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OpenVMS ALPRMS04_062 Alpha V6.2 RMS/CONVERT ECO Summary
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TITLE: OpenVMS ALPRMS04_062 Alpha V6.2 RMS/CONVERT ECO Summary
 
Modification Date:  08-SEP-2000 
Modification Type:  Updated Kit:  Supersedes ALPRMS03_062

NOTE:  An OpenVMS saveset or PCSI installation file is stored
       on the Internet in a self-expanding compressed file.
 
       For OpenVMS savesets, the name of the compressed saveset
       file will be kit_name.a-dcx_vaxexe for OpenVMS VAX or
       kit_name.a-dcx_axpexe for OpenVMS Alpha. Once the OpenVMS
       saveset is copied to your system, expand the compressed
       saveset by typing RUN kitname.dcx_vaxexe or kitname.dcx_alpexe.
 
       For PCSI files, once the PCSI file is copied to your system,
       rename the PCSI file to kitname-dcx_axpexe.pcsi, then it can
       be expanded by typing RUN kitname-dcx_axpexe.pcsi.  The resultant
       file will be the PCSI installation file which can be used to install
       the ECO.
 
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 1998, 2000.  All rights reserved.

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS Alpha 

COMPONENT:  RMS.EXE - Record Management Services                              
            CONVERT.EXE                                                       
            CONVSHR.EXE                                                       
            RECLAIM.EXE                                                       
            RECOVER.EXE                                                       
            RMSREC$SERVER.EXE                   
            EXCHANGE$NETWORK.EXE
            RMSDEF.STB (new file)

SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPRMS04_062
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPRMS03_062
                                           ALPRMS02_062
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  3132 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Reboot Supported:  Yes
     Installation Rating:  1 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed version(s) of OpenVMS.

     Kit Dependencies:

       The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
       installation of this kit:

         ALPCLUSIO01_062

       In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
       kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:

         None 


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for RMS/CONVERT on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 through V6.2-1H3.
This kit addresses the following problems: 

Problems addressed in ALPRMS04_062:

  o  An ANALYZE/RMS_FILE of an indexed file reports the following
     error:

       "Index bucket references missing data bucket with VBN nnn"

     The problem is that the primary index structure has duplicate
     index value entries and there should never be duplicates in
     the index structure.  Any application that has a prevalence of
     deleted records as the last records in a data bucket that is
     subsequently a candidate for a bucket split could potentially
     encounter this problem.

     A convert of the file will rebuild the primary index structure
     and leave the file in a consistent state.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.2.

  o  In the case of a Prolog 1 or 2 indexed file with fixed length
     records, it is possible that an update may result in a
     duplicate record being added to a noduplicate primary key.

     This problem will never occur with a Prolog 3 indexed file.
     Prolog 3 has been the recommended indexed file format since
     VAX/VMS V4.0.  The possibility of this problem occurring can
     be avoided by converting any remaining Prolog 1 or 2 indexed
     files.  No changes are necessary to the application to convert
     the files to Prolog 3.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.2.

  o  Under rare conditions, if a CONVERT/RECLAIM is performed on a
     file with a non-compressed, fixed length record format, and
     with RU journaling enabled, inappropriate data buckets may be
     erroneously reclaimed.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.2.

  o  Under rare circumstances, repeated calls to the CONVERT
     callable interface from within an application can produce a
     file with a corrupted file structure.  The conditions that
     must exist for this to occur are as follows:

       +  The previous file processed must have allowed duplicates
          on the last key

       +  The last data bucket of the file must be part of a
          duplicate chain.

     This problem is fixed in the release to follow OpenVMS Alpha
     V7.2.

  o  A small timing window in the RMS last chance handler could
     allow a lock deadlock hang to occur during an abnormal
     termination of a process with RMS global buffers mapped.  This
     window presented itself in situations where a STOP/ID
     ($DELPRC) was executed before properly running down an
     application.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Performing multistreamed asynchronous Block IO to a sequential
     file could result in random data corruption and/or sporadic
     SS$_BADPARAM errors if an autoextend occurs.

     This problem is fixed in the release of OpenVMS Alpha to
     follow V7.2.

  o  Processes may disappear with an RMS IORNDN non-fatal bugcheck
     when an EXIT is requested by an Executive-mode subsystem (such
     as ACMS).  This is a very small timing window, so processes
     with a large number of files open increases the probability of
     the problem occurring.

     If the SYSGEN parameter BUGCHECKFATAL is set to one, the
     system will crash.

     This problem is fixed in the release to follow OpenVMS Alpha
     V7.2.


Problems addressed in ALPRMS03_062:

      o  Fix for explicit $extend to a relative file.

         The last data record(s) added at the end of a relative file may
         be  lost  (overwritten)  after  an  "explicit"  call to the RMS
         $EXTEND service for a relative file that is being shared by two
         or  more  concurrent writers.  This problem is restricted to an
         explicit $EXTEND; autoextends done transparently by RMS  for  a
         relative file work correctly.

         NOTE:  Until this remedial kit can be installed,  this  problem
         can be prevented by not doing any explicit $EXTEND for a shared
         write relative file.  Let the autoextend feature  of  RMS  take
         care  of  any  extends needed.  See "Relative File Extend Size"
         section in chapter 3 (Performance Considerations) of the  Guide
         to  OpenVMS  File  Applications  for  a  description of how RMS
         derives the value it uses for its autoextend feature.

      o  Fix for appender lock timing window hang for shared  write,  RU
         journaled sequential file.

         This hang requires all of the following conditions:   a  shared
         write  sequential  file,  multi  record  streaming  enabled, RU
         journaling enabled on the  file,  and  heavy  write  contention
         among sharers at the end-of-file.  It has only been reported by
         one site, and even then there was a  lapse  of  over  one  year
         between two occurrences.

      o  Fix for inconsistent  secondary  key  in  RU-journaled  indexed
         file.

         It is possible for an indexed file with more than one secondary
         key allowing no duplicates to show an inconsistent total number
         of data records as being accessible via  two  or  more  of  the
         secondary  keys.   In order for this problem to occur, the file
         must have RU journaling enabled; as part of an RU  transaction,
         a  secondary  data  record  must  be  deleted  in  one  of  the
         nonduplicate secondary keys (will  be  marked  RU-DELETED)  and
         then  an  attempt  must be made to add a duplicate key value to
         another nonduplicate secondary key as part of a $PUT operation,
         which results in a duplicate (DUP) error.

         As part of  the  recovery  triggered  by  the  DUP  error,  the
         secondary key value marked as RU-DELETED will not be recovered.
         This will leave the file with an  inconsistent  secondary  key.
         However,  the  primary key contents will be intact and correct,
         and a convert of the file will rebuild  the  secondary  indexes
         and leave the file in a consistent state.

      o  XABITM stored semantics  attribute  fix  for  SMFS  (Sequential
         Media File System) device.

         Stored semantics is a file attribute used to  indicate  that  a
         file  contains  compound  documents (i.e., contains a number of
         integrated components including  text,  graphics,  and  scanned
         images).   Support  for setting this file attribute is provided
         through RMS using an item list XAB (XABITM) user interface.

         In  specifying  the  item  list  for  setting  this   attribute
         (XAB$_STORED_SEMANTICS),  a  user  may  request a return length
         (the length of the stored  semantics  ACE  added  by  the  file
         system  to  the file).  RMS without the fix returns a length of
         zero if the file is on a SMFS device despite the fact that  the
         stored semantics attribute was successfully added to the file.

      o  Fix to dynamically reflect file protection changes cluster wide
         for files that are INSTALLED with the /OPEN qualifier.

         Changes to the security profile of a file  that  was  installed
         with  the /OPEN qualifier were not reflected cluster wide until
         an INSTALL/REPLACE was  performed  on  each  node.   With  this
         correction,   the   protection   information   is   dynamically
         propagated.

      o  Fix to properly handle a special bucket split case  to  prevent
         an exec-mode ACCVIO occurring during a bucket split.

         This problem is restricted  to  a  file  with  KEY  compression
         enabled  containing  a secondary key allowing duplicates with a
         nearly full SIDR data bucket.  An ACCVIO (access violation) may
         occur  during  a  bucket split operation if both the last valid
         record in the bucket contains a long  list  of  duplicates  and
         starts  before  the  calculated split point and the memory page
         adjacent to the page mapping the current buffer is not valid.

         If the SYSGEN parameter BUGCHECKFATAL is not enabled, then  the
         process  will  be terminated; if it is enabled, then the system
         will crash with a SSRVEXCEPT ACCVIO.  The file will not be left
         corrupted.   A temporary workaround if this problem ever occurs
         on a file would be to convert the file using a revised  FDL  in
         which  key  compression  is  disabled until the remedial kit is
         applied.

      o  Fix to correct a unique situation where the delete of a  record
         in a file with key compression enabled could possibly cause the
         resulting key expansion to overflow the current bucket.

         This problem is restricted  to  a  file  with  key  compression
         enabled.   A nonfatal RMS bugcheck (R2 value FFFFFFD4 (Internal
         ISAM Error)) could occur during a record delete operation on  a
         prologue  3  file.   The  ISAM error would be returned when the
         deletion of a record caused the expansion of the compressed key
         value  of the next record in the bucket to exceed the available
         space in the data bucket.

         This would occur if the primary data bucket containing the  key
         was  nearly  full and the record that followed the record being
         deleted was compressed to the extent  that  only  one  physical
         byte of the key was stored in the data record.

         The file will not be left corrupted.  A temporary workaround if
         this problem ever occurs on a file would be to convert the file
         using a revised FDL in which key compression is disabled  until
         the remedial kit is applied.

      o  Fix to prevent process hangs when RMS rundown is  invoked  from
         within an EXEC-mode AST.

         If RMS rundown is invoked from within  an  EXEC-mode  AST,  the
         process  will  hang  indefinitely  waiting  on  the delivery of
         pending  ASTs.   As  documented  in  Section  2.5  of  the  RMS
         Reference Manual, RMS services should not be called from within
         an EXEC-mode AST.  If however, an EXEC-mode AST  routine  fails
         due  to  an unhandled condition, RMS rundown will be indirectly
         invoked by the image exit (resulting in a process hang).

         The rundown routine has been modified to abort RMS rundown with
         an  RMS$_BUSY  return status if it has been invoked from within
         an EXEC-mode AST.

      o  Fix to prevent a nonfatal  RMS  bugcheck  (ENQDEQFAIL)  when  a
         timeout  on  a  lock  request  coincides with a system detected
         SS$_DEADLOCK condition for the same resource.

         If an RMS $GET is  performed  with  the  WAT  and  TMO  options
         specified  (wait  for  lock and timeout request after specified
         number of seconds) in the RAB$L_ROP (record options) field,  it
         is   possible   for   a   nonfatal  RMS  bugcheck  (ENQDEQFAIL;
         R2=FFFFFFF4) to be signaled when the timeout occurs.  This  can
         happen  if  an SS$_DEADLOCK condition is detected by the system
         (which cancels the lock request) but the timeout AST routine is
         triggered  before  RMS  receives  the AST notification that the
         request has been canceled.

      o  Fix so that a RMS-F-FTM (network DAP file  transfer  mode  does
         not permit operation) error is not returned inappropriately for
         a remote $FIND operation when the sequential-only (SQO)  option
         is  set  in  the  FAB$L_FOP (file options) field and the access
         method used is sequential.

         When the SQO option is set, this error is only  appropriate  if
         either  the keyed or record-file-address (RFA) access method is
         specified.  The sequential access method should be allowed.

         This problem is fixed in the OpenVMS Alpha V7.0 release.

      o  Fix for EXCHANGE/NETWORK user-mode access violation (accvio).

         This  problem  only  occurs  when  the  convert   transfer_mode
         (/TRANSFER_MODE=CONVERT)  option  is  used  with  a  file  that
         exceeds 255 blocks in size.

      o  %CONV-F-READERR converting undefined file format to fixed.

         Converting a sequential file with an UNDEFINED record format to
         a FIXED record format aborts with following errors:

           %CONV-F-READERR, error reading <input filespec>
           -RMS-F-UBF, invalid user buffer


Problems addressed in ALPRMS02_062 kit:

  o  Fix to exclude block I/O access from XAB area maximum check on
     the open of an indexed file.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  This kit contains a fix for the compressed primary key problem 
     that occurs in the context of record deletes being done using 
     sequential access rather than keyed access.

     While sequentially walking through (accessing) the primary data 
     records in an indexed file (a primary key is a string key with 
     key compression enabled), a delete is done of one of the records.
     The following error may be returned when an attempt is made to
     sequentially get the next record:  

        RMS-F-BUG, fatal RMS condition, process deleted.

     The file is not left corrupted.  A convert  of  the  file  will
     leave the file in a consistent state.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Fix  for  RMS  bugcheck  NOTLOCKED  (R2=FFFFFFEF) on shared
     sequential file.

     Process is delivered blocking AST to release file lock.  Before
     releasing  file  lock,  it  has to release lock it holds on EOF
     buffer.  NOTLOCKED bugcheck is returned if process  is  holding
     PW  (protected  write)  rather  than EX (exclusive) lock on EOF
     buffer.  The check should be for either EX or PW lock.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  A loop may occur at the EXEC-MODE AST level suring the deletion of
     network logical links.  The processthat loops cannot be deleted and 
     will be an application that does network operations.

     RMS maintains a process cache of recent  logical  links  for  a
     period  of  time  in an attempt to reuse them and save on image
     and process activations.  When a link becomes inactive  and  is
     added  to the cache, RMS deletes any links in surplus of three.
     In walking the link cache queue to delete these links, there is
     a potential race condition that could result in a stale pointer
     being used after a stall, which leads to the loop.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.
                                                     
  o  This kit contains an autoextend fix for a shared block I/O write 
     which requires the use of the UPI option -- which disables any 
     locking (file or EOF bucket).

     For this particular case with no locking synchronization, it is
     possible  if  two or more processes or two or more asynchronous
     streams are writing to a file, that two or more autoextends may
     occur concurrently.  Though the file system will do the extends
     synchronously, the processing of the extend result may complete
     out of sequence and result in the RMS bugcheck FTL$_BADEBKHBK
     (R2=FFFFFFDC).

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Improved error reporting on ASB allocation failure.   If there
     is a user context to return the error to, RMS$_DME will now be
     returned instead of RMS$_BUSY.

     When RMS allocates an Asynchronous Status Block  (ASB)  for  an
     RMS  thread  from  process-permanent  pages (PIOPAGES), and the
     allocation attempt fails due to lack of memory.  The  error  is
     not  properly  handled:   in  some  cases the error is ignored,
     leading to subsequent hangs and inconsistencies,  or  else  the
     true cause of the error is obscured by overlapping bugchecks.

     These allocation failures are most likely to be encountered
     with RMS journaling applications, and can be avoided by
     increasing the PIOPAGES SYSGEN parameter.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Non-indexed file opened with an indexed file XAB may ACCVIO.
     If a non-indexed file (sequential or relative) is opened with
     one or more XABs specific to indexed files (XABKEY, XABSUM, or
     XABALL) chained to the FAB, the process may either:

      o  Terminate (SYSGEN parameter BUGCHECKFATAL not enabled) with
         an access violation (ACCVIO); or

      o  Crash the system (BUGCHECKFATAL enabled) with a  SSRVEXCEPT
         ACCVIO.

         A necessary condition for this to occur  is  that  the  virtual
         address  space  used  for  the program region (P0) must be more
         than half a gigabyte.  In other words, it requires both a  very
         large  application and one that has indexed XABs chained to the
         FAB  for  a  non-indexed  file.   We  are  aware  of  only  one
         application  that  this  problem  has  occurred  with  to date:
         ALL-IN-1.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

         NOTE:  Until the system can be upgraded to OpenVMS  Alpha  V7.1
         or  this  remedial  kit can be installed, these symptoms may be
         avoided by modifying the application's source code.  Remove any
         of  the indexed XABs (XABSUM, XABKEY, or XABALL) from the chain
         off the FAB for any file that is not an indexed file.

  o  Fix for SDA-W-FAOERR when displaying RMS FWA (File Work  Area).
     The contents of a buffer (LOGNAM) are being displayed after the
     space have been returned and reallocated for some other use.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.


Problems addressed in ALPRMS01_062:

  o  Make last chance handler more robust when a process that has  a
     file  opened  with  global  buffers  enabled is terminated with
     STOP/ID.  STOP/ID invokes the RMS  abort  last  chance  handler
     (RM$LAST_CHANCE).  Problems addressed include:


      o  A potential deadlock in the RMS last-chance handler if  the
         same  file  is  open  more  than  once  within a process or
         subprocess and it has global buffers set on it.

      o  A potential fatal KRNLSTAKNV system crash due  to  nonfatal
         RMS  bugchecks from failing $GETLKI calls which cause error
         rundown recursion until the stack fills up.

     These problems are fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Fix for a bugcheck on a compressed secondary key.  An ISAM  RMS
     nonfatal   bugcheck   is   returned  by  RM$EXPAND_KEY  (module
     RM3PCKUNP).  This bugcheck is forced if key expansion  for  the
     deletion of a secondary index data record (SIDR) would overflow
     a SIDR data bucket.

     The current problem occurs in the context of  an  $UPDATE  that
     changes a secondary key value (with key compression enabled) if
     both the SIDR data bucket freespace is  exactly  equal  to  the
     bucket  size  minus  one and the key expansion of the next SIDR
     record (if any) results in a gain in bytes exactly equal to the
     number  of  bytes  to  be  deleted.   For both conditions to be
     satisfied makes the probability of  this  problem's  occurrence
     rare.

     The update to the primary record will have been completed;  the
     problem  occurs  during  the delete operation to remove the old
     secondary key value after the new updated secondary  key  value
     has  been added.  The file is not left corrupted.  A convert of
     the file will rebuild the secondary indexes and leave the  file
     in a consistent state.

     This problem is corrected in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.

  o  Fix for a SIDR (secondary index  data  record)  compressed  key
     expansion problem that could result in a corrupted SIDR bucket.
     The conditions that are required make the  probability  of  its
     occurrence are rare.

     For this problem to occur requires both  (1)  the  presence  of
     many duplicate records for a secondary key, (2) a secondary key
     of string type that is 9 bytes or more in  length,  and  (3)  a
     very  particular key pattern which results in a number of bytes
     at the front of the key being compressed.  The  problem  occurs
     in  the context of a bucket split when the current design moves
     an entire SIDR array into a new bucket.  It  is  possible  that
     when  the  compressed  secondary  key  for  that  SIDR array is
     expanded in its position as the first record in the new bucket,
     it may grow larger than the bucket.

     Since the problem is with a secondary  key  bucket,  a  convert
     will recover all the data records in the corrupted file.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.

  o  Audit  check  fix  for  installed  /OPEN  images.    Incomplete
     security  success  audit  information  is  generated upon image
     activation of installed /OPEN images in some cases.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Fix for Known File Entry (KFE) file open SSRVEXCEPT (Unexpected
     system   service  exception)  due  to  ACCVIO  in  RM$KNOWNFILE
     (RMS0OPEN).

     Heavy concurrent INSTALL and F$FILE_ATTRIBUTE usage  may  cause
     locking conflicts accessing the KFE list, which can result in a
     bad KFE pointer being handed to RMS leading to ACCVIO.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.

  o  Fix for crash with kernel-mode caller.

     A kernel-mode caller may crash with  KRNLSTAKNV  (kernel  stack
     not  valid).   A  page  in  the  kernel stack has the 'fault on
     write' bit set.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  Statistics setting on a file is lost from the FDL  produced  by
     ANALYZE/RMS/FDL.  File monitoring is always set to 'no' whether
     it is enabled or not.  The problem is not  with  ANALYZE[/RMS],
     but with RMS's processing of an XABITM list.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS Alpha V7.1.

  o  The following error will be reported in converting a VFC-format
     file to a fixed-format file using the /PAD qualifier:

      %LIB-F-BADBLOADR, bad block address

     The problem is restricted to a convert  job  that  involves  an
     input  file with a VFC record format that is being converted to
     an output file with  a  fixed  record  format  using  the  /PAD
     qualifier.

     This problem is fixed in OpenVMS V7.0.

INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.

If there are other nodes in the 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.
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<font color=black size=+1>This patch can be found at any of these sites:</font><p>
<a name=colorado>
<a href=http://ftp1.support.compaq.com/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2/alprms04_062.README>Colorado Site</a><br>
<a name=georgia>
<a href=http://ftp11.support.compaq.com/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2/alprms04_062.README>Georgia Site</a><br>
<a name=europe>
<hr><br>
<font color=black size=+1>Files on this server are as follows:</font><p>
<pre>
<a href=/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2-1h3/alprms04_062.README>alprms04_062.README</a>
<a href=/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2-1h3/alprms04_062.CHKSUM>alprms04_062.CHKSUM</a>
<a href=/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2-1h3/alprms04_062.CVRLET_TXT>alprms04_062.CVRLET_TXT</a>
<a href=/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2-1h3/alprms04_062.a-dcx_axpexe>alprms04_062.a-dcx_axpexe</a>
<a href=/patches/public/vms/axp/v6.2-1h3/alprms04_062.CVRLET_TXT>alprms04_062.CVRLET_TXT</a>
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