DIGITAL MAILbus 400 Message Store for DIGITAL UNIX, Version 1.2A Cover Letter AV-R91CA-TE This Cover Letter lists the changes that have been introduced in Ver- sion 1.2A of the MAILbus [TM] 400 Message Store for DIGITAL[TM] UNIX[R]. This Cover Letter also describes how to install Version 1.2A of the MAILbus 400 Message Store. Functional Changes to the MAILbus 400 Message Store The following changes have been made to the MAILbus 400 Message Store for Version 1.2A. Full details of these changes are given in the MAIL- bus 400 Message Store Release Notes for DIGITAL UNIX. o You can now set timeouts for inactive associations, using the MAIL- bus 400 Message Store setup procedure. o When the MAILbus 400 Message Store is started, it repairs corrupted user databases. o The MAILbus 400 Message Store now checks for failed database de- fragmentation attempts when it is restarted. If it finds one, the MAILbus 400 Message Store performs a new database defragmentation. o The maximum number of incoming connections allowed has been increased to 6. o If the MAILbus 400 Message Store crashes while delivering a mes- sage, it resends the message when it is restarted. o If you enter the SHOW MESSAGE STORE USER * command, there is no longer a delay before information about users is displayed on the screen. o The MAILbus 400 Message Store now supports messages with large SPDUs. o If an RUA specifies a segmentation size, but then sends a message in one unit, the MAILbus 400 Message Store correctly processes the message. o The MAILbus 400 Message Store no longer leaves processes in the de- funct state. o If a user switches off his or her PC while the MAILbus 400 Message Store is fetching a large message, other users on the system are no longer affected. Installing Version 1.2A To install this kit follow the instructions in MAILbus 400 Message Store Installing on a DIGITAL UNIX System with the following exceptions: o Make sure you install one of the following configurations of pre- requisite software: - DIGITAL UNIX V3.2G DECnet[TM]/OSI[R] for DIGITAL UNIX V3.2B MAILbus 400 MTA for DIGITAL UNIX (Base and Mgt Subsets) V2.0A DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for DIGITAL UNIX (Base Subset) V3.0 - DIGITAL UNIX V4.0B with patches: OSF410-400151 (44.00), OSF410- 400196 (85.00), and OSF410-400239-1 (136.01) DECnet/OSI for DIGITAL UNIX, V4.0A or later with dnaevld patched to 12-MAR-97, or later MAILbus 400 MTA for DIGITAL UNIX (Base and Mgt Subsets) V2.0A, or later DIGITAL X.500 Directory Service for DIGITAL UNIX (Base Subset) V3.1, or later o Deinstall the previous MAILbus 400 Message Store software installed on your system, as follows: 1. Enter the following command to display the currently installed version of the MAILbus 400 Message Store: # setld -i | grep XMS | grep installed 2. Delete the installed version as follows: # setld -d XMSASRVR12? XMSANETMAN12? where XMSASRVR12? and XMSANETMAN12? are the savesets displayed in Step 1. o The approximate disk space required (in Kilobytes) for each of the MAILbus 400 Message Store subsets in /usr/opt and /var/opt, and the corresponding softlinks for the files in /usr and /var are shown in the following table. ___________________________________________________________________ Space Required Subset Title Subset Name (in kB) ________________________________________________/usr________/var___ MAILbus 400 Message Store Mgt XMSANETMAN121 150 10 MAILbus_400_Message_Store_ServeXMSASRVR121______7100________1300___ 2 o The installation instructions are: 1. Mount the disk as follows: # mount -r /dev/cdrom-device-name /mnt where cdrom-device-name is the name of your CDROM device spe- cial file, usually rz4c. 2. Load the subsets as follows: # setld -l /mnt/XMSA121/kit The version number of this kit when displayed using NCL management is V1.2.100. To identify this kit, type the following command: what /usr/sbin/xms/xms_server | grep MAILbus The following is the response from this command: MAILbus 400 Message Store (V1.2A-100) 23-OCT-1997 Be aware that if you have installed Version 1.2A of the MAILbus 400 Message Store on a version of DIGITAL UNIX prior to V4 and want to up- grade DIGITAL UNIX to V4 (or later), you must deinstall and then re- install Version 1.2A of the MAILbus 400 Message Store before you run Version 1.2A on the upgraded DIGITAL UNIX system. If you fail to do this and attempt to run the MAILbus 400 Message Store without dein- stalling and reinstalling it on DIGITAL UNIX V4, the MAILbus 400 Mes- sage Store reports a Forced Exit event accompanied by a System Inter- face Error event when you try to start the MAILbus 400 Message Store, as follows: Event: System Interface Error from: Node nodename Message Store at : 1997-08-01-11:04:05.822+00:00I0.279 System Interface Error = Process Creation Parameter = "Reinstall MS for this UNIX version" Error Text = "Version mismatch" Event: Forced Exit from: Node nodename Message Store at : 1997-08-01-11:04:05.839+00:00I0.279 If you see this error, deinstall Version 1.2A and then reinstall Ver- sion 1.2A. You can do this after you have upgraded to V4 of DIGITAL UNIX. 3 Digital Equipment Corporation makes no representations that the use of its products in the manner described in this publication will not infringe on existing or future patent rights, nor do the descriptions contained in this publication imply the granting of licenses to make, use, or sell equipment or software in accordance with the description. The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation: DEC- net, DIGITAL, MAILbus 400, and the DIGITAL logo. OSI is a registered trademark of CA Management, Inc. UNIX is a registered trademark in the United States and other coun- tries licensed exclusively threough X/Open Company Ltd. X/Open is a trademark of the X/Open Company Limited. ©Digital Equipment Corporation. 1997. All rights reserved. 4