DSNlink DSNLINKD022 DSNlink for OpenVMS V2.2D ECO Summary
TITLE: DSNlink DSNLINKD022 DSNlink for OpenVMS V2.2D ECO Summary
Modification Date: 28-SEP-1999
Modification Type: Updated Kit Supersedes DSNLINKC022
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) Compaq Computer Corporation 1999. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: DSNlink for OpenVMS
OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX
OpenVMS Alpha
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: DSNLINKD022
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: DSNLINKC022
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 20,088 Blocks
Saveset A - 20,088 Blocks
Kit Applies To: DSNlink for OpenVMS V2.2
OpenVMS VAX V6.2, V6.2-0HF, V7.0, V7.1, V7.2
OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, V6.2-1H1, V6.2-1H2,
V6.2-1H3, V7.0, V7.1, V7.1-1H1,
V7.1-1H2, V7.2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No
Installation Rating: INSTALL_UNKNOWN
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 DSNlink for OpenVMS V2.2 on OpenVMS VAX V6.2
through V7.2 and OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 through V7.2. The DSNlink
Release Notes contain a complete explanation of this release. Below
is a brief description of problems addressed in this kit:
Problems Addressed in DSNLINKD022:
o Modem Fixes
- Modem connection problems due to data overruns
have been significantly reduced with a new error
recovery protocol. Errors are detected and corrected.
- The modem daemon stopped when making connections to
Compaq on OpenVMS Version 7.1 and 7.2 VAX systems.
- When a DSNlink modem line was stopped for any reason,
the modem retained the type-ahead mode.
- The DSNlink modem daemon could disappear without
warning.
- The cause of data corruption messages has been fixed.
o Communications
- When the route map was rebuilt at the end of the
installation process, the Customer Support Center (CSC)
entries were appended to the learned entries section of
the route map, causing the CSC entries to be doubled.
o File Copy Fixes
- When customers attempted to delete their copy of a file
after copying it to Compaq, the /DELETE_AFTER qualifier
was not recognized.
- If a host-to-customer or customer-to-host nonbinary file
copy was interrupted and then restarted, an RMS error
said the input was too large for the user's buffer,
and the file copy failed.
- The DSN COPY command did not use the Support Center
specified in the /SUPPORTCENTER qualifier.
o Installation Fixes
- During the installation procedure, customers are asked
if they want to purge all the files that have been replaced
by newer files provided in the DSNlink kit. If they
answered yes, not all files were purged.
o Interactive Text Search Fixes
- Some actions caused an inactive ITS session to timeout
with an error.
- The host software caused JACKETMSGCORRUPT errors.
- When customers with access to many databases entered the
SHOW DATABASE command and then quit the listing, the
quitting process took a long time because the server
continued to send the entire database list.
o Mail Fixes
- When entering a mail message in the Message area of
the DSNlink Mail window, no text appeared as you
typed it.
o Network Exerciser
- Host-to-customer Network Exerciser tests resulted in
authentication failures when the Network Exerciser on
the customer's system did not have sufficient privileges
to access authentication keys.
o Remote Login Fixes
- Remote logins to Alpha systems could cause the remote
login server to fail with an ACCVIO error. This happened
mostly when using the modem protocol.
o Service Request Application Fixes
- Users without the privilege SYSPRV could not send service
requests to DSN% addresses using OpenVMS mail.
- Defining the logical name MAIL$INTERNET_TRANSPORT caused
the DSNlink mail to Compaq or reply mail from Compaq to fail.
The workaround is to insert quotation marks around the
routing code and service request number parts of DSNlink
mail addresses.
- After customers submit a service request, the host responds
with an acknowledgment mail message. The From field
had the address of the sender instead of the address
for the service request number. Customers could not
use the Mail REPLY command to augment the service request.
- The process quota list was not passed to Alpha systems.
It may have caused the modem daemon to fail because of
insufficient quota values for the process. VMS EXQUOTA
errors appeared in the modem daemon run log.
The following are enhancements to DSNlink Version 2.2D:
o The regenerate route map feature of the Configuration utility has
a new menu item that sets up a single-port option for communications
with Compaq.
o The DSN SHOW LINE/STATISTICS command includes information about
the HDLC (high-level data link control) component.
o DSNlink Version 2.2D now contains a utility that checks the
customer's modem setup.
o When the customer creates or augments a service request using
OpenVMS Mail, the mail is submitted to a batch queue for
processing.
o Customers can mail themselves a copy of the confirmation
message that appears when they augment a service request.
o The ITS inactivity timer is suspended while customers are
extracting an article to a file.
Problems Addressed in DSNLINKC022:
o These Remote Login problems have been fixed:
- A remote login session could be terminated if a specialist
entered a commands that produce large, single-record output,
such as the command SHOW CLUSTER/CONTINUOUS.
- All reported causes of disconnecting have been resolved.
o Numerous conditions that could lead to a JACKETMSGCORRUPT error
while running the ITS application have been resolved.
o These File Copy application problems have been fixed:
- If a file transferred from the host to a customer's system had
(RWED,RWED,RE,) protection, the file rename operation failed.
- The Monitoring and Performance History (MPH) analysis tool did
not submit files for processing on the host.
- The Analysis Tool option did not work unless you supplied a
service request number.
- File Copy ignored the local authorizations file and allowed all
DSNlink users to use File Copy.
o These modem transport problems have been fixed:
- Modem dialing errors were occurring when some of the modem
scripts went into a loop between the script's last two sections.
- Customer initiated connections were failing due to some
incorrect script settings.
- Conditions have been fixed that lead to SYSTEM-F-ABORT messages.
- The DTE speed specified during the DSNlink installation was
ignored.
- Modem connections failed when DSNlink could not lock the modem's
virtual line database (VLDB) to send DSNlink mail using OpenVMS
mail. This occurred when the sending account did not have the
SYSLCK privilege.
- The DSN TEST WIRE command generated a device error message,
which prevented the test from working.
- Modem speeds over 19200 were unstable when using a modem
connection to a serial port on a system running OpenVMS
Version 7.0.
- Modem daemons could hang in an online state if an incoming
modem connection was dropped before a link was started and
the hangup signal was not detected.
- The modem daemon stopped with a CMA-F-IN_USE error due to an
abnormal DTE line termination.
- DSNlink applications failed if you used the T trace flag on
the DSNMODEMAPI_TRACE logical name.
- Line daemon could fail with SYSTEM-F-EXQUOTA error without
giving enough information to identify the exhausted quota.
More information is now provided.
- Numerous conditions have been resolved that could lead to line
daemon crashes.
o DSNlink could not start applications if there was a missing closing
quotation mark in the final entry the configuration file, remote
authorizations file, or local authorizations file.
o These are fixes to the Service Request Application:
- You could not change Customer Support Centers using the
/SUPPORTCENTER qualifier.
- If you attempted to fetch a list of closed service requests
from a host that does not provide such lists, an error message
window appeared and the process hung.
- In the local authorizations file, entries that allow access to
the Service Request application, dsn_sra, incorrectly produced
"You are not authorized to use this application" messages.
- In the DECwindows Motif interface, when errors occurred
connecting to the host followed by the user clicking
anywhere in the window, the application stopped and
generated random application termination errors.
- Time zone differences could cause clocks on the host system
and your system to appear to be as much as 23 hours different.
INSTALLATION NOTES:
Before beginning the installation, customers should rename any
modem scripts they want to continue using. The DSNlink installation
procedure overwrites current modem scripts with new scripts
if the script names are identical. For more information, see
the DSNlink Version 2.2D Release Notes.
The DSNlink Version 2.2D for OpenVMS kit is installed with the
following commands:
$ SET DEFAULT SYS$UPDATE
$ @VMSINSTAL DSNLINKD022 ddcu:[dir]
Where ddcu:[dir] is the location of the DSNlink kit.
The installation procedure checks for the following:
o DSNlink Version 2.2 or DSNlink Version 2.2C
o OpenVMS Version 6.2, 7.1, or 7.2
o Sufficient disk space
The save set, which contains files for both Alpha and VAX
systems, is approximately 20,100 blocks.
o The account from which DSNlink is installed has SETPRV
or at least the following privileges:
CMKRNL
DETACH
NETMBX
SYSPRV
SYSNAM
SYSLCK
TMPMBX
WORLD
o Running DSNlink modem processes.
o A running Queue Manager.
o The queue SYS$BATCH
DSNlink modem processes must be stopped during the DSNlink V2.2D
installation. DSNlink connections using DECnet, X2.5, or TCP/IP
are not stopped.
A system reboot is not necessary.
This patch can be found at any of these sites:
Colorado Site
Georgia Site
European Site
Files on this server are as follows:
dsnlinkd022.README
.CHKSUM
dsnlinkd022.a-dcx_axpexe
dsnlinkd022.a-dcx_vaxexe
dsnlinkd022.CVRLET_TXT
