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ALPMANA02_070 Alpha V6.1/ V7.0 SYSMAN/SMISERVER ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 1996, 1999. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: SYSMAN
SMISERVER
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPMANA02_070
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPMANA01_070
ALPMANA01_062
ALPMANA01_061
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 3168 Blocks
Saveset A - 180 Blocks
Saveset B - 1512 Blocks
Saveset D - 1476 Blocks
Cover Letter - 15 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2,
V7.0
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Installation Rating: 3 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed versions of OpenVMS which
are experiencing the problems described.
NOTE: In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
the following remedial kits also need to be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for SYSMAN and STARTUP on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 and
V7.0. This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems addressed in ALPMANA01_070 for OpenVMS Alpha V7.0:
o SYSMAN 'DO' commands that result in very long output records
result in errors similar to the following:
-RMS-F-SYS, QIO system service request failed
-SYSTEM-F-MBTOOSML, mailbox is too small for request
There may be some SYSMAN truncation errors also.
o The SYSMAN 'PARAM SET' command, when executed on a cluster,
would return with an extraneous NOMORENODE error message.
o With the SYSMAN 'DO' command, certain DCL commands that do not
have output (e.g., SYSMAN> DO DEFINE XXX YYY) would take at
least 10 seconds/node to complete.
Problems addressed in ALPMANA01_070 for OpenVMS Alpha V7.0:
o SYSMAN accommodates the use of a ! at the beginning of its
command line. All characters subsequent to the ! are ignored
and processing is passed to the next SYSMAN> prompt. A
regression in behavior occurred causing a ! character at the
beginning of a SYSMAN command line to return:
%CLI-W-NOCOMD, no command on line - reenter with alphabetic first
character
Problems addressed in ALPMANA01_061:
o For nodes running DECNET Phase V, SYSMAN may return the
following errors:
%SYSMAN-I-NODERR, error returned from node
LIB-F-INSEF, insufficient event flags
when repeatedly issuing a DO command, exiting and then
re-entering SYSMAN to issue another DO command. Mailboxes
were not being deassigned at the end of the SYSMAN session.
This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V6.2
o SMISERVER experiences intermittent hangs, particularly when
SYSMAN DO commands are issued from within a batch job.
This problem is corrected in OpenVMS Alpha V6.2.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPMANA02_070' or 'ALPMANA'.
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 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 VMScluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SMI$OBJSHR.EXE | DE5203C5 | X-22u2 | 3-MAY-1996 |
| | | 14:28:38.87 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SMI$SHR.EXE | EA9ABDBC | X-3 | 3-MAY-1996 |
| | | 14:28:21.16 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SMISERVER.EXE | A17605DE | X-10a1 | 3-MAY-1996 |
| | | 14:29:09.55 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSMAN.EXE | 47847314 | X-10 | 3-MAY-1996 |
| | | 14:28:55.07 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SMI$OBJSHR.EXE | C41DF1F3 | X-41 | 22-MAY-1996 |
| | | 01:27:41.81 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SMI$SHR.EXE | AD8DBF90 | X-3 | 22-MAY-1996 |
| | | 01:27:33.62 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SMISERVER.EXE | 862BCEDD | X-13 | 22-MAY-1996 |
| | | 01:28:03.08 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYSMAN.EXE | 57E0064C | X-19 | 22-MAY-1996 |
| | | 01:27:54.02 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
