Updated: 12 December 1998

OpenVMS Version 7.2 Release Notes

E
EISA Configuration Utility (ECU)
no automatic startup on AlphaServer 4100 systems
EV6 Alpha processor
Extended DDT bit
problem corrected
Extended File Specifications
mixed UNIX style and VMS style file names not supported
External authentication
changes and enhancements
DCL command interface
FTP server
problems and restrictions
DECnet Phase IV
DECnet-Plus
DECwindows pause screen
problems and restrictions
failed connection attempts on POP server
problems and restrictions
impact on layered products and applications
LGI callout services
on mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster systems
password expiration notification
SET PASSWORD command
requirements
F
F$GETSYI lexical function
NODE_HWTYPE is obsolete
Fast Path
changes and enhancements
DCL support
enabled by default
STOP/CPU command allowed
system parameter changes
FAST_PATH system parameter
Fibre Channel support
File system
changes
Fortran
Mathematics RTL interoperability restrictions
Freeware
FREE_GBLPAGES system parameter
FRU table error on AlphaServer 4100
FTP server
external authentication support
G
Galaxy Software Architecture on OpenVMS
GBLPAGES system parameter
Graphics boards support
H
High-performance Sort/Merge utility
See Sort/Merge utility (high-performance)
HSD10 virtual disks
HSJ50 controller
firmware requirement
HSZ allocation class
HSZ40 Raid-Array Controller
Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
Hypersort
See Sort/Merge utility (high-performance)
I
IMPERSONATE privilege
INITIALIZE command
/MEDIA_FORMAT=COMPACTION qualifier ineffective on TA90 devices
Installation and upgrade information
Alpha and VAX
changes and enhancements
enabling the DIAGNOSE command
networking options
problems and restrictions
PCSI-I-RETAIN messages
Alpha only
64 MB memory requirement
problems and restrictions
DECwindows Motif kit in reference format
error when removing UCX
error when upgrading TCP/IP Services
Java
Spiralog file system unsupported
tuning BAP system parameters
VAX only
changes and enhancements
magnetic tape distribution
changing system time causes error
error on shutdown after booting CD-ROM
Interlocked memory instructions
IO_PREFER_CPUS system parameter
J
Java
removing before Alpha upgrade
K
KFMSB adapter
system tuning
L
Layered products
impact of external authentication on
Software Public Rollout Reports
versions supported for current release
LGI callout services
external authentication disabled
LIB$FIND_IMAGE_SYMBOL routine
LIB$_EOMWARN warning
LIB$GETJPI routine
LIB$GETQUI routine
LIB$ Run-Time Library
documentation error
LIB$GETJPI
LIB$GETQUI
Librarian utility (LIBRARIAN)
error reporting problem and workaround
Linker utility
linking with MTHRTL
Lock manager
nonpaged pool size
LTDRIVER restriction
M
MACRO--32 compiler
consequences of noncompliant code
MACRO--64 assembler
consequences of noncompliant code
Magnetic tape distribution for VAX
Mail utility (MAIL)
problems and restrictions
callable mail used with kernel threads enabled
Mathematics (MTH$) Run-Time Library
See MTH$ RTL
MAXBOBMEM system parameter
/MEDIA_FORMAT=COMPACTION qualifier
ineffective on TA90 devices
MEMORY CHANNEL
problems and restrictions
hardware guide
rolling upgrades
Memory holes on AlphaServer 4100 systems
Memory requirement for Alpha systems
Merging files
See Sort/Merge utility (high-performance)
MFDs (master file directories)
index file bitmap
storage bitmap
Microcode revision levels
commands for updating
on DSSI disk devices
Minimerge function
on system disks
version compatibility problem
MMG_CTLFLAGS system parameter
MMOV$MSBDRIVER
Monitor utility (MONITOR)
changes to MONITOR recording file
version incompatibilities when monitoring older systems
Mount utility
/MEDIA_FORMAT=COMPACTION qualifier ineffective on TA90 devices
mounting write-protected disks in mixed-version cluster
Mounting Version 7.2 disks on older systems
MPDEV_REMOTE system parameter
not supported
MSCP_CMD_TMO system parameter #1
MSCP_CMD_TMO system parameter #2
MSCP_SERVE_ALL system parameter
and mixed-version clusters
restriction
MTH$ RTL
executable image restrictions
MultiNet for OpenVMS
update requirement
Multipath support for parallel SCSI and Fibre Channel
MULTIPROCESSING system parameter #1
MULTIPROCESSING system parameter #2
Multiprocessor systems
setting SMP_SPINWAIT parameter
N
Network options
Network transport products
installing
NOCLUSTER system parameter
Node allocation class
shared SCSI interconnect
Nonpaged pool
lock manager changes
Nonpaged pool lookaside lists
new lists added
NPAGEDYN system parameter
NPAGEVIR system parameter
O
ODS-5 file system
mixed UNIX style and VMS style file names not supported
Online help
changes to system parameter help
correction to ARB_SUPPORT help
OPCOM
corrections
OpenVMS Alpha System Dump Analyzer Utility Manual
replaced by OpenVMS Alpha System Analysis Tools Manual
OpenVMS Cluster Compatibility Kit
OpenVMS Cluster systems
changes and enhancements
client license changes
Cluster Compatibility Kit
OpenVMS Cluster Systems
changes and enhancements
new HSZ allocation class
OpenVMS Cluster systems
problems and restrictions
booting satellites with DECnet--Plus
problems and restrictions
DECnet-Plus satellite booting
external authentication on mixed version
OpenVMS Cluster Systems
problems and restrictions
Fibre Channel support
OpenVMS Cluster systems
problems and restrictions
mixed-version incompatibilities
mounting write-protected disks in mixed-version cluster
problems and restrictions
MSCP_SERVE_ALL system parameter and mixed-version clusters
OpenVMS Cluster Systems
problems and restrictions
multipath support for parallel SCSI and Fibre Channel
OpenVMS Cluster systems
problems and restrictions
system startup using ALPHAVMSSYS.PAR file
OpenVMS Cluster Systems
problems and restrictions
tuning BAP system parameters
OpenVMS Cluster systems
See also CIPCA adapter, MEMORY CHANNEL, and SCSI OpenVMS Cluster systems
OpenVMS Debugger
problems and restrictions
errno value in threaded applications
OpenVMS VAX
magnetic tape distribution
OSU HTTP server
restriction

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