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Configuring BOOTP
9.5 Creating a BOOTP Database
To populate the BOOTP database with client entries, use these commands:
• CONVERT/VMS BOOTP (adds UNIX client records)
• SET BOOTP (adds individual client records)
9.5.2 Converting UNIX Records
You can use the BOOTP client information in an existing UNIX boot file. The
CONVERT/VMS BOOTP command populates the existing BOOTP database with
entries from a BIND formatted UNIX /etc/bootptab file.
Before you enter CONVERT/VMS BOOTP, define the logical name
TCPIP$BOOTP. The CONVERT/VMS BOOTP command uses it to determine
the directory and file name for the database. Enter the following command:
$ DEFINE /SYSTEM TCPIP$BOOTP SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]TCPIP$BOOTP.DAT
If you do not define TCPIP$BOOTP, the database is created as
[current_directory]TCPIP$BOOTP.DAT.
To populate the BOOTP database by using entries in a UNIX
/etc/bootptab file,
follow these steps:
1. Copy the /etc/bootptab file to your system.
2. Edit the output file. Examine the directory path for each client entry. Modify
the UNIX path names to OpenVMS specifications. For example, change:
:hd=/usr/apple/orange/bootptab:
to
:hd="DISK_BIRD2$:[USR.APPLE.ORANGE]BOOTPTAB.DAT":
Note that this is a UNIX file and is not compatible with OpenVMS.
3. Enter the CONVERT command as follows:
TCPIP> CONVERT /VMS BOOTP
The command reads the entries in your edited output file and adds them
to the BOOTP database. If it finds an existing record for a client with a
converted record, and if the information differs, the command updates the
existing record with the newer data.
The CONVERT/VMS BOOTP command has the following format:
CONVERT/VMS BOOTP source_file /ADD_HOST /FILE=sys_image_file
In this command format:
• source_file
Specifies the name of the file you edited (the output from the COPY
command). The default is ETC.BOOTPTAB.
• /ADD_HOST
Adds client entries that are new to your system to the hosts database. The
default is not to add client entries to the hosts database.
• /FILE=sys_image_file
Specifies the download file. Use this parameter if you are adding new clients
to the BOOTP database. All these new clients have the same download file.
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