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ALPDRIV06_070 Alpha V7.0 DUDRIVER ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996, 1997. All rights reserved.
PRODUCT: OpenVMS Alpha
COMPONENT: SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE
SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: ALPDRIV06_070
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: ALPDRIV04_070
ALPDRIV03_070
ALPDRIV02_070
ALPDRIV01_070
AXPDRIV01_062 (AXPDRIV)
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 342 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.0
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: Yes
Installation Rating: 2 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed version(s) of OpenVMS and
using the following feature(s):
SHADOWING
NOTES: In order to receive the full fixes listed in this kit,
the following remedial kits also need to be installed:
None.
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE on OpenVMS Alpha V7.0.
This kit addresses the following problems:
Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV06_070 kit:
o These OpenVMS Alpha V7.0 problem corrections were previously
included in the multi-version ALPDRIV04_070 remedial kit.
They are now being issued as a V7.0 only remedial kit.
There are no new problem corrections in this remedial kit.
Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV04_070 kit:
o A problem exists with HSJ/HSD 30, 40 and 50 controllers. After
some event that initiates Mount Verification, a Pack-Ack will
fail to complete. The controller will report that it is making
progress on the command, but will never finish. This causes
all IO to the affected devices to be hung.
Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV03_070 kit:
o The system experiences repetitive Volume Processing Messages on
Host Based Volume Shadowing Disks. The CDDB$W_RSTRTCNT field
of the member devices will be incrementing as seen in the
REINIT Count field under SDA.
Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV02_070 kit:
o If the connection to the quorum disk is broken it can result in
quorum loss for the cluster. In this case, re-establishing the
connection to the quorum disk may not restore quorum for all
nodes. This could result in nodes being hung waiting for
quorum.
Problems addressed in the ALPDRIV01_070 kit:
o The CDDB$W_LOAD_AVAIL field is loaded with an incorrect value
which prevents "static" load balancing working as implemented.
o System crash in DUDRIVER. Usually in FUNCTION_EXIT but it may
occur at other places.
o The errorlog does not contain any information on the actual
command that has timed out from a Get Command Status (GCS)
command.
o Host Based Shadowset Virtual Units hang in Mount Verification
all IO to the device is stalled.
Problems addressed in the AXPDRIV01_062 kit:
o For systems that are members of a VMScluster system, and that
have a KFESA/KFESB EISA DSSI controller, failover of I/O
traffic using the PEDRIVER (ETHERNET) to the PADRIVER (DSSI) -
now works correctly.
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'ALPDRIV06_070' or 'ALPDRIV'.
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:
In order for the corrections in this kit to take effect, the system
must be rebooted. If the system is a member of a VMScluster, the
entire cluster should be rebooted.
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| SYS$DUDRIVER.EXE | A50702B1 | X-3 | 11-OCT-1996 |
| | | 14:59:51.77 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
|
