Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7

1-6 Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.7
About HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7
HP DCE/9000 Core Services Software
Features Removed at HP DCE 1.6 and 1.7
The following features were removed at HP DCE 1.6:
• Distributed File Service (see “Installation Notes” in Chapter 4 for
information about unconfiguring DFS before installing HP DCE 1.6).
• Global Directory Service.
• HP DCE Cell Monitor.
• The DCE cell diagnostic tool dceval.
The following feature was removed at HP DCE 1.7:
• Network Computing System (NCS) Version 1.5.1 compatibility (see
“Note for Users of NCS-based Software” in Chapter 5 for important
HP DCE/9000 configuration information).
Version Identification
Version information for individual HP DCE/9000 Version 1.7 components
may be obtained via the /opt/dce/bin/dce_version utility. This utility
prints the version of the installed DCE and can also retrieve what
strings (see what (1)) from HP DCE/9000 programs and libraries. See the
dce_version man page for information on how to use dce_version.
Cell Configuration and Diagnostics
HP DCE supplies two configuration tools with this release:
• dce_config is the cell configuration tool provided by OSF, with
substantial modifications by Hewlett-Packard.
• DCM, the DCE Configuration Manager, provides a SAM interface to
cell management.
• HP’s DCE cell validation and diagnostic tool dceping.