PLY_WAT-VMS SNSALPECO01022 PLY System Watchdog V2.2 Alpha ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1995. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: POLYCENTER System Watchdog
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: SNSALPECO01022
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: None
ECO Kit Approximate Size: Saveset A: 252 Blocks
Saveset B: 11,340 Blocks
Saveset C: 34,146 Blocks
Total of 3 files: 45,738 Blocks
Kit Applies To: POLYCENTER System Watchdog V2.2
OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 or later
NOTE: After the installation of this ECO, the
Consolidator will display V2.2-03 as a
version with the command:
SNS> SHOW CONSOLIDATOR/FULL
System Reboot Necessary: No
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for POLYCENTER System Watchdog V2.2 on OpenVMS Alpha
V6.1 or higher.
Problems addressed in the SNSALPECO01022 Kit:
o The OpenVMS Agent can now be polled using TCP/IP. This
was not possible with the previous version which was limited
to DECnet access only.
NOTE: This ability relies on the UCX TCP/IP services presence.
o The TCP/IP communications error handling has been enhanced.
o The Consolidator now retries DECnet connection attempt before
generating a node UNReachable event.
o Action routines are not triggered anymore for each and every
message concerning a node newly detected as unreachable.
o A new logical name SNS$CONSOLIDATOR_BASE_PRIORITY can be defined
to customize the newly started Consolidators base priority. The
default priority was raised from 2 to 3 (batch priority).
o The Consolidator now accepts concealed logical names in logfile
specification as well as output and error file pathnames.
o A problem in System Watchdog V2.2 preventing the reuse of existing
consolidator logfiles has been corrected.
o The sense watchdog controller command can now read subsequent
commands on the standard input.
o A correction in Shadow Set names validation allows their
specification by logical name.
o Host based shadow set members states are now correctly detected.
o The SNS$SHR.EXE shareable image entries (external messages
management API) do not fail anymore when called intensively.
o Sample modules written in the C language provided in the
SNS$EXAMPLES directory are now ported to DEC C.
o New examples have been added in the SNS$EXAMPLES directory.
o The SNS$FEED_PCM.C source file for the sample POLYCENTER Console
Manager feeder was tidied up.
o The installation procedure is now more flexible about the transport
layer configuration. In addition, NCL commands have been provided
for DECnet phase V.
o The "Warning: OSFNOD is a cluster alias ..." validation message
is not issued anymore when polling an OSF/1 node through DECnet
phase V.
o The available range for the polling interval value is now
[0..65535].
o The DECtalk set LINE parameter now accepts logical names.
o The output for SHOW DECTALK_SET /FORMAT=COMMAND has been corrected.
o The Agent no longer randomly enters a deadlock state as sometimes
happened on Alpha multiprocessor systems (such as DEC7620,
DEC7720), consecutively to some network I/O operation.
Please refer to the Release Notes included in this ECO for
additional information.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The system/cluster does not need to be rebooted after this kit is
installed. However, if the installation is performed on a cluster, you
must execute the following commands
@SYS$STARTUP:SNS$STARTUP.COM
INSTALL REPLACE SYS$SHARE:DCLTABLES.EXE
on all other nodes in the cluster which will run POLYCENTER System
Watchdog.
NOTE: During the installation of this ECO, the following message will
be displayed.
. Add "@SYS$STARTUP:SNS$STARTUP" to the system startup file
SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_V5.COM.
The specifed system startup file name is incorrect. The correct
file name is SYS$MANAGER:SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
Files on this server are as follows:
snsalpeco01022.README
snsalpeco01022.CHKSUM
snsalpeco01022.CVRLET_TXT
snsalpeco01022.a-dcx_axpexe
snsalpeco01022.b-dcx_axpexe
snsalpeco01022.c-dcx_axpexe
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