Reviewing CNXSETUP.LOG Using FTP - TCP/IP

A CNXSETUP.LOG log file is created when you install the OpenVMS server components (Step 4 - Post-Installation Checklist). This log file helps identify possible installation difficulties. To simplify reviewing the log, copy the log file to your CONNX administrator computer desktop using File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

The procedure below uses the FTP client supplied with Windows. Adapt this procedure to suit the FTP client of your choice.

To copy CNXSETUP.LOG using FTP

  1. Click Start on the taskbar, and then click Run. In the Open text box, type ftp and then click OK. The FTP window with the ftp> prompt appears.

Note Depending on the configuration or version of your Web browser, you can also launch directly using the full path name: c:\windows\ftp.exe

  1. Follow this abbreviated sequence of commands:

1.

ftp> open machine.

2.

Connected to machine1.com

3.

User (machine1): nick

4.

Password

5.

ftp> dir connxsetup.log

6.

CNXSETUP.LOG

7.

ftp> 1cd c:\windows\desktop

8.

ftp> get cnxsetup.log

9.

Transfer completed.

10.

ftp> bye

 

Description:

1.

Open connection with server.

2.

Connection verified.

3.

Enter the same user name as the one used for the OpenVMS server installation.

4.

Enter the user name and password.

5.

Verify that the CNXSETUP.LOG is present in the [Username] root directory.

6.

Return indicates CNXSETUP.LOG is in the [Username] root directory.

7.

Set the destination folder on the administrator computer to the computer desktop.

8.

Get the CNXSETUP.LOG file and transfer it to the computer desktop.

9.

Return indicates transfer is complete.

10.

End the ftp session and close the ftp window.

 

  1. Locate the CNXSETUP.LOG file on your computer desktop. Right-click the file once, and then click Open With. Scroll to the desired text editor or word processing program to open the log, and then click the OK button.

  2. Review, print, and process the CNXSETUP.LOG file.

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