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From: snodwt@vms.sas.com ("Tilley, David W.           1909")
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: VAX Pathworks VAXshare server gets hung
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Date: 15 Apr 91 14:30:00 GMT
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Has anyone had problems with DEC's PathWorks VAXshare server?? I'm running
PathWorks on a 6000-450 with VMS 5.4-1A with Macs connected via EtherTalk
cards (running through Cisco routers for AppleTalk routing). We seem to
keep crashing or hanging the VAXshare (AppleShare-like) server on the VAX
when someone from a different zone tries to access a VAXshare volume.
(I'm aware of the patch from DEC that involves large hard-disks, and I have
applied this patch...but this seems to be a completely different problem)

It seems that when someone in a zone different from the server's zone tries
to select a file server from the chooser, the watch shows up and about 45 secs
later you get a dialog box claiming that the server is not responding.
(You never get to the point where you are asked to log in, or pick a volume).
The server seems intact enough to advertise its existence, but unable to
answer any requests.

Has anybody seen this behavior before? What could I do to fix it, or at least
gain a clue as to where else to look for problems?

					Thanks,
						-Dave Tilley
						 dave@vms.sas.com