Notice number: 23/1

Date: 05 August 1999

Sceptre release: 5.50

Recommended Patches for Sceptre 5.50

This notice describes the latest set of amendments for all Sceptre 5.50 installations

1. Introduction

This notice contains the following amendments:

002/1, 003/1, 004, 005/2, 006, 007, 008, 009, 010, 011, 012, 013, 014, 015 and 016.

A summary description of each of these amendments is given later in this notice. Once the repairs have been applied, please refer to section 3 for Further Actions.

2. Installing and Applying the Amendment Files

Click here to download a zip file containing the above amendments. It also includes a text file copy of each of the amendment notices listed above. A full description of the contents of the file is given in the README.TXT file contained therein

The unzipped patch files should be transferred to the library :SCEP0550.ICLRSISOURCE on VME. Before transferring the files, read the README.TXT file to understand how the MS-DOS files and names relate to the Sceptre VME patch file names.

When the files have been transferred to VME, they should be executed using EXSCL or RJ. You do not need to merge amendments into the patch files, except for any amendments which you have been sent as the solution to particular problems and which are not included in these patch files.

If you have any questions about applying the amendments, please contact the Ultracomp Support Centre using the telephone numbers given at the foot of the first page of this notice.

3. Further Actions

Patch ucs_p550_005/2 addresses a problem regarding a possible corruption in the file :SCEPTRE.UCSDAILYJOBSREST.

Once you have applied all the above patches, it is essential that you verify the contents of this file using the procedure UCS_DAILY_CHECK under user :SCEPTRE. Should any of the reported dates be corrupt, then you should delete the UCSDAILYJOBSREST file. The next run of UCS_DAILY_JOBS will recreate it.

Failure to do this may result in severe disruption to your VME system, including a possible system crash due to UCS_DAILY_JOBS filling up the current catalogue node store.

4. Repair Summary

Amendment number: 550_002/1 Module: ICL8_UCS_0_TRENDS(5500), UCS_TREND_UPDATE

This patch corrects an error which causes UCS_TREND_UPDATE to fail with the error message "Preparing allocation failed result code 84032". This amendment consists of both a module amendment and a new OMF module UCS_TREND_UPDATE. Note that patch 550_005/2 is also required to make this patch fully effective.

Amendment number: 550_003/1 Module: ICL8_UCS_9_MON(5500)

This patch corrects an error which causes Overlord to fail with a Program Error 9/0 in ICL8UCS9MON.

Amendment number: 550_004 Module: ICL8_UCS_7_TPS(5500)

This patch corrects an error which causes the TPS monitor to crash with Logic Error 2270 in ICL8TCTTSBATCHCOMMON.

Amendment number: 550_005/2 Module: UCS_DAILY_JOBS(5500)

This patch prevents UCS_DAILY_JOBS from reporting a warning result code –70115. It provides a replacement for the SCL procedure UCS_DAILY_JOBS. Patches 550_002/1 and 550_011 must also be applied. It is important that you read the notes with this repair regarding the file UCS_DAILY_JOBS_REST.

Amendment number: 550_006 Module: ICL8_UCS_4_ERROR(5500)

Allows Sceptre to correctly handle more than 6500 terminals.

Amendment number: 550_007 Module: ICL8_UCS_0_SETUP(5500)

This patch prevents UCS_SETUP from failing with result code 9114 – Definitions file does not exist. This is a replacement for the issued SCL procedure.

Amendment number: 550_008 Module: ICL8_UCS_4_ERROR(5500)

This patch prevents Overlord from failing with a program error 32/2 when monitoring more than one IDMS service from the same service library.

Amendment number: 550_009 Module: ICL8_UCS_4_MONITOR(5500)

This patch prevents the IDMS monitor from failing with a program error 32/2 when monitoring more than one IDMS service from the same service library.

Amendment number: 550_010 Module: ICL8_UCS_0_TAB(5500)

This patch prevents SmartArray utilisation being incorrectly reported as zero.

Amendment number: 550_011 Module: ICL8_UCS_0_UTILS(5500)

This patch prevents UCS_DAILY_CHECK wrongly prefixing 2 dates with "19"

Amendment number: 550_012 Module: ICL8_UCS_4_FP(5500)

This patch enables UCS_FILE_PRINT to correctly select data for a single service from a multi-service UCST file.

Amendment number: 550_013 Module: ICL8_UCS_5_TRENDS2(5500)

This patch corrects an error that causes the UCS_MONITOR_JOB to fail to issue the automatic trend update job on the correct day, wrongly reporting that it is the wrong day of the week.

Amendment number: 550_014 Module: ICL8_UCS_9_CAM(5500)

This patch is a re-issue of the OMF module ICL8UCS9CAM. The issued version caused UCS_DISPLAY_PATCHES to fail with a program error 5/1 due to the lack of a patch area in this module.

Amendment number: 550_015 Module: ICL8_UCS_1_SNAPSHOT(5500)

This patch prevents the VME snapshot from producing large numbers of journal messages starting with UCS VMM NEGATIVE OVERHEAD ATTEMPTS

Amendment number: 550_016 Module: UCS_ADD_PATCH_DATES

As issued, UCS_DISPLAY_PATCHES does not display the date when each module was last amended. This patch sets up and runs a new procedure UCS_ADD_PATCH_DATES to analyse all patch files, and insert the necessary extra lines if required. When these patch files are subsequently executed by the user, UCS_DISPLAY_PATCHES will correctly show the date when this was done.