HP Services Software Patches - vaxveri03_061

 
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 1994, 1997.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:     OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENTS:  VERIFY - VERIFY.EXE
             FILMNTMSG - FILMNTMSG.EXE

SOURCE:      Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXVERI03_061
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXVERI01_071 (V6.1 Only)
                                           VAXVERI01_062 (V6.1 Only)
                                           VAXVERI02_061
                                           VAXVERI01_061 
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  270 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V6.1

     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  No

     Installation Rating:  2 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed version(s) of OpenVMS and
                               using the following feature(s):

                                    VERIFY Utility

     NOTE:  In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
            the following remedial kit or any kits that supersede it,
            also needs to be installed:

                 VAXCLIU03_061


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for VERIFY on OpenVMS VAX V6.1.  This kit addresses the
following problems. 

Problems Addressed in the VAXVERI03_061 Kit:

  o  VERIFY does not flag files, which are directly back linked to
     themselves, as having invalid backlinks. 

  o  VERIFY hangs in an infinite loop during its scan of the directory
     structure. 


Problems Addressed in the VAXVERI01_071 Kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1:

  o  ANALYZE/DISK goes into an infinite loop.

     VERIFY has incorrectly 'fixed' the backlink of a lost directory to
     point to itself.  The next time VERIFY is run, it encounters the
     lost directory and goes into a tight loop following the directory's
     backlink. 


Problems Addressed in the VAXVERI01_062 Kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1:

  o  Errors similar to these may occur during execution of the
     'ANALYZE/DISK' DCL command:

        %ANALDISK-W-CHKALTHOME,  invalid alternate  home block, VBN 3,
         RVN 1

        %ANALDISK-W-CHKALTHOME,  invalid alternate  home block, VBN 4,
         RVN 1

        %ANALDISK-W-CHKALTHOME,  invalid alternate  home block, VBN 5,
         RVN 1

     NOTE:  In order to receive this full fix, in addition to this kit,
            the VAXCLIU03_061 kit or any kits that supersede it, must
            also be installed. 

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V7.0.


Problems Addressed in the VAXVERI02_061 Kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1:

  o   When running ANAL/DISK/REPAIR, a directory that is reported as
      having bad backlinks may be completely erased if it contains
      an alias pointing to itself.

      This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V6.2.

  o   When running ANAL/DISK, an error may be returned from LIB (for
      example, "-LIB-F-BADBLOSIZ, bad block size") and a user-mode
      crash may occur.

      This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V6.2.

  o   ANAL/DISK does not notice out of order file names or versions
      within a directory block.

      This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V6.2.


Problems Addressed in the VAXVERI01_061 Kit for OpenVMS VAX V6.1:

  o  When ANAL/DISK/REPAIR is run on a volume containing corrupt
     directory files, the system crashes with an UNXSIGNAL bugcheck.

     NOTE:  VERIFY has been changed so all errors detected by the XQP
            are also detected by ANAL/DISK and fixed if ANAL/DISK/REPAIR
            is used.  Bad RVNs (relative volume numbers) in directory
            files are now removed properly and ANAL/DISK/REPAIR will not
            bugcheck when fixing a broken directory.

      This problem is fixed in OpenVMS VAX V6.2.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The system does not need to be rebooted after this kit is installed.
However, if you have other nodes in your OpenVMS VMScluster, they should
be rebooted or you should install this kit on each system in order to
make use of the new image(s). 

Files on this server are as follows:

»vaxveri03_061.README
»vaxveri03_061.CHKSUM
»vaxveri03_061.CVRLET_TXT
»vaxveri03_061.a-dcx_vaxexe