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OpenVMS VAXQMAN05_062 VAX V6.2 Queue Manager/Job Controller ECO Summary
TITLE: OpenVMS VAXQMAN05_062 VAX V6.2 Queue Manager/Job Controller ECO Summary
 
Modification Date:  09-FEB-99
Modification Type:  Updated Kit:  Supersedes VAXQMAN04_062

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 1997, 1999.  All rights reserved.

OP/SYS:     DIGITAL OpenVMS VAX

COMPONENT:  Queue Manager
            Job Controller
            
SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  VAXQMAN05_062
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  VAXQMAN04_062
                                           VAXQMAN03_070 (For OpenVMS
                                                          VAX V6.2 *ONLY*)
                                           VAXQMAN02_070
                                           VAXQMAN01_070
                                           VAXQMAN01_062
                                           VAXQMAN03_061
                                           VAXQMAN02_061
                                           VAXQMAN01_061 (CSCPAT_1176)
                                           VAXQMAN02_060
                                           VAXQMAN01_060 (CSCPAT_1175)
                                           VAXQMAN8_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN07_U2055 (CSCPAT_1165)
                                           VAXQMAN06_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN05_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN04_U2055
                                           VAXQMAN03_U2055
                                           QMAN$02_U2055
                                           QMAN$01_U2055
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  702 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  OpenVMS VAX V6.2
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes
     Rolling Reboot Supported:  Yes
     Installation Rating:   INSTALL_3
                            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 (patch) kit exists for the Queue Manager and Job Controller
on OpenVMS VAX V6.2.  This kit addresses the following problems:

Problems Addressed in VAXQMAN05_062:

 o  Submitting a job to a batch queue, set up with a default
    protection, generated a CONTROL access audit alarm, even
    though the user did not request control access.  As a result,
    OPERATOR.LOG was flooded with security audit messages.  For
    example, doing $ SET AUDIT/CLASS=QUEUE/ALARM/ENA=ACCESS=FAIL:

          $ SUBMIT X.COM/QUE=TEST/NOLOG/NOTIFY

          %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   3-MAR-1998 12:08:20.38  %%%%%%%%%%%

          Message from user AUDIT$SERVER on CHEN
          Security alarm (SECURITY) on CHEN, system id: 65422
          Auditable event:          Object access
          Event time:                3-MAR-1998 12:08:20.38
          PID:                      000000DF
          Source PID:               000000CE
          Username:                 USER
          Process owner:            [LASTNAMEO,FIRSTNAMEO]
          Object class name:        QUEUE
          Object name:              TEST
          Object owner:             [SYSTEM]
          Object protection:        SYSTEM:M, OWNER:D, GROUP:R, WORLD:S
          Access requested:         CONTROL
          Status:                   %SYSTEM-F-NOPRIV, insufficient
                                     privilege or
                                     object protection violation

          Job X (queue TEST, entry 4) started on TEST
          $

          Job X (queue TEST, entry 4) completed

  o  Two spool problems occurred:

     1.  Files copied to a spooled device were not deleted from the
         spool area when its corresponding entry was deleted from
         the queue.

     2.  Prior to OpenVMS V6.2, a spooled batch queue could run
         without a problem, even if the command procedure was
         broken.  However, on OpenVMS V6.2 and OpenVMS V7.1, a
         broken command procedure passed to a spooled batch queue
         would result in lost files.


Problems Addressed in VAXQMAN04_062:

  o  BATCH/PRINT problems corrected:

     +  The DCL command SHOW QUEUE/MANAGER would hang on some
        nodes.  The job controller process would hang in the LEF
        state.

     +  After queue manager failover from VAX to Alpha, the job
        controller process (on Alpha) hangs in LEF causing the
        queues on the Alpha system to remain in a starting state.
        The queues remain there until the job controller is
        stopped and restarted.  Also, the SHOW  QUEUE/MANAGER
        command hangs.

  o  When booting in a new node or failing over the queue manager,
     the cluster appears to hang.  The job controller continually
     produces dump files at SYS$SYSTEM:JBC$JOB_CONTROL.DMP.  The
     error reported in the dump is "feature incompatible with
     previous system version".


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN03_070:

  o  Being re-issued to keep Message Routines current with Library
     RTL kit.  There are no new fixes in this kit.


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN02_070:

  o  Delete/Entry on a starting job fails to stop the job.  The job
     stays in an aborting state and processes to completion.

  o  When F$GETQUI is used at DCL to obtain queue manager information,
     certain combinations of items can hang the process.

  o  The queue manager stops after the following messages are
     issued in OPCOM:

       %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-MAY-1996 14:52:17.83  %%%%%%%%%%%
       Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on HULAW3
       %QMAN-W-LOWMEMORY, the queue manager process may require more
       virtual memory  than is currently available

       %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-MAY-1996 14:53:07.20  %%%%%%%%%%%
       Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on HULAW3
       %QMAN-F-ALLOCMEM, error allocating virtual memory

       %%%%%%%%%%%  OPCOM   8-MAY-1996 14:53:07.24  %%%%%%%%%%%
       Message from user QUEUE_MANAGE on HULAW3
       -LIB-F-INSVIRMEM, insufficient virtual memory


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN01_070: 

  o  Latsym symbiont processes run with less than the maximum
     number of queues assigned.


NOTE:  According to OpenVMS Engineering, the fixes discussed below
       have been included in OpenVMS VAX V7.0. There are some fixes 
       that have been included in previous versions of OpenVMS and 
       those versions are specified in text following the problem 
       descriptions.


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN01_062 for OpenVMS VAX V6.2:

  o  With OpenVMS Alpha V6.2, a 'SUBMIT' command using a wildcard
     character fails to create a batch job.  This is a change in
     behavior from OpenVMS V6.1.

  o  The log files created via the 'SUBMIT/NOPRINT' command executed
     from within SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM are placed in the SYS$SYSTEM directory
     instead of the SYS$MANAGER directory as expected.  This is not
     consistent with the behavior of SYSTARTUP_VMS.COM on all previous
     versions of the operating system.

  o  The SYS$COMMON:[SYSEXE]SYS$QUEUE_MANAGER.QMAN$JOURNAL queueing
     system journal file extends to approximately 41,000 blocks
     after the upgrade from OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 to OpenVMS Alpha V6.2.


Problems addressed in VAXQMAN01_062:

  o  Over time, the number of symbiont processes running on the
     system increases.

  o  When image accounting is enabled, the ASTCNT for a batch job
     grows from its initial setting, and the batch job subsequently
     fails with the following messages:

       RMS-F-BUG, Fatal RMS Condition, process deleted.
         R0  =  1C (EXQUOTA)
         R2 = FFFFFFF8 (CANTDOAST)

      Each time an image is activated and terminated in a batch
      process, the AST quota of the process is incremented by 1.


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.

If you have other nodes in your OpenVMS 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.
Files on this server are as follows:
»vaxqman05_062.README
»vaxqman05_062.CHKSUM
»vaxqman05_062.CVRLET_TXT
»vaxqman05_062.a-dcx_vaxexe
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