How to install HP Visual Inspect for debugging programs?

[Jay j]

I have downloaded the trial version of HP Visual Inspect 3.4 and have installed in the PC. How do I install the Portmapper program and Inspect Broker program in the Non stop system?

I do not have the installation softdoc. If some one have it, please share it with me. Also I cannot find Inspect Broker program which has to be installed in the non stop system.

[JShepherd]

In article <65885601-77ed-4170...@googlegroups.com>,
jayo...@gmail.com says...

You might be able to get INSPBRKR from IPMScout


$SYSTEM.SYSnn.INSPBRKR
Binder timestamp: 20MAY2014 08:28:18 LCT, 20MAY2014 15:28:18 GMT
Version procedure: T9566H01_05FEB2014_RPC_ABB
Version procedure: T9756H02_10DEC2013_20MAY14_ABJ
Version procedure: T8432H04_30APR2012_CCPLMAIN
TNS/E Native Mode: runnable file


------------------------------------

== assuming the default TCP/IP process is $ZTC0
delete define =tcpip^process^name
add define =tcpip^process^name, class map, file $ztc0

[#IF 0 = [#PROCESSEXISTS $ZPM0] |THEN|
run $SYSTEM.ZRPC.PORTMAP /NOWAIT, NAME $ZPM0, CPU 2,TERM $ZHOME/0,TCPIP $ZTC0
]

[#IF 0 = [#PROCESSEXISTS $ZBKR0] |THEN|
run $system.system.INSPBRKR /NAME $ZBKR0,TERM $ZHOME,NOWAIT,PRI 150,cpu 2/TCPIP
$ztc0, override
]

== Server for PC based SQL/MP compiles
PARAM TDM^SCA^ $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.SCASRVR
[#IF 0 = [#PROCESSEXISTS $ZSCA0] |THEN|
run $SYSTEM.SYSTEM.SCABRKR /NAME $ZSCA0, NOWAIT, TERM $ZHOME, PRI 150,cpu 2/$ZTC0
]

[Keith Dick]

Do those programs have to be run by SUPER group or SUPER.SUPER, or can they be run by an ordinary user?

[JShepherd]

In article <bd6dnZRPRt3JSafE...@giganews.com>, kd...@acm.org
says...

We run them as super.super.
I don't know how what HP recommends.

[Randall]

Portmapper runs on a SUPER only port 111. It cannot be successfully started by a non-SUPER user unless your TCP/IP stack has been configured to allow it.

[wbreidbach]

In case you are going through a firewall there are some special parameters to tell the portmapper which ports to use, I vaguely remember that there is some configuration needed on the PC, too. But it should be described either in the manual or in the softdocs.

[Jay j]

On Friday, June 9, 2017 at 5:02:29 PM UTC+1, Jay j wrote:
> I have downloaded the trial version of HP Visual Inspect 3.4 and have installed in the PC. How do I install the Portmapper program and Inspect Broker program in the Non stop system?
>
> I do not have the installation softdoc. If some one have it, please share it with me. Also I cannot find Inspect Broker program which has to be installed in the non stop system.

Can anyone provide me the softdoc please? Have invested a great time in searching it online :(

[Jay j]

Can you provide me the softdoc please? Have invested a great time in searching it online :(

[Dave]

On Monday, June 12, 2017 at 2:18:54 PM UTC-4, Jay j wrote:
> Can you provide me the softdoc please? Have invested a great time in searching it online :(

I have a pdf called Getting Started with Visual Inspect I can send if you share an email address. It's not too helpful but does have some useful info. I also have information on changing the port ranges from a case I had with the GCSC a while back. Let me know if you need that too.

You should also check your PC firewall log to make sure you aren't blocking Portmapper or HP VI. Our corporate policy makers refuse to open the necessary ports so every couple of months I have to remove their firewall (that they reinstall) and switch to one I can control.

[Randall]

Some research on firewall issues w.r.t. Portmapper results in this:
1. Portmapper runs on UDP and TCP ports 111 - you might need to open both types, but TCP is usually enough for VI. I think NFS might need the UDP variant for some clients.
2. What makes VI problematic for firewalls is that the connection is made in either direction, from NonStop to PC and from PC to NonStop depending on how the process goes into DEBUG. This means that the firewall either has to open up all access to Portmapper 111 by any client - a BAD security design - or that you need to set up your PCs running VI with static IP addresses, or keep your leases long enough to get approval for the specific IP and get approval that way.
Yuck. ;)

[Jay j]

On Friday, June 9, 2017 at 5:02:29 PM UTC+1, Jay j wrote:

> I have downloaded the trial version of HP Visual Inspect 3.4 and have installed in the PC. How do I install the Portmapper program and Inspect Broker program in the Non stop system?
>
> I do not have the installation softdoc. If some one have it, please share it with me. Also I cannot find Inspect Broker program which has to be installed in the non stop system.

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Hello Guys,

I tried to install it on the tandem windows PC now where I was not able to install in my local machine due to the error"Remote PortMapper not available".

In tandem windows PC, the 111 port is open.
But while trying to install the portmapper I get the following error
:-"The service noblenet port mapper did not start in a timely fashion"

While I tried to ON the Visual inspect.exe I get the following error:-
"Event Manager :- Local portmapper is unavailable"
can somebody help me on this please?

[Randall]

Check your firewall settings on your PC and within your corporation. Portmapper is not always open. It is not open by default within my organization because of the group domain policy. Windows Firewall on my machine is set by default to block port 111. This may have nothing to do with Visual Inspect directly. Please also see my previous response in this thread with regards to using "Static IP".

Have you checked the Windows event log for problems? Are there any EMS events relating to the Portmapper? I think it reports startup.