Banyan VINES Clients
Microsoft® SQL Server™ supports Banyan VINES Sequenced Packet Protocol (SPP) across the Banyan VINES IP network protocol.
Clients running the Microsoft Windows NT® 4.0 or Windows® 2000 operating system require Banyan VINES client software version 5.56(2) or later.
A StreetTalk language PC-based service name has the form: servicename@group@org where servicename is the StreetTalk PC-based service name used by the server.
Note The service name used by a server must first be created using the MSERVICE program included with Banyan VINES software.
If a client application gives a partial StreetTalk name (a name that does not include the group and organization) as the server name, the VINES SPP Net-Library uses standard VINES services to complete the rest of the StreetTalk name with your login defaults. If no PC-based service or nickname matching the server name is found within the user's own group and organization, the VINES SPP Net-Library looks for a special group named MSSQL within your organization. This allows network administrators to define a group of SQL Servers that are accessible with one-part names from all groups in the same organization.
You can override the default name MSSQL modifying the Banyan VINES properties using the Client Network Utility.
The VINES SPP Net-Library files do not support the use of StreetTalk names that contain embedded spaces, and they use one VINES IP socket per server and one SPP connection per database connection.
To configure a client to use the Banyan VINES network library