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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994. All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  14-NOV-2001
Modification Type:  Note added regarding this kit is no longer
                    available through SSB.

OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT: Audit Server

SOURCE: Digital Customer Support Center

ECO INFORMATION:

CSCPAT Kit: CSCPAT_0218 V1.1 (CSCPAT_0218011)
CSCPAT Kit Size: 306 Blocks
Engineering Cross Reference: AUDSRV$IMAGE01_520
AUDSRV$IMAGE01_530
AUDSRV$02054
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.2, V5.2-1,
V5.3, V5.3-1, V5.3-2,
V5.4, V5.4-1, V5.4-2
System Reboot Necessary: Yes


FIXED_5.4-3

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ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO (patch) kit exists for the Audit Server on OpenVMS VAX V5.2
through V5.4-2. This kit addresses the following problems:

o When audit server resources become exhausted, the audit
server will crash the system regardless of what the
FINAL_ACTION is specified to be.

Problems description for V5.4 through V5.4-2:

o If an event happens, the audit server may not get updated
for one or two hours. Then if the system crashes before
this time elapse, this event will not be updated.

o On SMP systems, alarms would sometimes swamp the audit
server, causing the audit server process to exit.

o When audit server resources become exhausted, the audit
server will crash the system regardless of what the
FINAL_ACTION is specified to be.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the VMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using the search string
'CSCPAT_0218'.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:

[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO (Patch) Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VAXcluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
  
  ==========================================================================
  | Table of Kit Image Information |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
  | Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | AUDIT_SERVER.EXE |%XF492D413| X-14C1 | 3-JAN-1991 |
  | | | 13:29:29.07 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | AUDIT_SERVER.EXE |%X0719C7EE| X-14U3 | 18-DEC-1990 |
  | | | 11:33:05.80 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | AUDIT_SERVER.EXE |%X58B0DAF3| X-39 | 6-AUG-1991 |
  | | | 14:53:12.35 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+