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VAXAUDS02_070 VAX V7.0 Audit Server ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1997, 1998. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: DIGITAL OpenVMS VAX
COMPONENT: Audit Server
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VAXAUDS02_070
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VAXAUDS01_070 (For OpenVMS VAX
V7.0 *ONLY*)
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 180 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V7.0
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No
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 the Audit Server on OpenVMS VAX V7.0.
This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems addressed in the VAXAUDS02_070 kit:
o When the AUDIT_SERVER is requested to exit, typically due to a
system shutdown, it could potentially hang in "HIBernation
state not processing any messages in MBA3:". This problem
could potentially cause other processes to go into RWMBX state
when the mailbox fills up and then hang the system.
o The AUDIT_SERVER process could potentially corrupt saved
registers on the stack by overwriting them with the lock status
value of 00000001.
A second problem manifests itself as two hung AUDIT_SERVER
processes in a VMScluster, both stuck in Local Event Flag
(LEF) waiting for the other to release a different doorbell
lock. When this problem occurs, processes may begin backing
up in the RWMBX state trying to write new messages to MBA3:.
o SET AUDIT/SERVER=NEW_LOG file will not always work as
expected, sometimes not at all and sometimes only from one
node in the cluster.
Problems addressed in the VAXAUDS01_070 kit for OpenVMS VAX V7.0:
o The AUDIT_SERVER allocated extra space for the log file
and the extra space was not removed when a new log file
was created. The old log file is now truncated when a
new file is created.
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: 'VAXAUDS02_070' or 'VAXAUDS'.
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 images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted or the AUDIT_SERVER is stopped and restarted. However,
if the system is experiencing the problems described in this
remedial kit, stopping the AUDIT_SERVER may cause the system
to hang. If that happens the system must be rebooted to recover.
To stop and restart the AUDIT_SERVER:
$SET AUDIT/SERVER=EXIT (to stop)
$SET AUDIT/SERVER=START (to restart)
If there are other nodes in the VMScluster, they must also be
rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
rolling re-boot may be performed.
==========================================================================
| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| AUDIT_SERVER.EXE |%XF697C273| X-11 | 13-JAN-1998 |
| | | 22:23:32.45 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
