This seems like a whole lot of work to go through to get around a problem that shouldn't exist in the first place. If the DHCP/DNS is setup correctly, every PC should have a valid DNS name that resolves the IP address correctly. I don't remember any site I've worked at recently (5 years) where I couldn't use a DNS name to address a desktop machine.
>>> Gary Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 3/19/2008 10:59 AM >>> A lot has been said about MVS/DNS/etc..., knowing the IP address of the workstation in order for MVS to initiate the FTP "down" to the WS. Most have said it needs to be a static IP address. At this site, we use static IP addresses. However, while I no longer have the VBS/WSF (a VB script) file, at a prior site I wrote a plain-ole BAT/CMD file which called CSCRIPT to process the VBS/WSF file which would parse a txt file that was the output of "IPCONFIG /ALL > IPINFO.TXT". The data in the file contained the current WS IP address. Once the file was parsed (I got the data I needed), I knew the IP address and would save it to a one-line TXT file which was then FTP'ed to the MVS host and stored in a flat file which was read, actually copied, into the “host side†FTP SYSIN file. Now, I had what I needed to know to initiate the FTP down to the workstation. Using the Scheduled Tasks utility in XP, the BAT/CMD file would be kicked off at system started up (boot) and daily, about 10-15 minutes before the first MVS job of the day that produced the data I needed on the WS. While there may have been a better solution, or one more robust/reliable, it was not as ugly as it seems and the end result was it worked! In the time I was there using this process, there was only one occasion when the lease of a workstation expired between the time the IP address was FTP’ed to the host and the time the host needed the IP address to send the data down. I had intentions of rewriting the script file, but you know how that isâ€| Note that my email domain has changed from jo-annstores.com to joann.com. Please update your address book and other records to reflect this change. CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
