Kit Name: DEC-AXPVMS-VMS82A_IOGEN-V0100--4.PCSI Kit Applies To: OpenVMS ALPHA V8.2 Approximate Kit Size: 240 blocks Installation Rating: INSTALL_1 Reboot Required: See Special Installation Instructions Superseded Kits: None Mandatory Kit Dependencies: None Optional Kit Dependencies: None VMS82A_IOGEN-V0100.PCSI-DCX_AXPEXE Checksum: 3474931996 DEC-AXPVMS-VMS82A_IOGEN-V0100--4.PCSI Checksum: 1572116161 ======================================================================= Hewlett-Packard OpenVMS ECO Cover Letter ======================================================================= 1 KIT NAME: VMS82A_IOGEN-V0100 2 KIT DESCRIPTION: 2.1 Installation Rating: INSTALL_1 : To be installed by all customers. This installation rating, based upon current CLD information, is provided to serve as a guide to which customers should apply this remedial kit. (Reference attached Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability Statement) 2.2 Reboot Requirement: No reboot may be necessary after installation of this kit. See Section 7.5, Special Installation Instructions, for more information. 2.3 Version(s) of OpenVMS to which this kit may be applied: OpenVMS Alpha V8.2 2.4 New functionality or new hardware support provided: No. 3 KITS SUPERSEDED BY THIS KIT: - None. 4 KIT DEPENDENCIES: 4.1 The following remedial kit(s), or later, must be installed BEFORE installation of this, or any required kit: - None. Page 2 4.2 In order to receive all the corrections listed in this kit, the following remedial kits, or later, should also be installed: - None. 5 NEW FUNCTIONALITY AND/OR PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN THE VMS82A_IOGEN-V0100 KIT 5.1 New functionality addressed in this kit None. 5.2 Problems addressed in this kit 5.2.1 Multiple DDBs/UCBs 5.2.1.1 Problem Description: On clustered systems, optical disk devices can be named with either a "name allocation class" NAME$DQA0, "node allocation class" $64$DQA0, or "port allocation class" $200$DQA0. When a "SHOW DEVICE DQ" command is done, the user may see multiple entries for the same device (example output truncated for formatting purposes): Device Device Error Name Status Count $200$DQA0: Online 0 $200$DQA0: Online 0 If multiple entries exist for the same device, the device cannot be mounted and any attempt to mount that device may result in a performance degradation. Images Affected: - [SYSLIB]SYS$ICBM.EXE - [SYSLIB]IOGEN$SHARE.EXE 5.2.1.2 CLDs, and QARs reporting this problem: Page 3 5.2.1.2.1 CLD(s) QXCM1000197382 5.2.1.2.2 QAR(s) 75-45-2014,75-100-108,75-100-111 5.2.1.3 Problem Analysis: When booting OpenVMS, IO AUTOGEN is run which, during its first configuration, correctly generates the proper class name. As a final step, the DQ device names for every DQ device are re-generated to handle missing DQ units when DQ is the boot adapter. This second-pass did not take into account that the device name might be something other than a "name allocation class" DQ device. 5.2.1.4 Release Version of OpenVMS that will contain this change: Next release after OpenVMS V8.2 5.2.1.5 Work-arounds: None. 6 FILES PATCHED OR REPLACED: o [SYSLIB]IOGEN$SHARE.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "IOGEN$SHARE" image file identification: "X-26" image file build identification: "XAJT-0070050000" link date/time: 20-APR-2005 16:20:25.73 linker identification: "A11-50" Overall Image Checksum: 2670523252 o [SYSLIB]SYS$ICBM.EXE (new image) Image Identification Information image name: "SYS$ICBM" image file identification: "X-4" image file build identification: "XAJT-0070050000" link date/time: 20-APR-2005 16:22:32.87 linker identification: "A11-50" Overall Image Checksum: 317703233 Page 4 7 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 7.1 Test/Debug Image Loss In the course of debugging problems reported to OpenVMS Engineering, customers may be given debug or point-fix images to install. Typicaly, these images do not have the same image generation flags contained in images released via the OpenVMS remedial patch process. Because of this, any debug or point-fix image that is in the SYS$COMMON area, will be replaced by any image of the same name installed by this kit. If this occurs, you will lose any functionality that is provided by the replaced image. If you wish to retain these debug or point-fix images, you can take the following steps: o Prior to installing this kit, move the test/debug image(s) to be saved to the SYS$SPECIFIC area. o During kit installation, you will be asked if you wish to delete the image(s) in SYS$SPECIFIC. You should answer "No" for each image that you want to keep. o After installation completes, but before rebooting the system (if required), move the image(s) from SYS$SPECIFIC back to SYS$COMMON. 7.2 Compressed File This kit is provided as a DCX compressed kit. To expand this file to the installable .PCSI file, run the file with a RUN file_name command. When the file is run you will see the following output: $ RUN VMS82_IOGEN-V0100.PCSI-DCX_AXPEXE FTSV DCX auto-extractible compressed file for OpenVMS (AXP) FTSV V3.0 -- FTSV$DCX_AXP_AUTO_EXTRACT Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corp. 1993 Options: [output_file_specification] [input_file_specification] The decompressor needs to know the filename to use for the decompressed file. If you don't specify any, it will use the original name of the file before it was compressed, and create it in the current directory. If you specify a directory name, the file will be created in that directory. Decompress into (file specification): If you want the file to be expanded into a different directory, enter the directory specification. DO NOT enter a new file name. The expanded file must retain the original name. If you want to expand the file via batch, the command file must contain an answer to the Decompress into "(file specification)" question, either a or an alternate directory specification Page 5 7.3 Installation Command 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 VMS82A_IOGEN /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA [/SOURCE=location of Kit] The /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA qualifier is optional but highly recommended. Using this qualifier will allow easy removal of the kit from the system in the event of problems. The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that contains the kit. The /SOURCE qualifier is not needed if the PRODUCT INSTALL command is executed from the same directory as the kit location. Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt. 7.4 Scripting of Answers to Installation Questions During installation, this kit will ask and require user response to several questions. If you wish to automate the installation of this kit and avoid having to provide responses to these questions, you must create a DCL command procedure that includes the following logical name definitions and commands: o To avoid the BACKUP question, define the following: $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE o To avoid the REBOOT question, define the following: $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE o To save replaced files as *.*_OLD define the following logical name as YES. If you do not wish to save replaced files, define the logical name as NO. Note that if you use the /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA qualifier (recommended) on the PRODUCT INSTALL command all replaced files will be saved as part of that operation. There is no need to also save files as *.*_OLD: $ DEFINE/JOB ARCHIVE_OLD NO o Add the following qualifiers to the PRODUCT INSTALL command and add that command to the DCL procedure. /PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V1.0/SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA Page 6 o De-assign the logical names assigned For example, a sample command file to install the VMS82A_IOGEN-V0100 kit would be: $ $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT TRUE $ DEFINE/JOB ARCHIVE_OLD NO $! $ PROD INSTALL VMS82A_IOGEN/PRODUCER=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS- /VER=V1.0/SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA $! $ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP $ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$REBOOT $! $ exit 7.5 Special Installation Instructions: If the output of a "SHOW DEVICE DQ" command shows multiple entries for a DQ device, the system will have to be rebooted to remove them and make the disk available. If multiple entries are not displayed, no reboot is necessary after installing the kit. 8 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER: (C) Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 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