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PRODUCT:  Spiralog File System for OpenVMS Alpha

OP/SYS:   OpenVMS Alpha

SOURCE:   Digital Equipment Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  SPIECO101
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  PCSI installation file - 9488 Blocks
                                (DEC-AXPVMS-SPIRALOG-V0100-1-1.PCSI)
     Kit Applies To:  Spiralog File System for OpenVMS Alpha V1.0
                      OpenVMS Alpha V7.0
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Yes


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for Spiralog File System on OpenVMS Alpha V1.0 on
OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.  This kit addresses the following issues:

  o  The free disk space shown by SHOW DEVICES is now predictable, and
     is up-to-date on all the computers in an OpenVMS Cluster.

  o  The cleaner can now operate in two modes, Lazy (the default) and
     Nonstop.

  o  When the disk is nearly full, attempts to mark deleted files as
     obsolete are more likely to succeed.

  o  The format of save trails has changed to prevent you from being
     able to accidentally create an invalid incremental savesnap by
     saving a volume against the wrong save trail.

     NOTE:  Because the save trail format has changed, you cannot use
            the SPIRALOG SHOW TRAIL command to examine a V1.0 save
            trail; the command fails with an error message similar to:

               %SPIRAL-E-STRAILNOACC, unable to access the volume's save
               trail FSA100:[000000]save.trail
               -BCK-E-STRAILBAD, file is either corrupted or is not a
               save trail

            To examine save trails created by Spiralog Version 1.0, use
            the TYPE command.  For example:

               $ TYPE FSA4:[V10_SAVE_TRAILS.USERS]SAVE.TRAIL;77

  o  The online help includes a new Tasks topic that gives examples of
     how to set up and manage Spiralog volumes.

  o  The SPIRALOG SAVE command no longer makes the system crash with an
     INVEXCEPTN bugcheck code if the disk is full.

Please refer to the Release Notes included in the ECO kit for more details.


ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:

If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool.  If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:

   [AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools


INSTALLATION NOTES:

Install this ECO kit using the POLYCENTER Software Installation utility.
After the installation of this ECO, the system must be rebooted to
activate the new version of Spiralog.

Before installing this ECO, please refer to the ECO Cover Letter as well
as Chapter 2 of the ECO Release Notes for additional installation
instructions.

NOTE:  The following commands may be used to extract the ECO Release Notes
       from the PCSI installation file before installing the ECO.

          DEFINE PCSI$SOURCE [location of the PCSI file]
          DEFINE PCSI$DESTINATION [desired location for Release Notes]
          PRODUCT EXTRACT RELEASE_NOTES SPIRALOG -
             /FILE=SPIRALOG01-1.RELEASE_NOTES