OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 New Features and Documentation Overview

Document revision date: 15 July 2002

OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 New Features and Documentation Overview

Contents (summary)
Preface	Preface
Part 1	OpenVMS Version 7.3--1 New Features
Chapter 1	Summary of OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 New Features
Chapter 2	Compaq OpenVMS e-Business Features
Chapter 3	General User Features
Chapter 4	System Management Features
Chapter 5	Programming Features
Chapter 6	Associated Products Features
Part 2	OpenVMS Documentation
Chapter 7	OpenVMS Documentation Overview
Chapter 8	OpenVMS Printed and Online Documentation
Chapter 9	Descriptions of OpenVMS Manuals
	Index
	Tables

Contents

Preface

Preface Preface

Part 1

Part 1 OpenVMS Version 7.3--1 New Features

Chapter 1

1 Summary of OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3--1 New Features

     1.1     Performance Features

     1.2     Security Features

     1.3     UNIX Portability Features

     1.4     System Management Tools

     1.5     Summary Table

Chapter 2

2 Compaq OpenVMS e-Business Features

     2.1     Attunity Connect "On Platform" Package

     2.2     Compaq BridgeWorks

     2.3     COM Version 1.2 for OpenVMS

     2.4     Compaq Enterprise Directory for e-Business

     2.5     NetBeans for OpenVMS

     2.6     Reliable Transaction Router (RTR)

     2.7     Compaq Secure Web Browser for OpenVMS Alpha (based on Mozilla)

     2.8     Compaq Secure Web Server for OpenVMS Alpha (based on Apache)

     2.9     Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) Toolkit

     2.10     Compaq Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Java^tm Platform

     2.11     Compaq XML Technology

Chapter 3

3 General User Features

     3.1     Documentation Updates on the World Wide Web

     3.2     New and Archived Manuals

     3.3     3Dlabs Oxygen VX1-AGP4X 2D Graphics Support

     3.4     DCL Commands and Lexical Functions

         3.4.1         RECALL/ALL Update

         3.4.2         SET COMMAND/OBJECT Update

         3.4.3         SHOW DEVICES Update

     3.5     WWPPS Adds Support for GB18030 Codeset

Chapter 4

4 System Management Features

     4.1     ACCOUNTING Utility Has New Qualifier

     4.2     AlphaServer DS25

         4.2.1         Broadcom 5700 Series Gigabit Ethernet

         4.2.2         Use New CDRECORD.COM to Create a CD-ROM

     4.3     ANALYZE/DISK_STRUCTURE Utility Has New Qualifier

     4.4     Authentication and Credentials Management Extensions (ACME) Subsystem

     4.5     BACKUP Utility Supports New Keywords for /DENSITY Qualifier

     4.6     Batch Job Support for NUMA Resource Affinity Domains

         4.6.1         Batch Queue Level RAD Support

         4.6.2         Job-Level RAD Support

         4.6.3         Run-Time Behavior

             4.6.3.1             Error Processing

             4.6.3.2             RAD Modifications on Batch Queues

     4.7     DECram Support for Galaxy

     4.8     DECram, Mailbox Driver, and Volume Shadowing Performance Gains

     4.9     Fast Path Performance Enhancements

         4.9.1         Distributed Interrupts

         4.9.2         Fast Path Code and RAD

     4.10     File Service Extensions

         4.10.1         Additional File Times

             4.10.1.1             ACP/QIO Access Dates

             4.10.1.2             Compaq C Run-Time Library Dates

         4.10.2         DCL Access Dates

         4.10.3         Hard Links

         4.10.4         Case-Sensitive File Operations

             4.10.4.1             Record Management System (RMS) Case Sensitivity

             4.10.4.2             ACP/QIO Case Sensitivity

             4.10.4.3             System Services That Control the Process Case Sensitivity

             4.10.4.4             DCL Case Sensitivity

             4.10.4.5             C RTL Support

     4.11     New Compaq Graphical Configuration Manager (GCM)

     4.12     Kerberos for OpenVMS

     4.13     New LANCP Qualifiers for SET DEVICE and SHOW DEVICES

     4.14     LIBDECOMP.COM Enhancements

     4.15     ODS-5 Volume Structure

     4.16     OpenVMS Cluster New Features

         4.16.1         OpenVMS Cluster Performance Improvements

         4.16.2         Fibre Channel Driver Optimizations

         4.16.3         I/O Interrupt Coalescing for Fibre Channel Configurations

         4.16.4         MSCP Served Devices: Increase from 512 to 1000

         4.16.5         Multipath Failover to an MSCP-Served Path in SCSI and Fibre Channel Configurations

         4.16.6         Automatic Multipath Balancing for Fibre Channel and SCSI Devices

         4.16.7         Multipath Tape Support, Including Failover, for Fibre Channel Configurations

         4.16.8         New Cluster SCA Circuit and Port Functionality

             4.16.8.1             Ability to Set Port and Circuit Priorities

             4.16.8.2             Ability to Enable/Disable PEdriver Checksumming

             4.16.8.3             New SCS Dynamic Load Class Support

     4.17     OpenVMS Registry New Features

         4.17.1         Database Version Support

         4.17.2         Value Type Support

         4.17.3         New Registry Database Version

     4.18     SHOW CLUSTER Utility Adds New Fields

     4.19     New Method for Naming Spawned Subprocesses

     4.20     SYSMAN Utility Has New Commands and Qualifiers

     4.21     New System Parameters

         4.21.1         DCL_CTLFLAGS

         4.21.2         DELPRC_EXIT

         4.21.3         MPDEV_AFB_INTVL

         4.21.4         RMS_SEQFILE_WBH

     4.22     New Capabilities for SCACP Utility

         4.22.1         Cluster Ports and Circuits

         4.22.2         New Commands and Qualifiers

     4.23     Ultra3 SCSI Adapter Supported with Fast Path

     4.24     XA Capability Added to DECdtm

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