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HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--2 Release Notes

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Contents (summary)
Preface Preface
Chapter 1 OpenVMS Alpha Software Installation and Upgrade Release Notes
Chapter 2 OpenVMS Associated Products Release Notes
Chapter 3 General User Release Notes
Chapter 4 System Management Release Notes
Chapter 5 Programming Release Notes
Chapter 6 Hardware Release Notes
Appendix A Product Retirement Notices
Appendix B Interlocked Memory Instructions
  Index
  Tables

Contents

Preface
Preface Preface
Chapter 1
1 OpenVMS Alpha Software Installation and Upgrade Release Notes
     1.1     HP Software Technical Support Policy
     1.2     General Application Compatibility Statement
     1.3     Firmware for OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2
     1.4     Upgrade Paths
         1.4.1         Cluster Rolling Upgrades: Correction to HP OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--2 Upgrade and Installation Manual
     1.5     Networking Options
     1.6     Obtaining Remedial Kits
     1.7     System Startup Failure in a Cluster
     1.8     SHADOW_MAX_UNIT Default Setting and Memory Usage
     1.9     Associated Products Affecting OpenVMS Installation and Upgrades
         1.9.1         Some Product Kits Ship in Compressed Format
         1.9.2         ACMS Kits: Problem with File Deletions
         1.9.3         COM for OpenVMS Upgrade in Clusters Running OpenVMS Version 7.2-1 or 7.2-1H1
         1.9.4         DECevent Version 3.1 or Higher Required for Certain Systems
         1.9.5         DECnet-Plus and DECwindows Require New Versions
         1.9.6         DECnet-Plus Installation: PCSI-I-RETAIN Messages
         1.9.7         HP PATHWORKS and HP Advanced Server for OpenVMS Products
             1.9.7.1             HP Advanced Server for OpenVMS
             1.9.7.2             HP PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server)
             1.9.7.3             PATHWORKS V5 for OpenVMS (LAN Manager) Not Supported
             1.9.7.4             Upgrading Systems with Pre-V6.1 PATHWORKS Advanced Server
             1.9.7.5             Upgrading Advanced Server Version 7.2x for OpenVMS
         1.9.8         HP X.25 Version 1.6 Required Upgrade
         1.9.9         Kerberos V1.0: Remove Before Upgrading
         1.9.10         Registry Upgrade from OpenVMS Version 7.2-1 or 7.2-1H1
         1.9.11         SSL: Installing HP SSL V1.1-A
         1.9.12         System Event Analyzer (SEA) Utility
Chapter 2
2 OpenVMS Associated Products Release Notes
     2.1     Associated Product Support
     2.2     ACMS: Changes in Error Reporting
     2.3     BASIC: V1.5A Required to Create STARLET Library
     2.4     COBOL: Changes in I/O Run-Time Diagnostics and RMS Special Registers
     2.5     COM for OpenVMS
         2.5.1         NTA$LOGON /TYPE Qualifier Behavior Changes
         2.5.2         Registry Access Error with Heavy Load of Applications
     2.6     DECdfs Version 2.3-3 Required for OpenVMS Version 7.3-2
     2.7     DECforms Web Connector Version 3.0
     2.8     DEC PL/I: RTL Support for OpenVMS
     2.9     FMS ECO Kit
     2.10     Graphical Configuration Manager (GCM)
     2.11     HP DECram
         2.11.1         DECram Version 3.2 Required for OpenVMS Version 7.3-2
         2.11.2         DECram Version 2.5
         2.11.3         Maximum Disk Size for DECram Version 3.*
         2.11.4         Earlier Versions of DECram
         2.11.5         DECram Commands and Errors
         2.11.6         DECram and Volume Shadowing
     2.12     HP DECwindows Motif for OpenVMS
         2.12.1         Supported Versions
         2.12.2         Support for LAT Transport Interface Restored
         2.12.3         User-Written Transports No Longer Supported
         2.12.4         Available Language Variants
         2.12.5         System Parameter Values Required for Installation
     2.13     MultiNet Version 4.3
     2.14     Pascal
         2.14.1         V5.8A Required to Create STARLET Library
         2.14.2         Installing HP Pascal After an Upgrade
Chapter 3
3 General User Release Notes
     3.1     OpenVMS Freeware CD-ROMs
     3.2     Online Help Topic Name Changes
     3.3     COPY Command Performance
     3.4     ATI RADEON 7500 Graphics
     3.5     HP Secure Web Browser: Increased Memory Required
Chapter 4
4 System Management Release Notes
     4.1     ACME_SERVER has Multiple Channels to RIGHTSLIST.DAT
     4.2     AUTOGEN: New Behavior with NEWPARAMS.DAT Files
     4.3     DECdtm Services
         4.3.1         DECdtm/XA with Oracle® 8i and 9i (Alpha Only)
         4.3.2         IPC-E-BCKTRNSFAIL Error Message
     4.4     ECP Data Collector and Performance Analyzer V5.4D
     4.5     EDIT/FDL: Fixing Recommended Bucket Size
     4.6     Error Log Viewer (ELV) Utility
         4.6.1         Translating Error Log Files from OpenVMS Versions 7.2 through 7.3-1
         4.6.2         Using the /PAGE Qualifier with the TRANSLATE Command
     4.7     Extended File Cache (XFC) Remedial Kits
     4.8     External Authentication
         4.8.1         SET PASSWORD Behavior Within a DECterm Terminal Session
         4.8.2         No Password Expiration Notification on Workstations
     4.9     INITIALIZE Command: Incorrect Messages Are Output
     4.10     Lock Manager: Fast Lock Remastering and PE1
     4.11     Logical Disk (LD) Utility: Error when Using RMS
     4.12     MAIL Utility: Documentation Correction
     4.13     OpenVMS Cluster Systems
         4.13.1         Patch Kits Needed for Cluster Compatibility
         4.13.2         New API Can Correct Incompatibility of Fibre Channel and SCSI Multipath with Some Third-Party Products
         4.13.3         SCSI Tape Drives: MEDOFL Errors After Tape Dismount
         4.13.4         CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM and Limits on Root Directory Names
         4.13.5         Booting Satellites Over FDDI in a Mixed-Version Cluster
         4.13.6         PEdriver Error Message Change
         4.13.7         PEdriver Channels with Priority of -128 Not Used
         4.13.8         Cluster Performance Reduced with CI-LAN Circuit Switching
         4.13.9         Gigabit Ethernet Switch Restriction in an OpenVMS Cluster System
         4.13.10         Multipath Tape Failover Restriction
         4.13.11         No Automatic Failover for SCSI Multipath Medium Changers
     4.14     OpenVMS Galaxy
         4.14.1         OpenVMS Graphical Configuration Manager
         4.14.2         Smart Array 5300 Restrictions
         4.14.3         Firmware and Patch Kit Requirements
         4.14.4         Shared-Memory Global Section Creation Can Return Incorrect Status
         4.14.5         Galaxy on ES40: Uncompressed Dump Limitation
         4.14.6         Galaxy on ES40: Turning Off Fast Path
     4.15     OpenVMS Management Station
     4.16     OpenVMS Registry Can Corrupt Version 2 Format Database
     4.17     RMS Journaling
         4.17.1         Recovery Unit Journaling Incompatible with Kernel Threads
         4.17.2         Modified Journal File Creation
         4.17.3         Remote Access of Recovery Unit Journaled Files in an OSI Environment
         4.17.4         After-Image (AI) Journaling
         4.17.5         VFC Format Sequential Files
     4.18     Security: Changes to DIRECTORY Command Output
     4.19     Server Management Process (SMHANDLER)
     4.20     SYSGEN: Security Auditing Fixed
     4.21     SYSMAN Utility
         4.21.1         DUMP_PRIORITY LOAD Command
         4.21.2         XP LUNs Can Fail to Autoconfigure
     4.22     System Parameters
         4.22.1         New System Parameters
         4.22.2         Modified System Parameters
         4.22.3         Obsolete System Parameters
         4.22.4         SCSNODE Parameter Size Now Strictly Enforced
         4.22.5         AlphaServer GS Series: NPAGERAD System Parameter Default Behavior
     4.23     Terminal Fallback Facility (TFF)
     4.24     UETP: Error With DEGPA Device
     4.25     VMSINSTAL: NOBROADCAST Option
     4.26     Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
         4.26.1         Device Name Requirement
         4.26.2         Warning About Using SET SHADOW and SHOW SHADOW in DCL Command Procedures
         4.26.3         Dissimilar Device Shadowing (DDS): Restriction on Adding First Dissimilar Member
         4.26.4         Write Bitmaps and Dissimilar Device Shadowing (DDS) Caution
         4.26.5         KZPDC (Smart Array 5300) Restrictions
         4.26.6         SHOW DEVICE/BITMAP Command Might Produce SYSTEM-F-INTDIV Errors
         4.26.7         SHOW DEVICE/BITMAP Requires LOG_IO Privilege
         4.26.8         Changes in Shadow Set Merge Delay Computation
         4.26.9         Deleting a Fibre Channel Device from a Controller Pair
         4.26.10         ANALYZE/DISK/SHADOW Command Behavior
         4.26.11         ANALYZE/DISK/SHADOW Command Behavior with Dissimilar Device Shadow Sets
         4.26.12         Dismount of Shadow Set Member Using /MINICOPY

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