Hewlett-Packard Read Before Installing HP ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 for OpenVMS Alpha January 2008 Whether you are a new or existing HP ACMS for OpenVMS customer, please take time to read the following information about your product. New Features o HP ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 is enhanced to support up to 500 Command Processor (CP) processes per ACMS submitter node on OpenVMS Alpha systems. This enables a larger number of ACMS terminals to be supported on the submitter node and reduces the submitter nodes used. In the earlier version of ACMS, this feature was supported only on OpenVMS Integrity server systems. HP ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 is supported on OpenVMS Alpha Ver- sion 8.2 or later. o ACMS Version 5.1 is enhanced to log on to the ACMS system when the TNA device number exceeds the limit of 9999 and supported up to 99999. Installation Information Installing ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 requires OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.2 or later. Before you install the product, read Chapter 2 of the Release Notes for information on any changes to the installation proce- dure described in the Installation Guide. To install ACMS, in- voke the VMSINSTAL command procedure, as described in the Open- VMS System Manager's Manual, and then follow the instructions in the HP ACMS Version 5.0A for OpenVMS Installation Guide. The installation procedure will perform a complete replacement installation. Refer to the HP ACMS SPD for a complete list of products that are compatible with ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1. Release Notes Information The release notes for ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 contains a summary of new features, known problems, restrictions, incompatibili- ties, and installation-related instructions. To read the release notes before installing ACMS, invoke VMSINSTAL and follow the instructions in the installation guide. After installing ACMS, the release notes for ACMS are located in: SYS$HELP:ACMSA051AA.RELEASE_NOTES PCA Usage Server procedure debugging or task debugging is not supported using the DECset Performance and Coverage Analyzer (PCA) compo- nent. DECdtm Usage If ACMS is used in a mixed-network environment (HP DECnet for OpenVMS (Phase IV) and HP DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS) and a DECdtm transaction is started within ACMS on a Phase IV system, it will fail with the following condition when it attempts to add the transaction from the DECnet-Plus system. '%SYSTEM-F-NOSUCHNODE, remote node is unknown' The workaround for this problem is to redefine the SYS$DECDTM_ NODE_NAME logical name on the DECnet-Plus system to match its Phase IV equivalent. License Management Facility Information Before you can install ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1, you must register the Product Authorization Key (PAK), using the License Manage- ment Facility (LMF). See the OpenVMS License Management Utility Manual for registration instructions. For More Information For more information about HP ACMS and for updates on new fea- tures, visit our web site at the following URL: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/commercial/acms/index.html Contents of the Documentation Kit The following table lists the contents of the HP ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 Development, Run-Time, and Remote Access documentation kits. The documents for ACMS V5.1 ECO1 remains the same as ACMS V5.0 for OpenVMS Integrity servers and Alpha. For VAX, the Version 4.5 documents remain current. ________________________________________________________________ Run- Items________________________DevelopmentTime_______Remote_______ Read Before Installing HP X X X ACMS Version 5.1 ECO1 for OpenVMS Systems HP ACMS for OpenVMS Soft- X X X ware Product Description, Version 5.1 HP ACMS for OpenVMS X X X Getting Started HP ACMS Version 5.0A X X X for OpenVMS Installation Guide 2 ________________________________________________________________ Run- Items________________________DevelopmentTime_______Remote_______ HP ACMS for OpenVMS Quick X X X Reference Guide HP ACMS for OpenVMS X X X Managing Applications HP ACMS for OpenVMS X X X Remote Systems Management Guide HP ACMS for OpenVMS X X Writing Applications HP ACMS for OpenVMS ADU X X Reference Manual HP ACMS for OpenVMS X Writing Server Procedures HP ACMS for OpenVMS X Concepts and Design Guidelines HP ACMS for OpenVMS Sys- X tems Interface Program- ming____________________________________________________________ 3 © Copyright 2008 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. 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