HP OpenVMS Version 8.4 Release Notes


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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