OpenVMS ALPQMAN02_071 Alpha V7.1 Que Manager/Job Controller ECO Summary
TITLE: OpenVMS ALPQMAN02_071 Alpha V7.1 Que Manager/Job Controller ECO Summary
Modification Date: 01-FEB-99
Modification Type: Updated Kit: Supersedes ALPQMAN01_071
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Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 1998, 1999. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: DIGITAL OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: Queue Manager
Job Controller
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPQMAN02_071
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPQMAN01_071
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 1386 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.1, V7.1-1H1, V7.1-1H2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Rolling Reboot Supported: Yes
Installation Rating: INSTALL_3
3 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed versions of OpenVMS which
are experiencing the problems described.
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
installation of this kit:
None
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for Queue Manager and Job Controller on OpenVMS
Alpha V7.1 through V7.1-1H2. This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems Addressed in the ALPQMAN02_071 kit:
o When booting in a new node or when starting up the Queue
Manager, cluster nodes appeared to hang. The job controller
continually produced dump files at SYS$SYSTEM:JBC$JOB_CONTROL.DMP.
Also, the error reported in the dump file was "feature incompatible
with previous system version."
o Submitting a job to a batch queue, set up with a default
protection, generated a CONTROL access audit alarm, even
though the user did not request control access. As a result,
OPERATOR.LOG was flooded with security audit messages. For
example, doing $ SET AUDIT/CLASS=QUEUE/ALARM/ENA=ACCESS=FAIL:
$ SUBMIT X.COM/QUE=TEST/NOLOG/NOTIFY
%%%%%%%%%%% OPCOM 3-MAR-1998 12:08:20.38 %%%%%%%%%%%
Message from user AUDIT$SERVER on CHEN
Security alarm (SECURITY) on CHEN, system id: 65422
Auditable event: Object access
Event time: 3-MAR-1998 12:08:20.38
PID: 000000DF
Source PID: 000000CE
Username: USER
Process owner: [LASTNAMEO,FIRSTNAMEO]
Object class name: QUEUE
Object name: TEST
Object owner: [SYSTEM]
Object protection: SYSTEM:M, OWNER:D, GROUP:R, WORLD:S
Access requested: CONTROL
Status: %SYSTEM-F-NOPRIV, insufficient
privilege or
object protection violation
Job X (queue TEST, entry 4) started on TEST
$
Job X (queue TEST, entry 4) completed
o Two spool problems occurred:
1. Files copied to a spooled device were not deleted from the
spool area when its corresponding entry was deleted from
the queue.
2. Prior to OpenVMS V6.2, a spooled batch queue could run
without a problem, even if the command procedure was
broken. However, on OpenVMS V6.2 and OpenVMS V7.1, a
broken command procedure passed to a spooled batch queue
would result in lost files.
o An error can occur when the Default Form reference count is
incremented in two similar circumstances:
1. The error can occur while batch queues are being created.
2. It can also occur when generic queues are initialized.
Changing the stock on the DEFAULT form can result in an error,
even when there are no references (jobs, queues, ...) to the
DEFAULT form. The following error was observed:
$DEFINE/FORM /STOCK=NEW_STOCK DEFAULT 0
%JBC-E-STKNOTCHANGE, the stock associated with a form
NOTE:
If a customer uses multiple Queue Managers on a system, ALL
Queue Managers must be running in order for a form update to
occur. If all Queue Managers are not running, the
STKNOTCHANGE error will occur.
Problems Addressed in the ALPQMAN01_071 kit:
o BATCH/PRINT problems corrected:
+ The DCL command SHOW QUEUE/MANAGER would hang on some
nodes. The job controller process would hang in the LEF
state.
+ After queue manager failover from VAX to Alpha, the job
controller process (on Alpha) hangs in LEF causing the
queues on the Alpha system to remain in a starting state.
The queues remain there until the job controller is
stopped and restarted. Also, the SHOW QUEUE/MANAGER
command hangs.
o When SJC$_DELETE_FILE_ALWAYS deletes a print job created
through PATHWORKS, the spool file is not always deleted.
It deletes only when the job is in execution state.
o When booting in a new node or failing over the queue manager,
the cluster appears to hang. The job controller continually
produces dump files at SYS$SYSTEM:JBC$JOB_CONTROL.DMP. The
error reported in the dump is "feature incompatible with
previous system version".
o DCPS-F-STREAMUSE and queue become stuck in starting errors:
+ Occasional flagging of a DCPS-F-STREAMUSE error while
starting DCPS queues.
+ Print Queues (either LAT, DQS or DCPS) may hang stuck in a
starting state.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.
If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS cluster, they must also be
rebooted in order to make use of the new image. If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
rolling re-boot may be performed.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
Files on this server are as follows:
alpqman02_071.README
alpqman02_071.CHKSUM
alpqman02_071.CVRLET_TXT
alpqman02_071.a-dcx_axpexe
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