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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996, 1997.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  SYS$CLUSTER.EXE

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPSYSL02_070
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPSYSL01_070
                                           ALPSYSL01_062
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  1926 Blocks
                    Saveset A -  180 Blocks
                    Saveset B -  576 Blocks
                    Saveset C -  576 Blocks
                    Saveset D -  594 Blocks

     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2,
                                    V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2,
                                    V6.2-1H3, 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 SYS$CLUSTER.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 through V7.0.
This kit addresses the following problems:

Problems addressed in ALPSYSL02_070 kit for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2, V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.0

     o   The ALPSYSL01_070 remedial kit would not install  on  V6.1  and
         V6.2  OpenVMS Alpha hardware versions.  There are no additional
         problem fixes in this remedial kit.


Problems addressed in ALPSYSL01_070 kit for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1,
V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2, V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.0

      o  Dismounting the Cluster Quorum  Disk  will  cause  all  mounted
         disks  in  the  system  to  repeatedly (every quorum disk error
         recovery retry interval) enter mount verification.


Problems addressed in ALPSYSL01_062 kit

      o  When a node is having connection problems with the cluster  and
         is removed from the cluster with a CLUEXIT crash, cluster nodes
         can crash with LOCKMGRERR Bugchecks.


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: 'ALPSYSL02_070' or 'ALPSYSL'.


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.
  
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  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |Images Information for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2           |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYS$CLUSTER.EXE            | 824A690A | X-3             | 20-NOV-1996  |
  |                                       |                 | 12:58:04.66  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |Images Information for OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3 |
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYS$CLUSTER.EXE            | 0087944A | X-3             | 30-AUG-1996  |
  |                                       |                 | 03:05:45.93  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |Images Information for OpenVMS Alpha V7.0                               |
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYS$CLUSTER.EXE            | AE5FEB6C | X-3             | 15-AUG-1996  |
  |                                       |                 | 01:01:58.06  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+