____________________________________________________ InfoServer Monitor for OpenVMS (Alpha and VAX) Release Notes December 1996 These release notes describe changes to InfoServer Monitor V2.1 and V2.2 software These release notes supersede all other documentation. Operating System and Version: OpenVMS Alpha, Version 6.1 OpenVMS VAX, Version 5.5-2 or higher Software Version: InfoServer Monitor for OpenVMS, Version V2.2 Digital Equipment Corporation Maynard, Massachusetts ________________________________________________________________ December 1996 Digital Equipment Corporation makes no representations that the use of its products in the manner described in this publication will not infringe on existing or future patent rights, nor do the descriptions contained in this publication imply the granting of licenses to make, use, or sell equipment or software in accordance with the description. Possession, use, or copying of the software described in this publication is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license from Digital or an authorized sublicensor. © Digital Equipment Corporation 1996. All Rights Reserved. The following are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation: ALL-IN-1, DEC, DECnet, DECprint, LN03Q, PATHWORKS, PrintServer, ReGIS, VAX, VAX DOCUMENT, VMS, OpenVMS, OpenVMS AXP, OpenVMS VAX, Alpha AXP, and the DIGITAL logo. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders. _________________________________________________________________ Contents 1 Problems Resolved in InfoServer Monitor V2.2.. 1 2 New Features in InfoServer Monitor V2.2....... 1 3 Problems Resolved in InfoServer Monitor V2.1.. 2 4 New Features in InfoServer Monitor V2.1....... 2 5 ISO9660 disk restrictions..................... 2 _________________________________________________________________ 1 Problems Resolved in InfoServer Monitor V2.2 InfoServer Monitor V2.1 will not mount disks when running on OpenVMS V7.1 systems. This is because OpenVMS now enforces a MOUNT calling standard to which previous versions of InfoServer Monitor did not adhere. 2 New Features in InfoServer Monitor V2.2 InfoServer Monitor now displays error messages when a disk cannot be mounted. Common error messages include: - %MOUNT-F-MEDOFL, medium is offline This might indicate a problem with the InfoServer or the CD drive. - %MOUNT-F-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available This indicates the InfoServer service is not available on your network for some reason. Error messages are displayed in the InfoServer Monitor log file (SYS$MANAGER:INFOSERVER_MONITOR.LOG) in the following format: 4-NOV-1996 15:00:19 Error mounting _DAD203: %MOUNT-F-MEDOFL, medium is offline 4-NOV-1996 15:00:37 Error mounting _DAD226: %MOUNT-F-NOSUCHDEV, no such device 1 _________________________________________________________________ 3 Problems Resolved in InfoServer Monitor V2.1 Two problems, sometimes seen on fast systems, have been resolved. - The disk dismount requested by the InfoServer Monitor might not complete before the subsequent mount request. This could cause the system to crash. Timing has been changed to allow the dismount to complete before the disk is mounted again. - When restarting the InfoServer Monitor, the deletion of the old InfoServer Monitor process might not complete before the new one was started. This could cause the new process creation to fail with a duplicate process name error. The command procedure SYS$MANAGER:INFOSERVER_MONITOR_STARTUP.COM now waits before starting the new process to allow the old process to be deleted. The log file now correctly displays the current software version. 4 New Features in InfoServer Monitor V2.1 The log file SYS$MANAGER:INFOSERVER_MONITOR.LOG now displays the InfoServer Monitor's process ID (PID) at the top of the file. 5 ISO9660 disk restrictions InfoServer Monitor does not correctly mount ISO9660 disks on systems running OpenVMS VAX V5.5 and F11CD software. This functionality may be included in a future release of InfoServer Monitor. Since ISO9660 disks are supported in versions of the OpenVMS operating system starting with OpenVMS VAX V6.0 and OpenVMS Alpha V6.1, InfoServer Monitor V2.0 correctly handles ISO9660 disks when running under these versions of OpenVMS. 2