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SLS SLSE02028 Storage Library System for OpenVMS V2.8 ECO Summary

NOTE: An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file. The name of the compressed file will be kit_name-dcx_vaxexe for OpenVMS VAX or kit_name-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha. Once the file is copied to your system, it can be expanded by typing RUN compressed_file. The resultant file will be the OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file which can be used to install the ECO. Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All rights reserved. PRODUCT: Storage Library System for OpenVMS (SLS) Media and Device Management Services (MDMS) OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX OpenVMS Alpha COMPONENTS: SLS$TAPMGRRQ.EXE SLS$SYSBAK.EXE (When SLS is installed on the system) MRD$SHR.EXE (When a newer version does not already exist in the SYS$LIBRARY directory) SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation ECO INFORMATION: ECO Kit Name: SLSE02028 ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: SLSE01028 ECO Kit Approximate Size: 6174 Blocks Kit Applies To: SLS V2.8 MDMS V2.8 OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2 - V6.2 OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 - V6.2 NOTE: This kit should be applied to systems where either SLS or MDMS has been installed. MDMS does not include the backup and restore functionality of SLS. MDMS can be installed separately to support these products: Archive/Backup System (ABS or PAB), Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM), or Sequential Media File System (SMF) System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No ECO KIT SUMMARY: An ECO kit exists for SLS V2.8 on OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2 through V6.2 and OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 through V6.2. This kit addresses the following problems: o Inventory Fails to Update Database On Alpha processors, the STORAGE INVENTORY JUKEBOX/ADD command fails to update the MDMS Volume Database (TAPEMAST.DAT). New volumes in the jukebox are not added to the database nor are the slot assignment fields updated. This symptom is known to occur for HSC/HSJ/HSD connected jukebox devices. o SLS$TAPMGRRQ Process Terminations - On Alpha processors, the SLS$TAPMGRRQ process may terminate with an ACCVIO during execution of a STORAGE INVENTORY JUKEBOX command. There are not any termination messages output to operator terminals nor to the TAPMGRRQXEQ.LOG file. The termination status appears only in the system accounting data file. o On both VAX and Alpha processors, the SLS$TAPMGRRQ process terminates during execution of the STORAGE INVENTORY JUKEBOX/SLOT=(n,"") command. The OPCOM message contains incorrect addresses: SLS$TAPMGRRQ, %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00, virtual address=00000001, PC=00000000, PSL=007C0000 o Import of Magazine to TL82x Jukebox Fails On Alpha processors, the command STORAGE IMPORT MAGAZINE/LOCATION=(L1,L2) fails with the following error message %SLS-E-BADIMPLOC, bad value for location parameter in IMPORT MAGAZINE command even though the location parameter values are within valid slot range for the TL82x jukebox. o Import of Cartridge to TL82x or TL81x Jukebox Fails On Alpha processors, the command STORAGE IMPORT CARTRIDGE fails with the following error message %SLS-E-NOJUKSLOTS, the jukebox does not have any more storage slots available even though slots are available in the jukebox. Similarly, the command STORAGE IMPORT CARTRIDGE/SLOT fails with the error message %SLS-E-NOSUCHSLOT, specified slot does not exist even though the specified slot is available in the jukebox. o SLS$TAPMGRRQ Process Loops Following Jukebox Inventory On Alpha processors, the SLS$TAPMGRRQ process goes into a loop after executing the STORAGE INVENTORY JUKEBOX command for direct-connect jukebox devices. The SLS$TAPMGRRQ and SLS$TAPMGRDB processes exhibit high CPU time and high direct and buffered I/O during the hang. o MDMS commands executed concurrently from separate processes on a node or from separate nodes in a cluster fail with MRD_START_FAIL or similar MRD status messages. This problem occurs only for HSJ/HSD/HSC connected robotic devices. For MDMS-only and SLS installations, this problem may have triggered the symptoms described in the next problem description. For SLS installations, this problem may have triggered the symptoms described in the problem description (SLS Installations Only) System Backup Job Fails with NONEXPR Status o The STORAGE UNLOAD command mishandled error status from robotic devices and output an Opcom request to unload the volume. It returned to DCL with successful completion even though the volume has not been unloaded. The volume's record in the database then contains inconsistent values for the Drive and Jukebox Status fields. o (SLS Installations Only) SLS system backups incorrectly handled the volume switch at end-of-tape for DLT loader devices. On VAX, this problem caused false MRD_SLOT_FULL or MRD_DRIVE_EMPTY status. On Alpha, it caused symptoms described in next problem description. NOTE: This ECO resolves this problem for Direct-SCSI connected loaders. However, we have some reports of volume switch failures on HSJ/HSD/HSC connected loaders which have not been reproducible in engineering labs and is still being investigated. o (SLS Installations Only) System Backup Job Fails with NONEXPR Status On Alpha processors, a system backup FILES_n job may fail with termination status SYSTEM-F-NONEXPR. Accompanying the failure is an entry in ACCOUNTNG.DAT showing a termination status of ACCVIO and an entry in ERRLOG.SYS showing a non-fatal bugcheck in subprocess SYSBAK_pid_n. o There is a device-name string compare failure which might have caused non-robotic devices to be handled as jukebox devices during MDMS load and unload operations. NOTE: The problems described above seriously impact the usability of SLS/MDMS software with HSC/HSJ/HSD connected devices where concurrent MDMS operations are performed from more than one process and/or more than one node in a VMScluster configuration. The problems also impact jukebox devices especially those having large cartridge libraries such as the TL8xx family of devices where the STORAGE INVENTORY and STORAGE IMPORT commands are often used. INSTALLATION NOTES: The system/cluster does not need to be rebooted after this kit is installed. However, after installing this kit, it is necessary to restart SLS for all of the changes to take effect. For a mixed-architecture configuration or other heterogeneous VMScluster configurations, the kit must be installed on each node having its own SLS$ROOT directory structure.



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Files on this server are as follows:

slse02028.README
slse02028.CHKSUM
slse02028.CVRLET_TXT
slse02028.a-dcx_axpexe
slse02028.a-dcx_vaxexe

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