Document revision date: 15 July 2002

The following services have been updated to support batch jobs for NUMA Resource Affinity Domains (RADs):

• $GETQUI
• $SNDJBC

For information about the system management updates, see Section 4.6 in this manual, and refer to the OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual.

5.15.1 $GETQUI Updates

This section describes updates to the $GETQUI service.

5.15.1.1 New $GETQUI Item Code

The QUI$_RAD output item code is used to return the value of the RAD attribute attached to a queue or a job. The item code expects a 32-bit buffer in which to write the value of the RAD. A value of -1 is returned to the buffer if no RAD is specified for the queue or the job.

The QUI$_RAD item code is valid for the following function codes:

• QUI$_DISPLAY_ENTRY
• QUI$_DISPLAY_JOB
• QUI$_DISPLAY_QUEUE

New bits have been added to the queue flags and job flags item codes for RAD support.

The QUI$V_JOB_RAD bit of the QUI$_JOB_FLAGS item indicates whether the job will use the RAD processing option.

The QUI$V_QUEUE_RAD bit of the QUI$_QUEUE_FLAGS item indicates whether the RAD processing option attribute is specified for the batch queue.

5.15.2 $SNDJBC Updates

There are two new $SNDJBC item codes: SJC$_RAD and SJC$_NO_RAD.

The SJC$_RAD input item code is used to specify a RAD number on which to create a batch process. The item accepts a 32-bit integer value as input. The input is validated to be within the range of 0 to SYI$_RAD_MAX_RADS.

The SJC$_NO_RAD input item code is a boolean input item code. When the SJC$_NO_RAD code is specified in a request, the RAD value for the queue or job is removed.

The new item codes are valid for the following function codes:

• SJC$_ALTER_JOB
• SJC$_ALTER_QUEUE
• SJC$_CREATE_JOB
• SJC$_CREATE_QUEUE
• SJC$_ENTER_FILE
• SJC$_START_QUEUE

To improve application scaling and performance on GS Series Alpha (NUMA) systems, a threaded program can now utilize more than one RAD of a NUMA system. For applications with a high degree of parallelism, using multiple RADs can increase performance.

This chapter describes significant new features of Compaq OpenVMS operating system associated products. For a listing and directory information about the OpenVMS associated products, refer to the Guide to OpenVMS Version 7.3--1 CD-ROMs.

6.1 Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Alpha

Version 7.3 of the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS is supported on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1. Version 7.3 of the Advanced Server for OpenVMS includes support of the following features:

• Member server role (allowing the server to participate in Windows 2000 native-mode domains)
• Greater compatibility with a wide variety of clients and legacy applications, with support of:
  • Extended character sets, in addition to Extended File Specifications
  • Alias file names, created for shared files whose names do not comply with the more restricted file-naming conventions of legacy applications, such as MS-DOS
• Remote Windows NT printer management (SpoolSS) for printers shared on the Advanced Server for OpenVMS
• DNS for resolving NetBIOS names
• Cluster load balancing using DNS to resolve the server cluster alias name
• PCSI for installing the server
• Windows 2000 client and domain support
• Windows XP Professional client support

To access Advanced Server for OpenVMS, clients must be licensed using the Advanced Server V7.3 license PAK: PWLMXXXCA07.03. For more information, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Guide to Managing Advanced Server Licenses.

For information about installing Advanced Server for OpenVMS, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Installation and Configuration Guide provided with the kit documentation.

For information about upgrading from Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS to the Advanced Server for OpenVMS, see OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 Release Notes. For more information on upgrading PATHWORKS for OpenVMS and about installing Advanced Server for OpenVMS, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Installation and Configuration Guide provided with the kit documentation.

For information about the latest release of the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) product, see Section 6.3.

6.2 Compaq C Run-Time Header Files Library

The Compaq C Run-Time Library provides functions and macros for developing flexibile and highly portable applications. To install the header files library from the Compaq C Run-Time Library, do the following:

1. After installing the other Compaq C products and kits, mount the OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 Layered Products CD-ROM.
2. Read any README files in the following directory:

   [.CRTL.DOCUMENTATION]

3. Copy [.CRTL.KIT]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB from the CD-ROM to the SYS$LIBRARY directory. Use a command in the following format:

   $ COPY device:[CRTL]DECC$RTLDEF.TLB SYS$LIBRARY

   
   where device is the device name for the CD-ROM drive (for example, DKA0:).

Version 6.1 of the Compaq PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) is supported on OpenVMS Version 7.3--1; Version 6.1 of the PATHWORKS product is currently available on the Software Products Library. Earlier versions of PATHWORKS for OpenVMS servers must be upgraded. For more information, see OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 Release Notes.

PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) is supported on OpenVMS VAX as well as OpenVMS Alpha systems.

New features of Version 6.1 of the PATHWORKS for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) product include the following:

• Member server role (allowing the server to participate in Windows 2000 native-mode domains)
• Greater compatibility with a wide variety of clients and legacy applications, with support of alias file names, created for shared files whose names do not comply with the more restricted file-naming conventions of legacy applications such as MS-DOS
• DNS for resolving NetBIOS names, expanding support of dynamic cluster load balancing to WANs
• Windows 2000 client and domain support
• Windows XP Professional client support

To access PATHWORKS 6.1 for OpenVMS (Advanced Server) on OpenVMS Version 7.3 or 7.3--1, clients must be licensed using the license PAK PWLMXXXCA07.03. For more information, refer to the Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS Guide to Managing Advanced Server Licenses.

For information about the latest release of Compaq Advanced Server for OpenVMS, see Section 6.1.

6.4 Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Version 5.3 New Features

Version 5.3 of TCP/IP Services provides performance improvements and software enhancements, including:

• IPv6 tunneling, providing support for:
  • 6-to-4 tunnelling
  • Anycast address
  • ICMPv6 MIBs
  • An updated API
  • Mobile IPv6 correspondent node
  • Mobile IPv6 in the UNIX management tools
• NTP (Time Service) Version 4
• BIND Version 9 server (on Alpha systems only)
• IMAP mail server
• Kerberos authentication for Telnet client connections
• Subsystem configuration using the SYSCONFIGTAB database (as on UNIX systems)
• Expanded online help for error messages
• Enhancements to the LPD server to improve network printing and printer management in OpenVMS cluster environments
• Support for an editable text file that associates Internet service names and aliases with a port number and protocol (as on UNIX systems)
• Support for OpenVMS Extended File Specifications in the NFS server and the FTP server
• Support for UNIX path names in the FTP server and FTP client (on Alpha systems only)
• Support for the configuration and management of user-written network services (services not supplied with the TCP/IP Services software)

Details on these features and information about upgrading to Version 5.3 of TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS are available in the Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Release Notes. Additional product information is available at:

http://www.openvms.compaq.com/network/tcpip.html

6.5 OpenVMS Management Station Version 3.2

OpenVMS Management Station Version 3.2 is included with this release of OpenVMS. OpenVMS Management Station is a powerful Windows based management tool for managing printers, user accounts, and storage devices.

With this version of OpenVMS Management Station, you can manage a wide range of storage devices across multiple OpenVMS Cluster systems. It also provides Fibre Channel disk device support and other enhancements.

For more information, refer to the OpenVMS Management Station Overview and Release Notes.

6.6 Powerstorm 300/350 Graphics Support Version 2.0 for OpenVMS

Version 2.0 of this product was released in May 2002. It is supported on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2--1 and later. Version 2.0 includes new features for the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) and fixes to former problems.

For complete details about Powerstorm 300/350 Graphics Support Version 2.0 for OpenVMS, refer to the release notes that ship with the product. The release notes are supplied in HTML, PDF, and text format and are located in the SYS$HELP directory after the software kit is installed:

P300_350_V2_README.HTML
P300_350_V2_README.PDF
P300_350_V2_README.TXT

Starting with OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1, we are introducing UNIX portability features into the base operating system. We will continue to add more UNIX features into the base operating system over time. To start the UNIX portability effort, we are extending our C Run-Time Library (CRTL) and ODS-5 file system to support UNIX features such as case-sensitive file names, time of last file access, hard links, and more. In addition, we are introducing a UNIX shell and utilities environment with the GNV Early Adopter's Kit on the Open Source Tools for OpenVMS CD-ROM.

6.8 Open Source Tools for OpenVMS CD-ROM

An Open Source Tools¹ for OpenVMS CD-ROM is included with the OpenVMS Version 7.3--1 kit. It is a collection of various ports of Open Source projects to OpenVMS that our Engineering team has facilitated. Please note that these ports are provided as free software under the terms of the GNU Public License.²

The Open Source Tools for OpenVMS include the following:

• GNV Early Adopter's Kit
  The GNV product is an open source, GNU-based, UNIX-style environment for OpenVMS for UNIX application developers, system managers, and users. It facilitates development and porting of UNIX software to OpenVMS.
  GNU is a UNIX-like operating system provided as free software. GNV provides a UNIX-like shell (command-line interpreter) environment and a C Run-Time Library (C RTL) supplemental library that provides utilities typically found on UNIX systems. The shell used by GNV is bash (Bourne-Again Shell, from GNU, using the POSIX.2 specification).
• CDRECORD sources
  Open Source CDRECORD capability ships as part of OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1. The full source kit used to create the CDRECORD images is provided.
• Stunnel
  Stunnel is a program that allows you to encrypt arbitrary TCP connections inside an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) connection from your OpenVMS system to another system. Stunnel also lets you secure non-SSL aware applications (such as Telnet, IMAP, and LDAP) by having Stunnel provide the encryption. Changes to the original application are then not required. Both images and sources are provided.
• VMSTAR
  VMSTAR is a TAR reader/writer for the OpenVMS operating system. It can read archives ("tarfiles") on disk or tape created by the Un*x "tar" command. It can also create archives.
• Zip
  Zip is a utility that compresses large or multiple files into a single ZIP archive. UnZip decompresses the files stored in a ZIP archive, restoring them to their original state.
• OpenVMS Migration Software³
  This utility enables software written for OpenVMS VAX to be executed on an OpenVMS Alpha system. It includes translated sharable images of the runtime libraries from OpenVMS 7.3, native images of the DECmigrate utilities, and much more. Additional information is available at http://www.softresint.com/AlphaMigrate.htm
• SSL sources
  OpenSSL (Secure Socket Layer) ships as an optional Layered Product with OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1. The sources used to build the port of OpenSSL 0.9.6b for OpenVMS are provided.

Table 7-1 describes any reorganization of the OpenVMS documentation set for OpenVMS Version 7.3--1. For this release there are four new manuals and two archived manuals.

Table 7-1 Documentation Set Changes for OpenVMS Version 7.3--1

New Manuals
COM, Registry, and Events for OpenVMS Developer's Guide	This manual is intended for programmers developing applications that move easily between the OpenVMS and Windows NT environments. Read this manual if you are encapsulating existing OpenVMS applications or data, or creating new COM appplications for OpenVMS systems. It also provides information for those who want to use the OpenVMS Registry to store information about their OpenVMS systems alone, or who want to use the OpenVMS Registry as a shared repository for both OpenVMS and Windows NT registry information. This manual was formerly named OpenVMS Connectivity Developer Guide, and is included in the COM for OpenVMS kit and on the COM for OpenVMS Web site at http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/products/dcom/index.html
Compaq C Run-Time Library Reference Manual for OpenVMS Systems	This manual, now included with OpenVMS documentation, is intended for programmers who need reference information on the functions and macros found in the Compaq C RTL that perform I/O operations, character and string manipulation, mathematical operations, error detection, subprocess creation, system access, and screen management. It also notes portability concerns between operating systems, and describes the Compaq C for OpenVMS socket routines used for writing Internet application programs for the TCP/IP protocol.
Open Source Security for OpenVMS Alpha, Volume 1: Common Data Security Architecture	This new manual for Version 7.3--1 is for application developers who want to use the Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA) to add security to their programs. It briefly describes CDSA, gives information about installation and initialization, and provides example programs. It contains the CDSA application programming interface modules.
Open Source Security for OpenVMS Alpha, Volume 2: Compaq SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for OpenVMS Alpha	This new manual for Version 7.3--1 is for application developers who want to protect communication links to OpenVMS applications with Compaq Secure Sockets Layer (Compaq SSL) for OpenVMS Alpha. It contains installation instructions, release notes, and provides example programs. It includes programming information and a reference section for the OpenSSL application programming interface modules.
Archived Manuals
OpenVMS Guide to Extended File Specifications	Beginning with Version 7.3--1, this manual is archived. The online version is included with other archived manuals in a separate directory on the OpenVMS documentation CD-ROMs. The information contained in this manual has been distributed to the following manuals in the OpenVMS documentation set: OpenVMS User's Manual OpenVMS System Manager's Manual Guide to OpenVMS File Applications OpenVMS System Services Reference Manual OpenVMS Programming Concepts Manual
OpenVMS Master Index	Beginning with Version 7.3--1, this manual is archived. The online version is included with other archived manuals in a separate directory on the OpenVMS documentation CD-ROMs.

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