In order to switch your PC Client installation, make sure that the OpenSpirit Server you are switching to is the same VERSION or higher then the original server. To switch the server, follow these steps:

• On your PC desktop, right-button the "My Computer" icon and select Properties
• In the System Properties window, select the Advanced tab and then the Environment Variables... button
• In the Environment Variables window, edit the following variables:
  • OSP_HOST (the IP address to the new Server)
  • OSP_PORT (the port address of the new Server)
• From the $OSP_HOME/classes directory on the Server machine copy the License.properties and OpenSpirit.properties files to the classes directory on the PC (i.e. C:Program FilesOpenSpiritclasses).

You might have to reboot your PC in order for the new environment variables to be registered.

The message is: "Unable to connect to the OpenSpirit database. The database host or port is invalid."

If your PC can't resolve the host or port, try adding the OpenSpirit Solaris server and Oracle Database server addresses to the HOSTS file, which is found in your PC's WINNT directory. This is almost always a Windows hostname resolution issue.

Reboot your PC after doing this to see the effects.

The hosts file on most Windows machines is in C:WINNTsystem32driversetc - try looking in there, or do a search for the "hosts" file and then add the line for the server in it. This will tell Windows how to find the machine if the hostname resolution isn't working correctly.

If the /etc/hosts file has the first line as the loop back address (ie. 127.0.0.1) it will try to send the event there.

The first line in the /etc/hosts file should be the ip address for the Linux client machine you are on. For example, if the machine you are on is called benihana, then your /etc/hosts file should look like:

$ more /etc/hosts
# Do not remove the following line, or various programs
# that require network functionality will fail.
10.10.10.11 benihana ben
127.0.0.1 localhost

OpenSpirit includes its own .NET framework, and it will run independently of any existing .NET framework on your PC. If the OpenSpirit .NET installation fails, check your Microsoft Installer. The .NET installation is dependant on Microsoft's .NET installation process, and if you have an older version of the Microsoft Installer, it will fail.

Download the latest version of the Microsoft Installer from the Microsoft Web page (www.microsoft.com), update the Microsoft Installer, and try to reinstall the .NET portion of OpenSpirit.