OpenVMS VAXQMAN04_070 VAX V7.0 Job Controller/Que Man ECO Summary

 
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OP/SYS:     DIGITAL OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT:  Queue Manager
            Job Controller
            
SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXQMAN04_070
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXQMAN03_070 (For OpenVMS VAX
                                                          V7.0 *ONLY)
                                           VAXQMAN02_070
                                           VAXQMAN01_070
                                           VAXQMAN01_062
                                           VAXQMAN03_061
                                           VAXQMAN02_061
                                           VAXQMAN01_061 (CSCPAT_1176)
                                           VAXQMAN02_060
                                           VAXQMAN01_060 (CSCPAT_1175)
                                           VAXQMAN8_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN07_U2055 (CSCPAT_1165)
                                           VAXQMAN06_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN05_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN04_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN03_U2055
                                           QMAN$02_U2055
                                           QMAN$01_U2055
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  558 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V7.0
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Installation Rating:   3 - To be installed on all systems running
                                the listed versions of OpenVMS which
                                are experiencing the problems described.

     NOTE:  In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
            the following remedial kits also need to be installed:

                 None


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO (patch) kit exists for the Queue Manager and Job Controller
on OpenVMS VAX V7.0.  This kit addresses the following problems:

Problems addressed in VAXQMAN04_070 for OpenVMS VAX V7.0:

  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 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.


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN03_070 for OpenVMS VAX V7.0:

  o  Being re-issued to keep Message Routines current with Library
     RTL kit.  There are no new fixes in this kit.


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN02_070 for OpenVMS VAX V7.0:

  o  Delete/Entry on a starting job fails to stop the job.  The job
     stays in an aborting state and processes to completion.

  o  When F$GETQUI is used at DCL to obtain queue manager information,
     certain combinations of items can hang the process.

  o  The queue manager stops after the following messages are
     issued in OPCOM:

       %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-MAY-1996 14:52:17.83  %%%%%%%%%%%
       Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on HULAW3
       %QMAN-W-LOWMEMORY, the queue manager process may require more
       virtual memory  than is currently available

       %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-MAY-1996 14:53:07.20  %%%%%%%%%%%
       Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on HULAW3
       %QMAN-F-ALLOCMEM, error allocating virtual memory

       %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-MAY-1996 14:53:07.24  %%%%%%%%%%%
       Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on HULAW3
       -LIB-F-INSVIRMEM, insufficient virtual memory


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN01_070 for OpenVMS VAX 7.0:

  o  Latsym symbiont processes run with less than the maximum
     number of queues assigned.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted.  If the system is a member of a VMScluster, the


This patch can be found at any of these sites:


Colorado Site


Georgia Site




Files on this server are as follows:

vaxqman04_070.README
vaxqman04_070.CHKSUM
vaxqman04_070.CVRLET_TXT
vaxqman04_070.a-dcx_vaxexe