Document revision date: 30 March 2001

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Part 1
Part 1	OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features
Chapter 1
1	Summary of OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features
Chapter 2
2	Compaq OpenVMS e-Business Features
2.1	Compaq Secure Web Server for OpenVMS Alpha
2.2	Compaq COM for OpenVMS
2.3	Compaq Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, for OpenVMS Alpha
2.4	Compaq Fast Virtual Machine (Fast VM) for the Java 2 Platform
2.5	Compaq XML Technology
2.6	Attunity Connect "On Platform" Package
2.7	Compaq Enterprise Directory Services for e-Business
2.8	Reliable Transaction Router (RTR)
2.9	Compaq BridgeWorks
Chapter 3
3	General User Features
3.1	DCL Commands and Lexical Functions
3.2	New Online Help Topics for Utility Routines
3.3	MIME Utility Enhancements
3.4	WWPPS Utility (Alpha)
Chapter 4
4	System Management Features
4.1	OpenVMS Support for New AlphaServer GS Series Systems
4.1.1	OpenVMS Support for Hard and Soft Partitions
4.1.2	OpenVMS Resource Affinity Domain (RAD) Support for Applications
4.1.3	OpenVMS Support for CPU Online Replace
4.2	Automatic Setting of Daylight Savings Time
4.3	Class Scheduler for CPU Scheduling
4.4	Dedicated CPU Lock Manager (Alpha)
4.4.1	Implementing the Dedicated CPU Lock Manager
4.4.2	Enabling the Dedicated CPU Lock Manager
4.4.3	Using the Dedicated CPU Lock Manager With Affinity
4.4.4	Using the Dedicated CPU Lock Manager with Fast Path Devices
4.4.5	Using the Dedicated CPU Lock Manager on the AlphaServer GS Series Systems
4.5	OpenVMS Enterprise Directory for e-Business (Alpha)1
4.6	Extended File Cache (Alpha)
4.7	/ARB_SUPPORT Qualifier Added to INSTALL Utility (Alpha)
4.8	MONITOR Utility New Features
4.9	OpenVMS Cluster Systems
4.9.1	Clusterwide Intrusion Detection
4.9.2	Fast Path for SCSI and Fibre Channel (Alpha)
4.9.3	Floppy Disks Served in an OpenVMS Cluster System (Alpha)
4.9.4	New Fibre Channel Support (Alpha)
4.9.4.1	New Fibre Channel Tape Support (Alpha)
4.9.5	LANs as Cluster Interconnects
4.9.5.1	SCA Control Program
4.9.5.2	New Error Message About Packet Loss
4.9.6	Warranted and Migration Support
4.10	OpenVMS SMP Performance Improvements (Alpha)
4.11	New SYSMAN Commands and Qualifiers
4.12	New System Parameters
4.12.1	AUTO_DLIGHT_SAV
4.12.2	FAST_PATH_PORTS
4.12.3	GLX_SHM_REG
4.12.4	LCKMGR_CPUID (Alpha)
4.12.5	LCKMGR_MODE (Alpha)
4.12.6	NPAGECALC
4.12.7	NPAGERAD (Alpha)
4.12.8	RAD_SUPPORT (Alpha)
4.12.9	SHADOW_MAX_UNIT
4.12.10	VCC_MAX_IO_SIZE (Alpha)
4.12.11	VCC_READAHEAD (Alpha)
4.12.12	WBM_MSG_INT
4.12.13	WBM_MSG_LOWER
4.12.14	WBM_MSG_UPPER
4.12.15	WBM_OPCOM_LVL
4.13	Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
4.13.1	Minicopy in Compaq Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS (Alpha)
4.13.2	New Volume Shadowing Features for Multiple-Site OpenVMS Cluster Systems
4.13.2.1	How to Use the New DISMOUNT and SET Command Qualifiers
4.13.3	Using INITIALIZE/SHADOW/ERASE to Streamline the Formation of a Shadow Set
Chapter 5
5	Programming Features
5.1	3D Graphics Support
5.2	3X-DAPBA-FA and 3X-DAPCA-FA ATM LAN Adapters (Alpha)
5.3	Compaq COBOL Run-Time Library Enhancements
5.4	Compaq C Run-Time Library Enhancements
5.4.1	Strptime Function Is XPG5-Compliant
5.4.2	Limitation of Eight Nested Directory Levels Was Lifted (Alpha)
5.4.3	Improved Support for Extended File Specifications (Alpha)
5.4.3.1	Compaq C RTL Supports Case Preservation in File Names
5.4.3.2	Most C RTL Functions Now Accept Long OpenVMS File Names As Arguments (Alpha)
5.4.4	Compaq C RTL Supports Exact Case Argv Arguments (Alpha)
5.4.5	Compaq C RTL Can Implicitly Open Files for Shared Access
5.4.6	Alternate Way of Translating UNIX File Specifications
5.4.7	New Functions
5.5	Fortran Support for 64-Bit Address (Alpha)
5.6	Large Page-File Sections (Alpha)
5.7	Multipath System Services
5.8	Multiprocess Debugging (Alpha)
5.9	Performance Application Programming Interface (API)
5.10	POLYCENTER Software Installation Utility Enhancements
5.11	New Process Dump Tools (Alpha)
5.11.1	DCL ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP Command
5.11.2	Debugger ANALYZE/PROCESS_DUMP Command
5.11.3	Debugger SDA Command
5.11.4	Analyzing Process Dumps on Different Systems
5.11.5	Forcing a Process Dump
5.11.6	Process Dumps: Security and Diskquota Guidelines
5.11.6.1	Special Rights Identifiers
5.11.6.2	Privileged Users and Process Dumps
5.11.6.3	Nonprivileged Users and Process Dumps
5.11.6.4	Protecting Process Dumps
5.12	RMS Locking Enhancements
5.12.1	RMS Locking Performance Enhancements (Alpha)
5.12.1.1	RMS Global Buffer Read-Mode Locking
5.12.1.2	No Query Record Locking Option
5.12.2	Record Locking Options to Control Deadlock Detection
5.13	OpenVMS Registry
5.13.1	REG$CP Registry Utility
5.14	Alpha SDA Commands, Parameters, and Qualifiers
5.14.1	New Alpha SDA Commands
5.14.1.1	DUMP
5.14.1.2	SET SYMBOLIZE
5.14.1.3	SHOW MEMORY
5.14.1.4	SHOW RAD
5.14.1.5	SHOW TQE
5.14.1.6	UNDEFINE
5.14.2	New Parameters and Qualifiers for Existing Commands
5.14.2.1	REPEAT
5.14.2.2	SEARCH
5.14.2.3	SET OUTPUT
5.14.2.4	SET PROCESS
5.14.2.5	SHOW DEVICE
5.14.2.6	SHOW GCT
5.14.2.7	SHOW LOCK
5.14.2.8	SHOW PFN_DATA
5.14.2.9	SHOW POOL
5.14.2.10	SHOW PROCESS
5.14.2.11	SHOW RESOURCE
5.14.2.12	SHOW SPINLOCKS
5.14.2.13	SHOW SUMMARY
5.15	New SDA Commands for the Spinlock Tracing Utility
5.15.1	SPL LOAD
5.15.2	SPL SHOW COLLECT
5.15.3	SPL SHOW TRACE
5.15.4	SPL START COLLECT
5.15.5	SPL START TRACE
5.15.6	SPL STOP COLLECT
5.15.7	SPL STOP TRACE
5.15.8	SPL UNLOAD
5.16	System Services
5.17	TCP/IP Files for SDA READ Command That Contain Global Symbols and Locations
5.18	Visual Threads Version 2.1 (Alpha)

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