ECO NUMBER: VAXCLIU08_062 PRODUCT: OpenVMS VAX OPERATING SYSTEM 6.2 UPDATE PRODUCT: OpenVMS VAX OPERATING SYSTEM 6.2 COVER LETTER 1 KIT NAME: VAXCLIU08_062 2 KITS SUPERSEDED BY THIS KIT: VAXCLIU06_062 3 KIT DEPENDENCIES: 3.1 The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE installation of this kit: VAXCLUSIO01_062 3.2 In order to receive the all the corrections listed in this kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed: VAXVERI01_071 - for OpenVMS VAX 6.2 only 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 [SYSEXE]SET.EXE (new image) o [SYSEXE]SHOW.EXE (new image) 5 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXCLIU08_062 KIT o The VAXCLIU06_062 remedial kit required that the VAXCLUSIO01_062 kit be installed. If the user tried to install the VAXCLIU06_062 kit on a system that had both the VAXCLUSIO01_062 and OpenVMS VAX Y2K remedial kits installed, the VAXCLIU06_062 kit did not recognize that the VAXCLUSIO01_062 kit had been installed. This caused the VAXCLIU06_062 installation to fail. -- COVER LETTER -- Page 2 10 February 1998 There are no new ECO problem corrections in this kit. If you have installed the VAXCLIU06_062 remedial kit, you do not need to install the VAXCLIU08_062 remedial kit. 6 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXCLIU06_062 KIT o If a customer upgraded their system to V6.2 from V6.1, the KITINSTAL.COM procedure, in kits that require the VAXCLUSIO01 remedial kit to be installed first, did not properly verify that the VAXCLUSIO01_062 remedial kit had been installed. 7 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXCLIU04_062 KIT o This problem was originally fixed in the VAXCLIU02_070 remedial kit, but this is a new problem that has the same effect. This kit fixes the new problem. When doing a SHOW PROCESS /CONTINUOUS command in a constrained working set, it is possible to get a PGFIPLHI bugcheck. The problem occurs because a reference is made at elevated IPL, to one of several data cells located in pageable memory. 8 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXCLIU02_070 KIT FOR OPENVMS VAX V6.2 o When doing a SHOW PROCESS/CONTINUOUS command in a constrained working set, it is possible to get a PGFIPLHI bugcheck. 9 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXCLIU01_070 KIT FOR OPENVMS VAX V6.2 o A Show Process/Continuous can crash the system if the process being shown is deleted. o In V5.5, when LAT master was used to replace the old LTDRIVER, a problem was found if someone used the DCL commands "SET TERMINAL/PROTOCOL=DDCMP LTAn" or "SET TERMINAL/PROTOCOL=NONE LTAn". The problem was a fatal bugcheck could occur in some conditions. Since DDCMP protocol has never been supported on LAT ports, a decision was made to disable the use of these commands on LAT ports. Since V5.5 has shipped it has been found that many customers have 3rd party software that does do DDCMP on LAT ports. As stated above this has become a major customer satisfaction issue. -- COVER LETTER -- Page 3 10 February 1998 10 PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VAXCLIU01_062 KIT FOR OPENVMS VAX V6.2 o The index file of a disk can become corrupted. Closer examination of the index file will show that a large number of blocks in the index file, at contiguous VBNs from the start of the file, will have 2 words corrupted in the file at offsets 0x3a and 0x1FE. These correspond to the locations of checksum1 and checksum2 in a volume homeblock. In order to receive this full fix, in addition to this kit you must also install the VAXVERI01_071 kit. 11 KIT INSTALLATION RATING: The following kit installation rating, based upon current CLD information, is provided to serve as a guide as to which customers should apply this remedial kit. (Reference attached Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability Statement) INSTALLATION RATING: INSTALL_3 : To be installed by customers experiencing the problems corrected. 12 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 VAXCLIU08_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. The software contained on this media is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology of Digital Equipment Corporation. Possession, use, or dissemination of the software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Digital -- COVER LETTER -- Page 4 10 February 1998 Equipment Corporation. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY THIS PATCH IS PROVIDED AS IS, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL DIGITAL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE OR PROFIT, OR FOR SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, WITH RESPECT TO ANY PATCH MADE AVAILABLE HERE OR TO THE USE OF SUCH PATCH.