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VMS73_RPC-V0100 RPC ALPHA 7.3 ECO Summary
*OpenVMS] VMS73_RPC-V0100 RPC ALPHA 7.3 ECO Summary
New Kit Date: 28-FEB-2003
Modification Date: Not Applicable
Modification Type: NEW KIT
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2003. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: RPC
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VMS73_RPC-V0100
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS73_RPC-V0100--4.PCSI
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: None
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 7872 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha 7.3
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Information NA
Installation Rating: INSTALL_2
2 - To be installed by all customers using the following
feature(s):
COM, DCE and RPC
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
installation of this kit:
VMS73_UPDATE-V0100
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:
VMS73_ACRTL-V0200
VMS73_PTHREAD-V0200
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for RPC on Alpha V7.3. This kit addresses the following
problems:
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS73_RPC-V0100 KIT
o When a large number of ACMSxp Processing servers are stopped
and re-started several times in a loop, DCE goes into a hang
state.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]DCE$DCED.EXE
o On cancellation of an RPC-call, the BG devices (Sockets) that
were allocated are not released. Several such RPC call
cancellations can result in a pileup of BG devices leading to a
resource leak.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o A memory leak is encountered in DCE/RPC when DCOM is functional
in unauthenticated mode.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o Under load, the DCE$DCED process terminates with the following
error"
(socket) rpc_socket_disp_select
*** FATAL ERROR at SOCKDISPATCH.C;1\3755 ***
%CMA-F-EXCCOP, exception raised; VMS condition code follows
SYSTEM-F-OPCCUS,opcode reserved to customer
fault at PC=00000000007043A8,
PS=0 000001B
%SYSTEM-F-ABORT, abort
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$SOCKSHR_IP.EXE
o The login context specific to application processes expires
immediately after starting ACMSxp TP system. The TP System
makes use of credentials obtained after a dce_login with
"acmsxp_svr" as the principal name.
Klist fails with the following error:
No DCE identity available: No currently established network
identity for which context exists (dce / sec)
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o When a command procedure containing dce_login and ACMSxp
commands is executed in an infinite loop, the DCE$DCED process
aborts with a SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO error.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o DCE V3.0 RPC Only configuration fails on systems with TCPWARE
as the IP product. The configuration program terminates
abnormally.
Images Affected:[SYSMGR]DCE$RPC_STARTUP.COM
o There was a case where a NULL pointer check was not being made
in RPC Runtime code. The new image takes care of this problem.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o When a call to rpc_binding_from_string_binding fails, the
subsequent calls to this function hang forever. The new RPC
Runtime library fixes the bug in
"rpc_binding_from_string_binding".
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o When running DCOM applications between Windows 2000 and VMS
systems, several RPC_CN_CREATE_AUTH_INFO messages are logged
into the DCOM$RPCSS.OUT file leading to exhaustion of disk
space. This problem has now been resolved in the new image.
User will need to define a logical "DCE_DISABLE_LOGGING" to 1
either system or process wide for disabling the error messages.
$ DEFINE/SYSTEM/EXEC DCE_DISABLE_LOGGING 1
or
$ DEFINE DCE_DISABLE_LOGGING 1
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o Failure to detect or ping an active Windows 2000 Client, while
running Authenticated DCOM between a Windows 2000 and OpenVMS
System, would cause the DCOM Server applications to timeout and
run down after a period of about 10 minutes.
Several "RPC_CN_AUTH_VFY_CLIENT_REQ" error messages appear in
DCOM$RPCSS.OUT file in intervals of 2 minutes.
2001-10-02-17:01:58.468-04:00I0.629 PID#330 ERROR rpc auth
CNSASSM.C;1 4654 0x01eb9740 RPC_CN_AUTH_VFY_CLIENT_REQ on
server failed: invalid handle (dce /rpc)
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o The serviceability logging feature does not log the RPC
information into the log files, though it creates the file.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o RPC Fatal Exceptions are reported in DCOM$RPCSS.OUT when
running DCOM applications, from Windows 2000, after a new
login.
DCOM$RPCSS process reports the following exception in the OUT
file
2002-04-18-15:04:17.604-04:00I0.113 PID#21370 FATAL rpc
recv CNRCVR.C;5
563 0x015a5740
(rpc_cn_network_receiver) Unexpected exception was raised
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o DCE client example programs located in
[SYSHLP.EXAMPLES.DCE.RPC], generated using the IDL "-trace
log_manager" option, access violate. The access violation
occurs when the symbol RPC_LOG_FILE is defined.
%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00, virtual
address=000000000000 0000, PC=0000000000239F68, PS=0000001B
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o According to the OSF documentation, when a user defined
authorization function returns false, the status value from the
user supplied function is to be returned to the client. The
RPC runtime always returns status "rpc_s_mgmt_op_disallowed"
when the user function returns false.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o Cannot configure and start an RPC only configuration on DCE
V3.0. Running uuidgen results in the error:
$ run sys$system:dce$uuidgen
%UUIDGEN-F-RPC_MESSAGE, Received Error Status: "no IEEE
802 hardware address"
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o kdestroy does not delete the credential files at
DCE$LOCAL:[VAR.SECURITY.CREDS]
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE
o During startup, whenever a client application imports the
binding information from the name service database, using the
rpc call rpc_ns_binding_import_next( ), if there are less than
thirteen free event flags, the RPC call fails with the 'name
service unavailable' error.
Images Affected:[SYSLIB]DCE$SOCKSHR_IP.EXE
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS databases. To view these articles,
open the appropriate product database and perform a query using either
of the following search strings: 'VMS73_RPC-V0100' or
'VMS73_RPC'.
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:
No reboot is necessary after successful installation of the kit.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Install this kit with the POLYCENTER Software installation utility
by logging into the SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the
DCL prompt:
PRODUCT INSTALL VMS73_RPC /SOURCE=[location of Kit]
The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that
contains the kit.
Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing
HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DCE$DCED.EXE | 29EC3842 | DCE V3.0-020410 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 05:50:01.53 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DCE$LIB_SHR.EXE | BB99DFF7 | DCE V3.0-020926 | 26-SEP-2002 |
| | | 19:46:38.43 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| DCE$SOCKSHR_IP.EXE | C46AA0DA | DCE V3.0-020410 | 11-APR-2002 |
| | | 05:42:30.56 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
