OpenVMS ALPAUDS01_062 AUDIT SERVER for OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 ECO Summary

 
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Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1998.  All rights reserved.

OP/SYS:     OpenVMS Alpha 

COMPONENT:  Audit Server

SOURCE:     Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  ALPAUDS01_062
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  462 Blocks
                    Saveset A - 450 Blocks

     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 through V6.2-1H3
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Re-boot Supported:  Yes
     Installation Rating:   3 - To be installed on all systems running
                                the listed versions of OpenVMS which
                                are experiencing the problems described.

     Kit Dependencies:

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

         None

       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 the Audit Server on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 through 
V6.2-1H3.  This kit addresses the following problems: 


  o  The SET AUDIT/SERVER=NEW_LOG (create new clusterwide audit  log
     file)  will  not always work as expected.  Sometimes it doesn't
     work at all and at other times it only works from one  node  in
     the cluster.

  o  AUDIT_SERVER had one of two possible problems:

       The AUDIT_SERVER  process  may  intermittently  fail  with  the
       following access violation error:

              %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00,
              virtual address=00000001, PC=00031628, PS=0000001B

       The source of  the  problem  was  that  R11  had  a  bad  value
       (00000001).

       A second problem is hangs waiting for doorbell locks.  Two hung
       AUDIT_SERVER processes in a VMScluster could get stuck in Local
       Event Flag (LEF), waiting for the other process  to  release  a
       different  doorbell  lock.  When this problem occurs, processes
       may begin backing up in the RWMBX state, trying  to  write  new
       messages to MBA3:.

  o  When the AUDIT_SERVER is requested to exit, typically due to  a
     system shutdown, it could potentially hang in HIBernation state
     not processing any  messages  in  MBA3:.   This  problem  could
     potentially  cause  other processes to go into RWMBX state when
     the mailbox fills up, and hang the system.

  o  MOUNT of a new shadow set by a non-privileged user fails,  even
     if  the  VU (Virtual Unit) had its ownership changed prior to a
     reboot.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

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.  If it is not
possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster at this time, a
rolling re-boot may be performed.

NOTE:  A  reboot  can  be  avoided  by  stopping   and   re-starting   the
       AUDIT_SERVER.   HOWEVER, if the system is experiencing the problems
       described in this remedial kit, stopping the AUDIT_SERVER may cause
       the system to hang.  If that happens, you must reboot the system to
       recover.  To stop and restart the AUDIT_SERVER:

             $SET AUDIT/SERVER=EXIT   (to stop)





Files on this server are as follows:

alpauds01_062.README
alpauds01_062.CHKSUM
alpauds01_062.CVRLET_TXT
alpauds01_062.a-dcx_axpexe