REINITIALIZE SYSTEM

(Last modified: 26Jun1996)

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Issue

REINITIALIZE SYSTEM

Purpose
Use at the server console to enable configuration changes made since the last time the commands in the NETINFO.CFG file were executed. (changes made in INETCFG)

Syntax
REINITIALIZE SYSTEM

Using REINITIALIZE SYSTEM
REINITIALIZE SYSTEM compares the current NETINFO.CFG file with the previous one, which became effective the last time you ran the INITIALIZE SYSTEM or REINITIALIZE SYSTEM command. If REINITIALIZE SYSTEM finds any new commands in the current NETINFO.CFG file, it executes them.

REINITIALIZE SYSTEM also informs any Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)-registered NLM file that it is executing. This is a "call-back" mechanism that enables NLM files that store configuration information outside the NETINFO.CFG file to know that changes to the configuration have taken place.

Limitations of REINITIALIZE SYSTEM
REINITIALIZE SYSTEM unloads any NLM affected by a configuration change. If REINITIALIZE SYSTEM cannot unload the NLM because of interdependencies with other modules, the configuration change will not take effect. Additionally, not all NLM files register with SNMP for notification of REINITIALIZE SYSTEM.

When you create a new configuration or delete an existing configuration, REINITIALIZE SYSTEM recognizes the change. However, REINITIALIZE SYTEM may not recognize changes to an already configured NLM that involve more than loading, unloading, binding, or unbinding protocol stacks.

*****IMPORTANT*****
If you are changing an existing configuration, the most effective way to ensure the changes are recognized is to down the server. Alternatively, if you know which NLM files have been changed by your modifications, you can unload them, then execute REINITIALIZE SYSTEM.
For example: If you want avoid downing the server but want to enable changes that were made to the APPLETALK configuration in INETCFG -- first unload APPLETLK and all related nlms (AFP, ADSP, ATPS) and then execute REINITIALIZE SYSTEM.

document

Document Title:	REINITIALIZE SYSTEM
Document ID:	2909333
Creation Date:	22Jun1996
Modified Date:	26Jun1996
Revision:	2
Novell Product Class:	NetWare

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