• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 20, 21, 22, 23
• Relevant for Installation Type: Dedicated-Direct, Direct, Local, Total Care

Description:
1. Change a Login menu showing multiple instances (versions) of aleph (a21_1, a22_2, etc.) to select from, so that the user is directly logged into one particular instance.  

2. Change the menu to show a different single instance.  Or

3.  When it is going directly to one particular instance (such as Production), change it so that it displays a menu with multiple Instances, both Test and Prod.

Resolution:

The file which controls this is /exlibris/aleph/def_aleph.dat . The following shows you what the def_aleph.dat which you are using:
> cd /exlibris/aleph
> view def_aleph.dat

If you are coming from an earlier version (such as aleph 20) which has a correct menu, then do this:

cp -p def_ aleph.dat  def_aleph.dat.orig

and then ftp the /exlibris/aleph/def_aleph.dat from your old server to your new.  And change it to be appropriate for the new version.  If you are going from version 20 to version 23, this means changing each "20"  to "23".  Then log out of Aleph, and re-login.

1.  The following def_aleph.dat will put the user into a single version: 

set def=1
set list="1"
## ------ ------- ------- ---- ----- ------------------------------  #
##   #    #        #      #    #                                     #
#    1    a23_1    23     01   8991                                  #
set login1="/exlibris/aleph/a23_1"
 

Then log out of Aleph, and re-login.

2. In a situation where def_aleph.dat shows just a single instance, but it needs to show a different single instance....

> cp -p def_aleph.dat def_aleph.dat.previous

Then edit def_aleph.dat to include the values for the other instance, log out of Aleph, and re-login.

3.  In a case where def_aleph.dat shows just a single instance and you want it to show multiple and your old version doesn't have a def_aleph.dat  so configured, then use the following as a starting point:

set def='1'
set list='1 2'
## ------ ------- ------- ---- ----- ------------------------------  #
##   #    #        #      #    #                                     #
#    1    a23_1    23.00  00   8991   **  Production Version 23         #
#    2    a23_2    23.00  00   8992   **  Test Version 23               #
set login1="/exlibris/aleph/a23_1"
set login2='/exlibris/aleph/a23_2'
 

• Article last edited: 30-Aug-2017