OpenVMS VAXSYSL03_061 VAX V6.1 SET TIME 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 1998.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT:  SYSLOA1701.EXE

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXSYSL03_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXSYSL02_061
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  314 Blocks
                    Saveset A:  306 Blocks

     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V6.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Reboot Supported: Yes
     Installation Rating:   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 SYSLOA1701 on OpenVMS VAX V6.1.  This kit
addresses the following problem:


PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYSL03_061:

  o  "$ SET TIME" without a specific time has been  known  to  cause
     intermittent SS$_IVTIME (%SYSTEM-F-IVTIME, invalid time) errors
     on VAX model 7000-600 multiprocessor (SMP) machines.



PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYSL02_061:

  o  On VAX 7000 systems, a CPU that has been stopped with the
     'STOP/CPU' command will hang upon an ensuing 'START/CPU'
     command.

     This problem is corrected in OpenVMS VAX V6.2.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect  until  the  system  is
rebooted.

If you have other nodes in your VMS  cluster,  they  must  also  be
rebooted  in  order  to make use of the new image(s).  If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a


This patch can be found at any of these sites:


Colorado Site


Georgia Site




Files on this server are as follows:

vaxsysl03_061.README
vaxsysl03_061.CHKSUM
vaxsysl03_061.CVRLET_TXT
vaxsysl03_061.a-dcx_vaxexe