[daip] adding a new host/data area problem

[Eric Greisen]

Chao-Shan Chen writes:

 > 1, the hostname is added to HOSTS.LIST ( genesis is the name )
 > 2, SYSETUP genesis is OK
 > 3, in the new host genesis, a host-specific dadevs.list is claimed,

The area $AIPS_ROOT/DA00 should have in it directories with the names
of each of the hosts at your site(s).  It should also have files
DADEVS.LIST (and/or maybe DADEVS.LIST.$SITE) as well as TPHOSTS,
TPDEVS.LIST, etc.  In the directories below this directory, there can
be DADEVS.LIST files if you so desire.  These then specify
"host-specific dadevs".  There are sites that use this option, most
site including NRAO's do not do this and SYSETUP should not cause such
a file to appear.  In other words, there almost certainly should not
be the file $AIPS_ROOT/DA00/GENESIS/DADEVS.LIST, but the claim of a
host-specific dadevs.list says that tat file is present.

 > 
 > My question is, do I need somefiles to put in the data area?, aips 
 > complained about some file not found in DA01 like MSD001000.001;      
 > NOT FOUND
 > How to configure a new data area, what files are needed and where are 
 > they from?

New data areas, e.g. /DATA/PRIMATE_1 need to have only one file in
them.  That is a 0-byte file named SPACE with wide-open privileges.  I
make this file with the "touch" command and then check the privilege
with "ls -laF" and fixe privilege with "chmod".

The user 1 message file is used as one logs in since the log in parts
of aips do not yet know a correct user number.   The error message may
be ignored, or you can suppress it by starting up aips as user 1
(usual password AMANAGER) and then RSTART as the desired user number.

 > AIPS 1: ZDCHIN: NO NETSP ENTRY FOR DA01
 >  ZMSGOP: FILE DA01:MSD001000.001;      NOT FOUND
 > MSGWRT ERROR      2 AT OPEN
 > AIPS 1: THIS MEANS THE TIMDEST LIMIT IS SET TO VALUE IN SP FILE OR 14.0

In the area $AIPS_ROOT/DA00 is a file called NETSP.  That file has
column 1 the same name as the disk drive in DADEVS.LIST.  Column 2
gives the TIMDEST limit in days - files older than that will be
destroyed if TIMDEST veb is executed.  The next 8 columns give the
allowed user numbers for that disk - all 0 means anyone.  You need to
add the new disk names to that file to suppress this error message and
to control this information.

Eric Greisen