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decrenfx.exe; 92347 bytes; Date/Time: 01-17-2002/09:55AM

Decrenfx.nlm v1.03 (11/8/2000) patch for NetWare 4.2/4.11.

This revision of the patch corrects a server hang issue that was introduced within the PK411.NLM included in Support Pack 9 for NetWare 4.2. The patch originally addresses an issue where a client application (word processor, database application, spreadsheet application, or the like) would attempt to save an existing file that was compressed. The file save attempt would return one of the following messages: "Access to file xxxxxxxx.xxx denied", "Network error" or "file permission error". The patch was formerly known as DECRNFT3.EXE.

Install this patch by first loading the latest PK411.NLM patch. This patch can be found in Support Pack 9 for NetWare 4.11/4.2 and is automatically installed when the support pack is applied.

Copy the included DECRENFX.NLM file to the C:\NWSERVER directory. Since the orignal version of the patch is imbedded in the PK411.NLM. It will be necessary to first unload the old version of the patch and to then load this new revision of the patch.

After the load line of the PK411.NLM patch in the STARTUP.NCF file, use the "PMUNLOAD" and "PMLOAD" commands to properly replace the patch. (see the example below)

Example:
LOAD C:\NWSERVER\PK411.NLM #(This line added by the support pack)
PMUNLOAD DECRENFX.NLM #(add this line)
PMLOAD C:\NWSERVER\DECRENFX.NLM #(add this line)

After applying PK411.NLM v9.05, which was released with Support Pack 9 for NetWare 4.11/4.2, the server may experience a hang which would be characterized by the lack of Disk I/O to one or more of the volumes. This symptom was the result of a "stuck" volume use counter which happened because of a bug in the DECRENFX.NLM v1.02.
 
Orignal the patch addresses an issue where a server thread can get in to a loop while a compressed file is being renamed. This will result in the rapid proliferation of the "mopen count" for an open file. The server will rapidly run out of memory and produce memory allocation errors such as "Short term memory allocator is out of memory". To identify this specific problem, look in Monitor.nlm under "Resource Utilization->Alloc Memory (bytes)->Server.nlm file locks" the file locks bytes in use count will be very high (in the millions) and will be incrementing very rapidly. The server will eventually hang or ABEND for lack of memory.
Another issue addressed occurs when a client application (word processor, database application, spreadsheet application, or the like) would attempt to save an existing file that was compressed. The file save attempt would return one of the following messages: "Access to file xxxxxxxx.xxx denied ", "Network error" or "file permission error".

Self-Extracting File Name:  decrenfx.exe

Files Included       Size   Date         Time    Version   Checksum

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  DECRENFX.NLM       2216   11-08-2000   03:19PM
  DECRENFX.TXT       3997   01-17-2002   09:55AM