ECO NUMBER: VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0200 PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha OPERATING SYSTEM 6.2-7.1-2 UPDATE PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha OPERATING SYSTEM 6.2-7.1-2 COVER LETTER 1 KIT NAME: DEC-AXPVMS-VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0200--4.PCSI 2 KITS SUPERSEDED BY THIS KIT: DEC-AXPVMS-VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0100--4.PCSI 3 KIT DEPENDENCIES: 3.1 The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE installation of this, or any required kit: None 3.2 In order to receive all the corrections listed in this kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed: None 4 KIT DESCRIPTION: 4.1 Version(s) of OpenVMS to which this kit may be applied: OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, V7.1-1H2, V7.1-2 4.2 Files patched or replaced: o [SYSEXE]PCSI$MAIN.EXE (new image) o [SYSLIB]PCSI$SHR.EXE (new image) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$CREATE_ACCOUNT.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$CREATE_NETWORK_OBJECT.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$CREATE_RIGHTS_IDENTIFIER.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$DELETE_ACCOUNT.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$DELETE_NETWORK_OBJECT.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$DELETE_RIGHTS_IDENTIFIER.COM (new file) -- COVER LETTER -- Page 2 13 April 2000 o [SYSUPD]PCSI$EXTRACT_TLB.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI$REGISTER_PRODUCT.COM (new file) o [SYSUPD]PCSI.CLD (Update to DCLTABLES.EXE) o [SYSHLP]VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0200.RELEASE_NOTES o [SYSHLP]HELPLIB.HLB (update) 5 NEW FUNCTIONALITY THE IN DEC-AXPVMS-VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0200--4 KIT o This remedial kit updates the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility of OpenVMS, including associated command procedures and help text. After installation, the POLYCENTER Software Installation facility will be functionally equivalent to that provided by OpenVMS V7.2. Changes include new PRODUCT commands and qualifiers, improved display of output from PRODUCT SHOW commands, features useful for product developers, and several corrections for problems that have been fixed since OpenVMS V7.2 was released. After installaton of this remedial kit your system will use the new features provided by this version of the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility. If a layered product is installed that makes use of this new functionality, then it may not be possible to revert back to an older version of the utility. This restriction occurs because there may be records in the software product database that the older version of the utility will not be able to interpret. This scenario may occur after an OpenVMS upgrade to a version of OpenVMS prior to V7.1-2. For example, this situation occurs if you: 1. Install this remedial kit on VMS V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, or V7.1-1H2 2. Install DWMOTIF V1.2-5 3. Upgrade to (or re-install) VMS V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, or V7.1-1H2 The upgrade to any of the versions listed in #3 above may fail (or other PRODUCT command operations on the product database may fail) with one of the following errors: %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, ... or %PCSI-E-UNSDOCENC, unsupported product document encoding version To prevent these failures after installing this remedial kit -- COVER LETTER -- Page 3 13 April 2000 and the DWMOTIF product (as in the example above), do the following: 1. Remove DWMOTIF using the command: $ PRODUCT REMOVE DWMOTIF 2. Upgrade to (or re-install) VMS V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, or V7.1-1H 3. Re-install this remedial kit 4. Re-install DWMOTIF This workaround is not needed if you are upgrading to OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 or later. These releases already include the new features provided by this remedial kit to eliminate this issue. Images Affected: - [SYSEXE]PCSI$MAIN.EXE - [SYSLIB]PCSI$SHR.EXE - [SYSUPD]PCSI$CREATE_ACCOUNT.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$CREATE_NETWORK_OBJECT.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$CREATE_RIGHTS_IDENTIFIER.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$DELETE_ACCOUNT.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$DELETE_NETWORK_OBJECT.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$DELETE_RIGHTS_IDENTIFIER.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$EXTRACT_TLB.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI$REGISTER_PRODUCT.COM - [SYSUPD]PCSI.CLD - [SYSHLP]HELPLIB.HLB 6 NEW FUNCTIONALITY THE IN DEC-AXPVMS-VMS62TO71U2_PCSI-V0100--4 KIT o This remedial kit updates the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility of OpenVMS, including associated command procedures and help text. After installation, the POLYCENTER Software Installation facility will be functionally equivalent to that -- COVER LETTER -- Page 4 13 April 2000 provided by OpenVMS V7.2. Changes include new PRODUCT commands and qualifiers, improved display of output from PRODUCT SHOW commands, features useful for product developers, and problem corrections. After installation of this remedial kit your system will use the new features provided by this version of the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility. If a layered product is installed that makes use of this new functionality, then it may not be possible to revert back to an older version of the utility. This restriction occurs because there may be records in the software product database that the older version of the utility will not be able to interpret. This scenario may occur after an OpenVMS upgrade to a version of OpenVMS prior to V7.1-2. For example, this situation occurs if you: 1. Install this remedial kit on VMS V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, or V7.1-1H2 2. Install DWMOTIF V1.2-5 3. Upgrade to (or re-install) VMS V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, or V7.1-1H2 The upgrade to any of the versions listed in #3 above may fail (or other PRODUCT command operations on the product database may fail) with one of the following errors: SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, ... or %PCSI-E-UNSDOCENC, unsupported product document encoding version To prevent these failures after installing this remedial kit and the DWMOTIF product (in the example above), do the following: 1. Remove DWMOTIF using the command: $ PRODUCT REMOVE DWMOTIF 2. Upgrade to (or re-install) VMS V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3, V7.1, V7.1-1H1, or V7.1-1H2 3. Re-install this remedial kit 4. Re-install DWMOTIF This workaround is not needed if you are upgrading to OpenVMS Alpha V7.1-2 or V7.2 because these releases already include the functionality provided by this remedial kit. -- COVER LETTER -- Page 5 13 April 2000 7 KIT INSTALLATION RATING: The following kit installation rating, based upon current CLD information, is provided to serve as a guide to which customers should apply this remedial kit. (Reference attached Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability Statement) INSTALLATION RATING: INSTALL_2 : To be installed by all customers using the following feature(s): New PRODUCT command functionality Layered product installation instructions that require this remedial kit to be installed as a prerequisite 8 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: Install this kit with the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility by logging into the SYSTEM account and typing the following at the DCL prompt: $ PRODUCT INSTALL VMS62TO71U2_PCSI/SOURCE = [kit location] The kit location may be a tape drive, or a disk directory that contains the kit. No reboot is necessary after successful installation of the kit. However, all processes will need to log out and then back in to use the new PRODUCT command qualifiers and keywords. Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation, 2000 All Rights Reserved. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. 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