SAA software or reduce the number of LUs on your SNA gateways. Make sure that NetWare for SAA is installed and the Communication Executive is running on the server where the information is to be transferred. To load the Communication Executive, enter the following command at the NetWare console (:) prompt: LOAD COMMEXEC For more information on loading the Communication Executive, refer to the NetWare Communication Services Administration Guide or the NetWare for SAA v1.2 Administration Guide. INSTALLING THE FILES Copy the following files from the floppy diskette to a directory on your hard disk: CONVERT.EXE DBU$MSG.DAT DBU$HELP.DAT DBU$ERR.DAT IBM$DBU.OVL RUNNING THE CONVERSION UTILITY Perform the following steps to transfer the PU and LU configuration information on your NetWare SNA Gateway to a NetWare for SAA profile: 1. From a DOS workstation, log in to the network server as a supervisor or with "supervisory equivalent" privileges. 2. From the directory containing the utility files, type CONVERT 3. You are prompted for the gateway-executable file (the file that loads the gateway). The default GWSERVER.EXE is displayed. Press if the default is correct. Otherwise, enter the path of your gateway filename. For example: F:\3270\svl\GATE1.EXE 4. From the list of communication servers displayed, select the server that is to receive the configuration information. 5. You will be prompted for a User Name. The default is Supervisor. Log in as Supervisor or with "supervisory equivalent" privileges. 6. Confirm whether you want to append the configuration information on the NetWare SNA Gateway to an existing profile on the communications server. Select NO to create a profile on the communications server. The profile is named after the NetWare SNA gateway's "Unique Server Name" field. All PU information and LU type and model information is transferred to this profile. If you select YES to "Append to Existing Profile," a list of existing profiles is displayed. Select the profile to which you want to transfer LU information; the PU address information on that profile will not change. Appending allows you to consolidate LUs from several NetWare SNA Gateways into one NetWare for SAA profile. However, the maximum number of LUs transferable is restricted by the licensing for NetWare for SAA. For example, if your NetWare for SAA software is licensed for 64 sessions and you are transferring 64 LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway, but you already have 16 LUs on a profile, this utility will transfer the first 48 LUs from the NetWare SNA Gateway. If you want to transfer the remaining LUs on the gateway, you need to upgrade your NetWare for SAA software to hold more sessions. Transfer of LUs will be aborted if the sum of LUs in the profile and in the gateway is greater than 253. For example, if your NetWare for SAA is licensed for 254 sessions, the profile already has 126 LUs and you want to transfer 128 LUs from the gateway, this utility will not append any of the LUs to your profile. However, if you reduce the number of LUs on the SNA gateway to 127, you can transfer all the LUs to the specified profile. VERIFYING TRANSFERRED INFORMATION During the conversion process, a text file is created with the NetWare SNA Gateway name and .LOG extension. This file will be in the directory where the gateway files are located. All the transferred information is logged into this file. For example: ** SNA Gateway -> NWSAA Conversion Log 02/12/92 10:01:19 ** Remember to configure your workstation software. Created profile named "GWMIX2" on server "SVL_CS1" The following Configuration was transferred: Configuration File: C:\3270\GWCAL\GWTOKEN.EXE Interface: SPX Network Connection: Token Ring Destination Address: 5555 79999999 hex Service Access Point: 04 hex Adapter Type: Primary Block ID: 017 hex PUID: 00000 Gateway LUs 2-11 (hex) transferred as LUs 2-11 (hex) 16 dependent LUs transferred Run CSCON to verify or change the transferred PU and Public LU information. You may need to specify PU information, for example, when you transfer a coax gateway (a coax connection gets converted to a token ring in NetWare for SAA). NetWare for SAA provides a more efficient pooling system than that provided in the NetWare SNA Gateway, so run CSCON to convert the Public LUs to pools and dedicated LUs, because pooling information is lost during the conversion process. For more information on running CSCON, refer to the NetWare Communication Services Administration Guide or the NetWare for SAA v1.2 Administration Guide. RECONFIGURING WORKSTATION SOFTWARE Once the transfer is complete, check the workstation software to see if the sessions on your workstations are compatible with those on the communications server. All LU type and model information are transferred as Public LUs. NetWare for SAA has a more efficient pooling system than that of the NetWare SNA Gateway. If necessary, reconfigure the workstation software to take advantage of the new pooling system. �