HP Services Software Patches - alpopdr04_062

 
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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1997.  All rights reserved.

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS Alpha

COMPONENT:  OPDRIVER.EXE 

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPOPDR04_062
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  ALPOPDR03_062
                                           ALPOPDR02_062 
                                           ALPOPDR01_062
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  234 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2, V6.2-1H3
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes

     Installation Rating:  3 - To be installed on all systems running
                               the listed versions of OpenVMS which
                               are experiencing the problems described.

     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 OPDRIVER on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2.  This kit 
addresses the following problems: 

Problems addressed in ALPOPDR04_062

  o  The ALPOPDR03_062 remedial kit documentation stated that it fixed a  
     problem regarding OPDRIVER timeouts on Turbolasers.  This problem is 
     not fixed in the OPDRIVER remedial kits.  It is fixed by the 
     ALPSYS09_062 (or supersedant) remedial kit.  There are no new fixes in  
     this kit.   If you have installed the ALPOPDR03_062 remedial kit, you 
     do not need to install this kit.


Problems addressed in ALPOPDR03_062

  o  While trying to print a large file using DCPS on a Dec 2000
     model 300, the system would hang.

  o  Operators at console see timeout errors under heavy usage.

  o  A serial console on a Turbolaser (as opposed to a remote or LAT console)  
     may  see device timeouts after issuing commands such as $ directory 
     or $ show device.


Problems addressed in ALPOPDR02_062

  o  A paused serial terminal console in a cluster can cause software 
     timeouts and ultimately cluster crashes.

         This problem is corrected in OpenVMS V7.0


Problems addressed in ALPOPDR01_062

  o  Occasionally, when outputting to OPA1 a WRITE SYS$OUTPUT timeout
     will occur.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted.  If the system is a member of a VMScluster,  the 
entire cluster should be rebooted. 

Files on this server are as follows:

»alpopdr04_062.README
»alpopdr04_062.CHKSUM
»alpopdr04_062.CVRLET_TXT
»alpopdr04_062.a-dcx_axpexe