Question
I have two servers on my network. One server contains ACUCOBOL-GT for two users, and the other has ACUCOBOL-GT for three users. If the server with a two-user license file fails, can all five users use the license file on the other server?
Answer
No. The license manager does not add up users from multiple servers. In order to have five users on either server, you would need to request the full user limit for each server.
Question
I am experiencing an error when I try to read the media on UNIX. For example, CPIO, generates the error, "not in cpio format" and TAR formatted archives generate the error, "I/O error on device name." What should I do?
Answer
In either case, use the following command to do an ASCII dump of the first part of the data:
od -c device | more
If you see the word "AMEK" in the dump, this indicates that some bytes may be swapped. You may be able to correct the problem with the "dd" utility.
For CPIO archives, use the following command:
dd if=device bs=10b conv=swab | cpio -icvBd
For TAR formatted archives, use the following command:
dd if=device bs=20b conv=swab | tar -xvf -
These commands cause each pair of incoming bytes to be swapped big-endian to little-endian conversion or vice versa). This may solve the problem.