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

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE
            SYS$TUDRIVER.EXE

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPDRIV18_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPDRIV15_061
                                           ALPDRIV04_070 (For OpenVMS
                                                          Alpha V6.1
                                                          *ONLY*)
                                           ALPDRIV03_070 (For OpenVMS
                                                          Alpha V6.1
                                                          *ONLY*)
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  558 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2
     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.

     NOTES:  In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
             the following remedial kits also need to be installed:

                 ALPSHAD09_061


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for SYS$DUDRIVER/SYS$TUDRIVER on OpenVMS Alpha V6.1.  This
kit addresses the following problems:

Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV18_061 kit:

  o  Attempting to perform a directory of a mounted tape causes the
     process to hang and "INVALID COMMAND" MSCP END MSG* errorlog
     entries to be generated.

  o  A PACKACK, which is issued on a local ALPHA node to an MSCP cartridge
     tape drive (for example a TF86) returns success, even if there is no
     cartridge in the tape drive.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Unexpected end messages are logged on client nodes for GUS and
     AVAILABLE commands.

  o  DUDRIVER does not FLUSH the pending queue of SHADOWING, HBR and
     served IOs when connection failure routines are entered.  This
     causes a system/cluster hang.

  o  A DCL copy command to a HSD05/10 based tape drive causes a process hang.


Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV15_061 kit:

  o  These OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 problem corrections were included in
     the multi-version ALPDRIV04_070 remedial kit.  They are now
     being issued as a V6.1 only remedial kit.

     There are no new problem corrections in this remedial kit.


Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV04_070 kit:

  o  A problem exists with HSJ/HSD 30, 40 and 50 controllers.  After
     some  event  that  initiates  Mount Verification, a Pack-Ack will
     fail to complete.  The controller will report that it is making
     progress  on  the  command, but will never finish.  This causes
     all IO to the affected devices to be hung.


Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV03_070 kit:

  o  The system experiences repetitive Volume Processing Messages on
     Host  Based  Volume Shadowing Disks.  The CDDB$W_RSTRTCNT field
     of the member devices will  be  incrementing  as  seen  in  the
     REINIT Count field under SDA.


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: 'ALPDRIV18_061' or 'ALPDRIV'.


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    |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE           | 828BBB47 | X-3             |  4-SEP-1997  |
  |                                       |                 | 18:06:32.29  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
  | SYS$TUDRIVER.EXE           | 81C04F5E | X-3             |  4-SEP-1997  |
  |                                       |                 | 18:06:38.51  |
  +----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+