OpenVMS__SLS ABSE01A021 Archive/Backup System ECO Summary

 
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 1997.  All rights reserved.

PRODUCT:    Archive/Backup System for OpenVMS with 
            SLS (Storage Library System)

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS VAX
            OpenVMS Alpha

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ABSE01A021 
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None 
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  252 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  Archive/Backup System (ABS) for OpenVMS V2.1A on
                      Storage Library System (SLS) V2.9
                      OpenVMS VAX V6.1, V6.2, V7.0, V7.1
                      OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, V6.1-1H1, V6.1-1H2,
                                    V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
                                    V7.0, V7.1
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No

     Installation Rating:  1 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the Archive/Backup System V2.1A.

     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:

This kit contains a correction to a problem found in Archive/Backup
System (ABS) Version 2.1A for OpenVMS as shipped on the Q3CY97
OpenVMS consolidated product distributions for OpenVMS VAX and 
OpenVMS Alpha and packaged in the Storage Library System (SLS) 
Version 2.9 media kit.

In ABS Version 2.1A, if you created an incremental save request
and specified only a disk name, only the disk name was passed to
the OpenVMS BACKUP Utility. This produced incorrect behavior for 
an incremental backup operation.

Solution:

This has been corrected for ABS Version 2.1A-ECO1. If you specify
only a disk name, ABS will append [000000...]* to the end of the
disk name and pass this specification to the VMS BACKUP command.
This is the correct behavior for an incremental backup operation.

To verify that you have the correct version of the file 
ABS$TEMPLATES:VMS_BACKUP-2.INCREMENTAL_ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE, type the 
file and make sure that the BACKUP command is the same one as shown 
in the following example:

    $ TYPE ABS$TEMPLATES:VMS_BACKUP-2.INCREMENTAL_ARCHIVE_TEMPLATE

 Correct_Example:

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       .
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    DEFINE SYS$COMMAND SYS$INPUT:{CR}
    BACKUP {DMWR.include_device_name}{DMWR.include_object_name} -{CR}
       .
       .
       .
 Incorrect_Example:

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       .
    DEFINE SYS$COMMAND SYS$INPUT:{CR}
    BACKUP {DMWR.wildcard_include_spec} -{CR}
       .
       .
       .

Potential Impact

The problem found in ABS Version 2.1A occurred when an incremental 
save request specified only a disk name. This problem can cause 
data to be lost because the save request would complete with a 
successful status even though no data was saved.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

Use the following procedure to install ABS Version 2.1A-ECO1:

 1. Log in to the SYSTEM account

 2. Enter the following DCL command at the system prompt:

       $ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL ABSE01A021 save set location

    Where: save set location is a tape drive or a disk directory
    specification.

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abse01a021.README
abse01a021.CHKSUM
abse01a021.CVRLET_TXT
abse01a021.a-dcx_axpexe
abse01a021.a-dcx_vaxexe