IMPORTANT NOTICE

Updated: 24-SEP-2003 (Use your browsers' Reload button to ensure you're viewing the most recent version)

To obtain this kit please call the Customer Support Centre or use the FTP site Search for this ECO kit and dependencies Search the Compaq FTP web site this kit (exact match) Search the Compaq FTP web site this or related ECOs

Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1994, 1997.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  VERIFY - VERIFY.EXE

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPVERI01_070
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPVERI01_071 (V7.0 Only)
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  656 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V7.0
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No

     Installation Rating:  2 - To be installed on all systems running
                                the listed version(s) of OpenVMS and
                                using the following feature(s):

                                     VERIFY Utility

     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 VERIFY.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.  This kit
addresses the following problems:

Problems Addressed in the ALPVERI01_070 Kit:

  o  VERIFY does not flag files, which are directly back linked to
     themselves, as having invalid backlinks.

  o  VERIFY hangs in an infinite loop during its scan of the directory
     structure.


Problems Addressed in the ALPVERI01_071 Kit:

  o  ANALYZE/DISK goes into an infinite loop.

     VERIFY has incorrectly 'fixed' the backlink of a lost directory to
     point to itself.  The next time VERIFY is run, it encounters the
     lost directory and goes into a tight loop following the directory's
     backlink.


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:  'ALPVERI01_070','ALPVERI', or 'AXPVERI'.


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:

The system does not need to be rebooted after this kit is installed.
However, if you have other nodes in your OpenVMS VMScluster, they should
be rebooted or you should install this kit on each system in order to
make use of the new image(s).
  
  ==========================================================================
  |                     Table of Kit Image Information                     |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  |                            | Overall  | Image File      | Image Link   |
  | Image Name                 | Checksum | Identification  | Date/Time    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | VERIFY.EXE                 | 70281934 | X-23            | 18-SEP-1997  |
  |                                       |                 | 15:39:05.82  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+