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5112.0. "About Alert on Patches for OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 ?" by NOMAHS::SECRIST (Rdb WWS; [email protected]) Wed Mar 05 1997 18:50

    
    The following alert has been published for reference by our
    customers concerning Alpha VMS V6.2.  One of my customers
    ran it all down in DSIN and found that some of the patches
    are either not listed or in one case is superceded by a newer
    patch.  Where can I look up these VMS patches ?
    
    The patch search engine Digital provides at 
    http://www.service.digital.com:8031/ returned no hits 
    on the patch keywords below (e.g. alpcpu004_062).
    
    Patches unavailable on DSIN include alpcp004_062, alppopc01_070,
    and alpshad05_070.  alplan03_062 is on engineering hold.
    alpboot04_062 has been superceded by alpboot05_062.
    
    Alert follows.
    
    Regards,
    rcs
    
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ALERT:  Critical Patches to Run Oracle Rdb on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2

Copyright Oracle Corporation 1997.  All rights reserved.

TITLE:   Critical Patches to Run Oracle Rdb on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 

PRODUCT: Oracle Rdb on OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 - Alpha Only

SOURCE:  Oracle Worldwide Customer Support

ALERT:   25 February 1997     RDB_A100

Oracle Rdb engineering and Digital OpenVMS engineering have been working
closely together  analyzing a number of system and database problems on
Alpha systems running OpenVMS V6.2  and Oracle Rdb.  For a number of these
cases, the problems were already corrected and  available as software
fixes for OpenVMS and other layered products.

Based on this experience, the following are recommendations from Oracle
Rdb engineering and  Digital OpenVMS engineering:

   - For systems with the Digital Open3D product, upgrade to at least
     version 3.4 of Digital  Open3D. Older versions of the Digital Open3D
     product on version 6.2 and later of Open  VMS would cause memory
     corruption and unpredictable system results.

   - For systems running UCX, upgrade to the latest patch level for the
     version of UCX being  used.  Some versions of UCX could cause register
     corruption and unpredictable system  results.

   - For systems running versions of DECps prior to V3.3, upgrade to at
     least version 3.3.   Older versions of the DECps product could cause
     register corruption and unpredictable  system results.

   - Ensure that the system hardware and microcode is up to the current
     revision levels.   The hardware includes the CPU, controllers and
     disks, and the system PAL code.

   - Install OpenVMS patches.  Digital customer support centers maintain
     the list of  available patches for OpenVMS.  Contact the Digital
     customer support center for more  information. 

According to Digital OpenVMS engineering, as of the writing of this
document (November, 1996), the following patches should be considered
critical for OpenVMS Alpha V6.2 systems:

            ALPBOOT04_062       ALPCLIU01_062       ALPCLUS01_070       
            ALPCPU004_062       ALPCPU905_062       ALPDDTM02_070       
            ALPDISM01_062       ALPDRIV02_062       ALPDRIV03_062       
            ALPDRIV03_070       ALPDRIV05_062       ALPF11C02_062       
            ALPF11X02_070       ALPLAD03_070        ALPLAN03_062
            ALPLAT01_062        ALPLOAD01_070       ALPLOGI02_070       
            ALPMANA02_070       ALPMSCP01_070       ALPMTAA01_062       
            ALPOPC01_070        ALPQMAN01_070       ALPRMS01_062        
            ALPSCSI02_070       ALPSHAD05_070       ALPSYS01_070        
            ALPSYS02_062        ALPSYS03_062        ALPSYS04_062
            ALPSYS05_062        ALPSYS06_062        ALPVERI01_062

[R] Oracle Rdb is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation. 
[R] OpenVMS is a registered trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.
    

   This article was withdrawn and replaced by the one in 9.166.
   
   Peter