System Management Release Notes
4.36 Cluster Compatibility Patch Kits
Table 4–2 Patch Kits Required for Cluster Compatibility
Facility Patch ID
OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2
Update kit with most patch kits
except those also listed in this
section
VMS732_UPDATE-V0600
OpenVMS VAX Version 7.3
1
Audit Server VAXAUDS01_073
Cluster VAXSYSL01_073
DECnet-Plus VAX_DNVOSIECO04-V73
DECwindows Motif VAXDWMOTMUP01_073
DTS VAXDTSS01_073
Files 11 VAXF11X02_073
MAIL VAXMAIL01_073
MIME VAXMIME01_073
MOUNT VAXMOUN01_073
RMS VAXRMS01_073
RPC VAXRPC02_073
Volume Shadowing VAXSHAD01_073
System VAXSYS01_073
1
For operating guidelines when using VAX systems in a cluster, refer to Section 4.16.3.
Note that VAX systems cannot be in a cluster with Integrity servers. For a
complete list of warranted groupings within a cluster, refer to the HP OpenVMS
Version 8.3 Upgrade and Installation Manual.
4.36.2 API to Correct Incompatibility of FC and SCSI Multipath with Some
Third-Party Products
V7.3-2
OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.2-1 introduced the multipath feature, which provides
support for failover between the multiple paths that can exist between a system
and a SCSI or Fibre Channel device. OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-1 introduced
support for failover between Fibre Channel multipath tape devices.
This multipath feature can be incompatible with some third-party disk-caching,
disk-shadowing, or similar products. HP advises that you do not use such
software on SCSI or Fibre Channel devices that are configured for multipath
failover until this feature is supported by the producer of the software.
Third-party products that rely on altering the Driver Dispatch Table (DDT) of
either the OpenVMS Alpha SCSI disk class driver (SYS$DKDRIVER.EXE), the
OpenVMS Alpha SCSI tape class driver (SYS$MKDRIVER.EXE), or the SCSI
generic class driver (SYS$GKDRIVER) may need to be modified in order to
function correctly with the SCSI multipath feature.
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