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

PRODUCT:    Archive/Backup System for OpenVMS with
            SLS (Storage Library System)

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS VAX
            OpenVMS Alpha

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ABSE01A021
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  252 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  Archive/Backup System (ABS) for OpenVMS V2.1A on
                      Storage Library System (SLS) V2.9
                      OpenVMS VAX V6.1, V6.2, V7.0, V7.1
                      OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2,
                                    V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
                                    V7.0, V7.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No

     Installation Rating:  1 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the Archive/Backup System V2.1A.

     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:

This kit contains a correction to a problem found in Archive/Backup
System (ABS) Version 2.1A for OpenVMS as shipped on the Q3CY97
OpenVMS consolidated product distributions for OpenVMS VAX and
OpenVMS Alpha and packaged in the Storage Library System (SLS)
Version 2.9 media kit.

In ABS Version 2.1A, if you created an incremental save request
and specified only a disk name, only the disk name was passed to
the OpenVMS BACKUP Utility. This produced incorrect behavior for
an incremental backup operation.

Solution:

This has been corrected for ABS Version 2.1A-ECO1. If you specify
only a disk name, ABS will append [000000...]* to the end of the
disk name and pass this specification to the VMS BACKUP command.
This is the correct behavior for an incremental backup operation.

To verify that you have the correct version of the file
ABS$TEMPLATES:VMS_BACKUP-2.INCREMENTAL_ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE, type the
file and make sure that the BACKUP command is the same one as shown
in the following example:

    $ TYPE ABS$TEMPLATES:VMS_BACKUP-2.INCREMENTAL_ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE

 Correct_Example:

       .
       .
       .
    DEFINE SYS$COMMAND SYS$INPUT:{CR}
    BACKUP {DMWR.include_device_name}{DMWR.include_object_name} -{CR}
       .
       .
       .
 Incorrect_Example:

       .
       .
       .
    DEFINE SYS$COMMAND SYS$INPUT:{CR}
    BACKUP {DMWR.wildcard_include_spec} -{CR}
       .
       .
       .

Potential Impact

The problem found in ABS Version 2.1A occurred when an incremental
save request specified only a disk name. This problem can cause
data to be lost because the save request would complete with a
successful status even though no data was saved.


RELATED ARTICLES:

Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OpenVMS and STORAGE databases.  To view these articles, open
the appropriate product database and perform a query using either of
the following search strings: 'ABSE01A021' or 'ABS'.


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:

Use the following procedure to install ABS Version 2.1A-ECO1:

 1. Log in to the SYSTEM account

 2. Enter the following DCL command at the system prompt:

       $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL ABSE01A021 save set location

    Where: save set location is a tape drive or a disk directory
    specification.