ECO NUMBER:     VAXSYSB02_062
             PRODUCT:        OpenVMS VAX OPERATING SYSTEM 6.2
             UPDATE PRODUCT: OpenVMS VAX OPERATING SYSTEM 6.2




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1  KIT NAME:

     VAXSYSB02_062


2  KITS SUPERSEDED BY THIS KIT:

     VAXSYSB01_062


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 VAX V6.2


     4.2  Files patched or replaced:


      o  [SYS$LDR]EVENT_FLAGS_AND_ASTS.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]LOGICAL_NAMES.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SECURITY.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSDEVICE.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]SYSLICENSE.EXE (new image)

      o  [SYS$LDR]VAXCLUSTER_CACHE.EXE (new image)


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5  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYSB02_062 KIT


      o  After installing the  VAXSYSB01_062  remedial  kit  the  system
         version  was changed to X6ZF-D4N and the system time was wrong.
         This was due to the SYS.EXE image.  This image is not needed in
         the  kit and is being removed, along with other SYS images that
         have no ECO corrections against them.



6  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYSB01_062 KIT


      o  The AUDIT server runs into an access violation in  kernel  mode
         when it encounters an unknown security class.

      o  A process may hang if the process is being deleted  while  VIOC
         is waiting for a CFCB lock.  This process will not be deletable
         since  an  original  I/O,  that   will   never   complete,   is
         outstanding.



7  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYS12_062 KIT


      o  A SSRVEXCEPT crash occurred early in  the  boot  process.   The
         Signal  Array  had  an  ACCVIO  with  the  message  code in the
         offending PC  =  EXE$WRTMAILBOX+00C1C  and  in  the  operand  =
         EXE$DELMBX+006E4.



8  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYS09_062 KIT


      o  
         System crashes with one of the following footprints:

         INCONSTATE SYS$VCC_NPRO+00009F04
         INCONSTATE SYS$VCC_NPRO+00009F00
         INCONSTATE VAXCLUSTER_CACHE+03EB1



9  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYS07_062 KIT


      o  Security auditing of AME applications crash the system  with  a
         bugcheck error of "SECAUDERR, Fatal error attempting to perform
         a security audit"


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10  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYS03_062 KIT


      o  Pool corruption when wait form services are  used  with  common
         event flags.



11  PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXSYS02_062 KIT


      o  If the buffer overflows during a license check, the  user  will
         not  be able to make further use of the particular product that
         was doing the license check until  the  process  that  got  the
         buffer overflow error is stopped.  If that product was OpenVMS,
         any process attempting to login would hang.



12  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_1 : To be installed by all customers.



13  INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:

     Install this kit with the VMSINSTAL utility  by  logging  into  the
     SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the DCL prompt:

         @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL VAXSYSB02_062 [location of the saveset]

     The saveset location may be a tape drive, or a disk directory  that
     contains the kit saveset.

     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
     rolling re-boot may be performed.


     Copyright  (c)  Digital  Equipment  Corporation,  1998  All  Rights
     Reserved.   Unpublished rights reserved under the copyright laws of
     the United States.

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