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

Modification Date:  13-NOV-2001
Modification Type:  Note added regarding this kit is no longer
                    available through SSB.

OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT: Boot System

SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

CSCPAT Kit: CSCPAT_1000 V1.2 (CSCPAT_1000012)
CSCPAT Kit Size: 450 Blocks
Engineering Cross Reference: SYSLOA$06_055
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V5.5
System Reboot Necessary: Yes

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ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO (patch) kit exists for Boot System on OpenVMS VAX V5.5. This
kit addresses the following problems:

o A VAX 6000-600 or VAX 6000-500 system with a battery backup
will HALT after a powerfail recovery when the first error
occurs. Machine checks, soft errors, and hard errors which
are correctly handled prior to any powerfail recovery will
work properly. However, the first error which is serviced
following a successful powerfail recover sequence causes the
system to HALT. No errors are logged when this condition
occurs.

NOTE: The first error following a powerfail recovery will
exhibit this behavior. This could actually occur
seconds, days, or even weeks following the warmstart.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-1.

o Following a system shutdown or crash on VAX 6000-600 systems,
the user may be prompted to enter the system date and time.

This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V5.5-1.


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_1000'.


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 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA1202.EXE |%XF5792C29| X-35 | 16-JAN-1992 |
  | | | 07:01:41.36 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYSLOA1302.EXE |%XE9154021| X-35 | 16-JAN-1992 |
  | | | 07:02:07.02 |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+