OpenVMS VAXLAT02_071 OpenVMS VAX V7.1 LTDRIVER/LATACP ECO Summary

 
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OP/SYS:     OpenVMS VAX 

COMPONENT:  LAT, LTDRIVER

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXLAT02_071
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXLAT01_071
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  342 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V7.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes

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

     NOTE:  In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
            the following remedial kits also need to be installed:

                 None


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for LAT on OpenVMS VAX V7.1.  This kit addresses the
following problems:

Problems Addressed in VAXLAT02_071:

  o  VCRP packets are being overwritten.  A new symbol, VCRP_LAN_PKT_LEN,
     has been defined to include max VCRP header.

  o  A CREATE LINE LINK$NAME/DEV=XXA0: command in LATCP can crash
     the system.

  o  After executing the following commands:

       LATCP> CREATE SERVICE SERVICE1/APPL
       LATCP> CREATE SERVICE SERVICE2/APPL
       LATCP> CREATE SERVICE SERVICE3/APPL
       LATCP> DELETE SERVICE SERVICE2
       LATCP> SET SERVICE SERVICE3/STATIC_RATING=1

     the static ratings for services following SERVICE2 can not  be
     changed.


Problems Addressed in VAXLAT01_071:

  o  LATACP crashes with PGFIPLHI                                       
                                                                    
  o  LTDRIVER crashes with INVEXCEPTN        
                                                                    
  o  Some applications use break, through  the  system  service,  to    
     write to their numerous terminals at the same time.  When LATCP    
     is running, the management LTA device created by LATCP is  also    
     broadcast  to.   This  slows  done the application to the point    
     where the application exhausts its byte limit                      
                                                                    
  o  An MC LATCP CREATE PORT command with  an  invalid  device  name    
     will crash the system.                                             
                                                                    
  o  Set Host/LAT fails between nodes in same the cluster.              


INSTALLATION NOTES:

A reboot is necessary after successful installation of this kit. If you
have other nodes in your VMScluster, they should be rebooted or install


This patch can be found at any of these sites:


Colorado Site


Georgia Site




Files on this server are as follows:

vaxlat02_071.README
vaxlat02_071.CHKSUM
vaxlat02_071.CVRLET_TXT
vaxlat02_071.a-dcx_vaxexe