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238 lines
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winscl.exe is a non-gui administration tool for WINS. It can be used
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for monitoring a WINS's activity and for examining its database.
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It can also be used for sending commands to WINS to initiate an activity
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such as replication, scavenging, registering a record, etc.
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Note: Unlike WINS Manager, winscl can not be used to configure a WINS.
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The following commands are supported by winscl
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RN - Register Name
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You can register a unique/multihomed/normal group/internet group names.
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QN - Query Name
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You can query any name in the wins db.
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DN - Delete Name
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Deletes a name. This action permanently gets rid of the name from the
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WINS db.
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GV - Get Version Counter Value
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Gets the current value of the version counter used to stamp records with
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version numbers
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GM - Get Mappings
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Gets the configuration intervals being used by WINS. These intervals
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are in secs. It also retrieves the priority class and the number of
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query threads in WINS. The owner id to address to version number mappings
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used by the replicator to determine how up-to-date the WINS db is relative
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to other WINSs is also retrieved. This command works only with an
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NT 3.51 WINS. Note: Owner Id is a number corresponding to a WINS address
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that is stored with a record in the WINS db. It indicates who the owner
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of the record is.
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GMO - Get Mappings (to be used with NT 3.5 WINS)
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Same as above except that this command should be used when connected to an
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NT 3.5 WINS.
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GST - Get Statistics
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Gets the various timestamps and statistics maintained by WINS. This command
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works only with an NT 3.51 WINS
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GSTO - Get Statistics (to be used with NT 3.5 WINS)
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Same as above except that this command should be used when going to an
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NT 3.5 WINS.
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PUSHT - Push Trigger
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Used to instruct the connected WINS to send a push trigger to another WINS.
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The local WINS will send a push trigger to the remote WINS only if either the
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remote WINS is listed under the Wins\Parameters\Push key in the registry or
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if RplOnlyWCnfPnrs value of the Wins\Parameters key in the registry is
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either non-existent or is set to 0. Likewise, the remote WINS will accept
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this trigger only of the local WINS is either listed listed under the
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Wins\Parameters\Pull key in its registry or if RplOnlyWCnfPnrs value of the
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Wins\Parameters key in its registry is either non-existent or is set to 0.
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Once the trigger is sent and accepted, the remote WINS, depending upon
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whether or not its db is out of sync with the connected WINS's db may or
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may not pull records from the local WINS.
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PULLT - Pull Trigger
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Used to instruct the connected WINS to send a pull trigger to another WINS.
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The local WINS will send a pull trigger to the remote WINS only if its db
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is out of sync with it and if and only if the remote WINS is either listed
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under the Wins\Parameters\Pull key or if RplOnlyWCnfPnrs value of the
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Wins\Parameters key either non-existent or is set to 0. Likewise,
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the remote WINS will accept this trigger only of the local WINS is either
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listed listed under the Wins\Parameters\Push key in its registry or if
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RplOnlyWCnfPnrs value of the Wins\Parameters key in its registry is either
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non-existent or is set to 0.
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SI - Statically Initialize WINS
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Used to statically initialize WINS from a file which has records in
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the format used in an lmhosts file.
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CC - Use this command to initiate Consistency Checking on WINS. Consistency
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checking results in WINS communicating with other WINSs to check the
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consistency of its database. THIS OPERATION RESULTS IN HIGH OVERHEAD
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ON THE WINS AND ALSO CAN HOG UP NETWORK BW (A FULL REPLICATION IS DONE).
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If you have a large database, you should probably do this at times when
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there is less network traffic.
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SC - Scavenge records
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Used to instruct WINS to scavenge records. This means that records that
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are old enough to be released will be released. Those that need to be
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made extinct will be made so. Extinct records that need to be deleted
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will be deleted. replica records that need to be verified will be verified.
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DRR - Delete all or a range of records
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Used to deleted records by giving the range of version numbers. You can
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delete all records of a WINS too. Only the records owned by the WINS
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selected (when prompted) will be deleted. Other information regarding
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the WINS, such as highest version number pulled, will not be deleted.
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PRR - Pull all or a range of records
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Used to pull a range of records from another WINS. The range is given
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in terms of version numbers. If the range being pulled overlaps records
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of the remote WINS already there in the WINS db, they will first be
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deleted before the new records are pulled. This command is used to pull
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record(s) that somehow never got replicated and have no chance of
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replicating unless their version number becomes more than the highest the
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local WINS has for the remote WINS.
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Again, like the PULLT command, the replication will happen only after the
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appropriate registry check (refer: PULLT command)
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GRBN - Get record by Name
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Retreives one or more records starting with a string. The names of
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records are lexicographically sorted in the WINS db (Exception:
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Names with 0x1B in the 16th byte are stored with the 1st and 16th byte
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transposed - they are displayed correctly). You are given a choice to
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search the db from the beginning or the end. So, if you want to retrieve
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lets say 100 names starting with Z, it is a good idea to specify that
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WINS should search the names from the end of the db. This will cause
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less overhead on WINS.
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GRBV - Get records by version numbers
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Retrieve records from the local WINS db by specifying the range of
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version numbers.
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BK - Backup the WINS db.
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Backup the WINS db to a directory on the same machine as WINS.
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RSO - Restore the WINS db (db created by WINS prior to SUR)
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Restores the WINS db to the directory it was backed up from. NOTE: WINS
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SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING WHEN YOU RUN THIS COMMAND.
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RS - Restore the WINS db (db created by WINS in SUR or beyond)
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Restores the WINS db to the directory it was backed up from. NOTE: WINS
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SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING WHEN YOU RUN THIS COMMAND.
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RC - Reset WINS counters
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Resets the WINS counters displayed via GST (or GSTO for NT 3.5 WINS) to
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0.
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CR - Count records in the db.
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Counts the number of records for an owner in the WINS db. The owner
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is identified by the address. You can either count all or a range of
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records. NOTE: this can be a high overhead operation when the records
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being counted are a lot.
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SDB - Search the db
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Search the database for records for a record with a particular name or
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address. NOTE: When the db contains a lot of records, this can be
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a time-consuming and "consistent overhead" operation on WINS.
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GD - Get domain names
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Gets the list of domain names registered in the WINS db. These are the
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1B names (0x1B in the 16th byte) registered by PDCs of the domains.
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DW - Delete Wins
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This deletes all the information relevant to a WINS (identified by its
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address) from the db of the connected WINS. This includes all records
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belonging to the WINS as well as administrative information kept for the
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WINS. When the connected WINS is specified for deletion, all its records
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are deleted. Other information such as highest version number of records
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in db. is not removed.
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CW - Connect to Wins
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MENU - Show MENU
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NOMENU - Don't show MENU (helpful if you don't want to clutter up the output
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from a script driving the tool).
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Used to connect to another WINS
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EX - Exit the tool
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Points to Note:
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1) Addresses of WINS should be given in dotted decimal notation
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2) A version number is 64 bits long. When prompted for it, it should be
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given in decimal with the high word first followed by the low word
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The two words should be seperated by a space.
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3) Many commands such as PULLT, PUSHT, SI, PRR, etc are executed
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in the background. A return status of SUCCESS indicates that the
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command has been queued to WINS for execution. It does not mean that
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WINS has successfully executed the command.
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4) winscl is case sensitive. So, BOB is different from bob or Bob (when
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input to RN, QN, DN, etc).
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5) Scope if given should be in domain name form - explained in
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rfc 883. Example: netbios.com.
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6) Whenever a pull (or a push) replication is done, the local WINS will
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send a request for it to the remote WINS only if the remote WINS is
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either listed under the Wins\Parameters\Pull (or Push) key or
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if RplOnlyWCnfPnrs value of the Wins\Parameters key is either
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non-existent or is set to 0. Likewise, the remote WINS will accept
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the above request only if the WINS making the request is either
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listed under the Wins\Parameters\Push (or Pull) key or if
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the RplOnlyWCnfPnrs value of the Wins\Parameters key is either
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non-existent or is set to 0.
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The two WINSs look up the above keys/values in their local registries.
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7) When prompted for Version Number, give it in the following form
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<high word> <long word>. Example 0 9567. The numbers are in decimal.
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