ECO NUMBER: VMS73_APB-V0200 PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha OPERATING SYSTEM V7.3 UPDATE PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha OPERATING SYSTEM V7.3 COVER LETTER 1 KIT NAME: VMS73_APB-V0200 2 KITS SUPERSEDED BY THIS KIT: VMS73_APB-V0100 3 KIT DEPENDENCIES: 3.1 The following remedial kit(s), or later, must be installed BEFORE installation of this, or any required kit: o VMS73_PCSI-V0100 o VMS73_UPDATE-V0100 3.2 In order to receive all the corrections listed in this kit, the following remedial kits, or later, should also be installed: None. 4 KIT DESCRIPTION: 4.1 Version(s) of OpenVMS to which this kit may be applied: OpenVMS Alpha V7.3 4.2 Files patched or replaced: o [SYSEXE]APB.EXE (new image) o [SYSEXE]DEBUG_APB.EXE (new image) 5 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS73_APB-V0200 KIT o The VMS73_APB-V0100 kit is not compatible with the newly released PCSI PRODUCT UNDO PATCH functionality. This new PCSI functionality allows a user to uninstall a patch kit. If a user was to install the VMS73_APB-V0100 patch kit using the new PROD INSTALL /SAVE_RECOVERY_DATA option and then attempted to -- COVER LETTER -- Page 2 27 June 2003 uninstall the kit using the PRODUCT UNDO PATCH feature, the system could be left in an unbootable state. This new VMS73_APB-V0200 kit re-issues the VMS73_APB-V0100 kit with updated installation files that allow safe removal of the kit. Note that this is the only change in this new APB patch kit. There are no new APB changes in the VMS73_APB-V0200 kit. If you have already installed the VMS73_APB-V0100 patch kit, there is no need to install the VMS73_APB-V0200 kit. Images Affected: - POSTUNDO.COM 6 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS73_APB-V0100 KIT o The Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 cannot boot as a satellite node into a cluster. Instead, they hang/timeout waiting for the disk server. Images Affected: - [SYSEXE]APB.EXE o A DE602 installed in an ES40, and configured via the console as half-duplex mode, will put an Ethernet switch in full duplex mode when the switch is configured in auto-negotiate mode. Images Affected: - [SYSEXE]APB.EXE o This kit adds boot support for the Titan chip set for AlphaServer ES45 for Intel chips 82558/82559, the DE435 to DE500 systems and for the DEFPA. Images Affected: - [SYSEXE]APB.EXE 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) -- COVER LETTER -- Page 3 27 June 2003 INSTALLATION RATING: INSTALL_2 : To be installed by all customers using the following feature(s): o Compaq Professional Workstation XP1000 o AlphaServer ES40 o DE435 to DE500 systems 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 VMS73_APB /SOURCE=[location of Kit] The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that contains the kit. Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt This kit requires a system reboot. HP strongly recommends that a reboot is performed immediately after kit installation to avoid system instability If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS 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 rolling re-boot may be performed. 8.1 Special Installation Instructions: 8.1.1 Scripting of Answers to Installation Questions During installation, this kit will ask and require user response to several questions. If you wish to automate the installation of this kit and avoid having to provide responses to these questions, you must create a DCL command procedure that includes the following definitions and commands: - $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE - Add the following qualifiers to the PRODUCT INSTALL command and add that command to the DCL procedure. /PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V2.0 -- COVER LETTER -- Page 4 27 June 2003 - De-assign the logicals assigned For example, a sample command file to install the VMS73_APB-V0200 kit would be: $ $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE $! $ PROD INSTALL VMS73_APB/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V2.0 $! $ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP $! $ exit Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation, 2002 All Rights Reserved. Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of the United States. COMPAQ, the Compaq logo, VAX, Alpha, VMS, and OpenVMS are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. 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