CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Introduction to Managing MRP 1.1 How Does MRP Work? 1.2 Checklist of Management Tasks 2 Maintaining the Directory Service 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Responsibility for the Directory Service 2.3 Using MBMAN to Maintain the Directory Service 2.3.1 Running MBMAN 2.3.2 MBMAN Commands 2.3.3 MBMAN Command Syntax 2.3.4 MBMAN Qualifiers 2.3.5 Building a Directory Service Subscriber Entry 2.3.6 Checking a Built Object 2.3.7 Resetting a Built Object 2.3.8 Adding a Built Object to the Directory Service 2.3.9 Displaying a Subscriber Entry 2.3.10 Selecting a Subscriber Entry 2.3.11 Modifying a Subscriber Entry 2.3.12 Displaying a Modified Object 2.3.13 Resetting a Modified Object 2.3.14 Adding a Modified Object to the Directory Service 2.3.15 Deleting a Subscriber Entry 2.3.16 Exiting from MBMAN 2.4 Creating Directory Service Entries for Digital Users 2.4.1 Creating a Directory Service Entry for a User of a Message Router User Agent 2.4.2 Creating a Directory Service Entry for a VMSmail User 2.5 Enabling Digital Users to Exchange Mail with Other Mail Systems 2.5.1 Exchanging Messages with Message Router X.400 Gateway 2.5.2 Exchanging Messages with Message Router VMSmail Gateway 2.5.3 Exchanging Messages with ULTRIX Mail Connection 2.6 Enabling IBM OV/VM Users to Exchange Mail with Other Mail Systems Through MAILbus 2.6.1 Creating a Directory Service Entry for an IBM OV/VM User 2.6.2 Creating a Directory Service Entry for a User of Another Mail System Exchanging Mail Through MRP to an IBM OV/VM 2.6.3 Allowing for the Transfer of Service Messages from IBM OV/VM 2.7 Creating a Directory Service Entry to Redirect POSTMASTER Messages 3 Creating and Maintaining the Nodelist File 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Information for the Nodelist File 3.3 Setting Up the Nodelist File 3.3.1 Nodes with Names the Same as VMS Process Logicals 3.3.2 Example Nodelist File 3.4 Modifying the Nodelist File 3.5 Nodes Without Nodelist File Entries 4 Preparing to Configure MRP 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Configuring MRP on a VAXcluster 4.3 Configuration Options 4.3.1 The DECnet SNA Gateway Name 4.3.2 The SNA Access Name 4.3.3 The MRP Session Address 4.3.4 The MRP Node ID 4.3.5 The IBM Node ID 4.3.6 The Difference Between GMT and Local Time 4.3.7 The Local Timezone 4.3.8 The Keyword Character Set 4.3.9 The IBM OV/VM Character Set 4.3.10 Handling Multi-Bodypart Messages 4.3.11 Accepting the Default Answer to Remaining Questions 4.3.12 Sending a Cover Note with a Single Bodypart Message 4.3.13 The MRP Device Name 4.3.14 The MRP Mailbox Name 4.3.15 The Node Password 4.3.16 The Line Password 4.3.17 The MRP Batch Queue Name 4.3.18 The Retry Limit 4.3.19 The IBM OV/VM Date Format 4.3.20 Binary Files From IBM OV/VM 4.3.21 Passing DCA RFT Documents Through MRP Unconverted 4.3.22 DCF Draft Documents Sent from IBM OV/VM 4.3.23 Sending Large Notes to IBM OV/VM in Document Format 4.3.24 Directory Service Lookup of Recipients of OV/VM Notes 4.3.25 The Distribution List on Notes 4.3.26 Suppressing Comment Control Blocks 4.3.27 Non-Delivery of Messages with Large Text Records 4.3.28 Disabling Delivery Acknowledgements from IBM 4.3.29 Discarding Negative Nodal Message Records from IBM 4.3.30 Non-Registration of MRP Users in the Directory Service 4.4 Configuring MRP Using Non-Standard Logicals 4.4.1 Suppressing First Attachment Marker 4.4.2 Sending WPS-PLUS Bodyparts Generated in ALL-IN-1 EM 4.4.3 Suppressing Warning Text 4.4.4 Rejecting Unrecognized DCF Draft Documents 4.4.5 Treating CMS Notes as OV/VM Notes 4.4.6 Merging Left Print Margin with Ruler 4.4.7 Sending Large or Complex WPS-PLUS Documents 5 Configuring MRP 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Configuration Procedure 5.3 Upgrading MRP to Version 1.3 5.4 Running the MRP Configuration Procedure 5.5 The Configuration Verification Procedure (CVP) 5.6 Post-Configuration Tasks 6 Starting, Stopping, Reconfiguring and Tuning MRP 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Starting MRP 6.3 Stopping MRP 6.4 Reconfiguring MRP 6.4.1 When to Reconfigure MRP 6.4.2 The Configuration Commands 6.4.3 Renaming the MRP Mailbox 6.4.4 The Procedure for Reconfiguring MRP 6.4.4.1 Stopping MAILbus 6.4.4.2 Running the MAILbus Configuration Procedure 6.4.4.3 Restarting MAILbus 6.5 Tuning of MRP Resource Quota Values 6.5.1 Adding Non-standard Logicals to MRP 6.6 Saving Temporary Files 7 Interpreting the MRP Information Log File 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Log File Entries 7.2.1 Messages from Digital to IBM OV/VM 7.2.2 Mail from IBM OV/VM to Digital 7.3 MRP Error Logging 7.4 MRP Hibernation Period 7.4.1 Determining the Status of the MRP Process After a Fatal Error 7.5 The MRP Restart Procedure 7.5.1 Running MRP on a Single Node 7.5.2 Running MRP on a Cluster 7.6 What to Do if MRP Stops Unexpectedly 8 Management Action Procedures 8.1 Introduction 8.2 An Example Management Service Exception Report 8.3 How to Use the MAPs 8.4 MRP MAPs 8.4.1 MAP MRP 1 8.4.2 MAP MRP 2 8.4.3 MAP MRP 3 8.4.4 MAP MRP 4 8.4.5 MAP MRP 5 8.4.6 MAP MRP 6 8.4.7 MAP MRP 7 8.4.8 MAP MRP 8 8.4.9 MAP MRP 9 8.4.10 MAP MRP 10 8.4.11 MAP MRP 11 8.4.12 MAP MRP 12 8.4.13 MAP MRP 13 8.4.14 MAP MRP 14 8.4.15 MAP MRP 15 8.4.16 MAP MRP 16 8.4.17 MAP MRP 17 8.4.18 MAP MRP 18 8.4.19 MAP MRP 19 8.4.20 MAP MRP 20 8.4.21 MAP MRP 21 8.4.22 MAP MRP 22 8.4.23 MAP MRP 23 8.4.24 MAP MRP 24 8.4.25 MAP MRP 25 A Sample Configuration B Comment Control Block Messages B.1 Introduction B.2 Comment Control Block Meanings C Error Messages C.1 Introduction C.2 Error Message Format TABLES 2-1 MBMAN Qualifiers for all Users of MRP 3-1 The doc-flag Parameter 4-1 Default Values for Configuration Options 6-1 MRP Account Resource Quotas 8-1