HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes

P
Parameters
Partition
hard
soft
Pascal
reinstalling after an upgrade (Alpha)
V5.8A required to create STARLET library (Alpha only)
Patch kits
required for mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster system
Patch kits for cluster compatibility
PCB$T_TERMINAL
size increase
PCI configuration restriction
PEdriver
response to LAN congestion
Per-thread security
impact on device drivers
impact on privileged code
performance
COBOL CALL
Performance Enhancements
Ctrl/T alignment faults
dedicated CPU lock manager
exception handling
global section and creation and deletion
image activation
PGFLQUOTA problems
PL/I
libraries not included in Integrity servers
RTL support
POOLCHECK system parameter
Port driver $QIO
restriction
POSIX Threads Library
debugger metering does not work
dynamic CPU configuration
floating-point exceptions (Integrity servers only)
pthread_mutex_lock
pthread_mutex_tryforcedlock_np
stack overflows during exception handling (Integrity servers only)
Support for Process-shared Objects
THREADCP command behavior for Integrity servers
PowerStorm 300/350 PCI graphics support
Open3D license no longer checked
Privileged data structures
64-bit logical block number
CPU name space
forking to a dynamic spinlock
KPB extensions
PCB$T_TERMINAL size increase
per-thread security impact on
UCB/DDB updates
updates to
provisioning
OpenVMS Guest limitation
OpenVMS using HP SIM
system firmware
pthread_mutex_lock
New Return Status
pthread_mutex_tryforcedlock_np
API
R
Recompiling programs
for Alpha
Remedial kits
obtaining
required for mixed-version OpenVMS Cluster system
restriction
SYS$LDDRIVER
RF73 and RFnn disks, controller memory errors
RMS
FAB
Rotating registers
Run-time library routines
rx7620 server
rx8620 server
RZnn disk drives
S
satellite system
SCSI controllers
restrictions on AlphaServer 2100 systems
SCSI device drivers
SCSI multipath incompatibility
SDA
See OpenVMS System Dump Analyzer
serial port enumeration
Servers
rx7620
rx8620
Superdome
SET DEVICE/SWITCH command
SET PASSWORD command
SHOW FORWARD/USER command
SHOW LICENSE
/CHARGE_TABLE
/UNIT_REQUIREMENTS
SHOW SYSTEM/STATE=MUTEX command
SHUTDOWN.COM
small memory configurations
SMG$
documentation corrections
Software Public Rollout Reports
SORT32 utility #1
SORT32 utility #2
SPLINVIPL bugcheck
SRM_CHECK tool #1
SRM_CHECK tool #2
storage controllers
restriction
Superdome
sx1000
Superdome server
Support policy for software
sx1000 chipset
sx1000 Superdome
symbolic debugger
symlinks implementation
logical names
SYS$GETTIM_PREC System Service
SYS$SYSTEM:SHUTDOWN.COM command
SYS$TIMEZONE_RULE Logical
SYSGEN
SYSMAN
System crashes
recovery from (Integrity servers only)
System disk
incompatibility with older systems
System Event Analyzer (SEA) utility
support on Integrity servers
System Event Log (SEL)
clearing on Integrity servers
System hangs
recovery from (Integrity servers only)
System parameters
BUGCHECKFATAL
changes
DEVICE_NAMING
used to increase device unit number maximum
MMG_CTLFLAGS documentation error
MULTIPROCESSING
new parameters
obsolete parameters
POOLCHECK
SYSTEM_CHECK
System service changes
SYSTEM_CHECK system parameter
T
Tape robots
automatic multipath failover
TCP/IP server components
BIND, LPD, LBROKER, and SMTP
TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS
Terminal Fallback Facility (TFF)
restrictions
TFF
See Terminal Fallback Facility
THREADCP command
behavior for Integrity servers
TIE kit
<time.h> changes
Timer queue entries (TQEs)
TQEs
See Timer queue entries
Translated Image Environment
See TIE kit
TZ function #1
TZ function #2
U
U160 SCSI Support
rx7620, rx8620
UCB structure
updates
USB
device support
V
validation
VAX Cluster Cache
See Virtual I/O Cache
VCC
See Virtual I/O Cache
VIOC
See Virtual I/O Cache
virtual connect
failover
Virtual I/O Cache
not available on Integrity servers
superseded by XFC
Volume Shadowing for OpenVMS
compatibility kits
W
Watchpoint utility
WEBES
support on Integrity servers
Whole-program floating-point mode (Integrity servers only)
Write Bitmaps
write messages
X
XA
XFC
See Extended File Cache
Z
ZLX graphics boards support
_
__fci built-in added