OpenVMS Software Installation and Upgrade Release Notes
1.13 Converting the LANCP Device Database
1.13 Converting the LANCP Device Database
V8.3
When you upgrade to OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.3 from OpenVMS Version 7.3-2,
you might also need to convert the LAN device database to the Version 8.3 format
if this is not automatically done by LANACP when LANACP is first run after the
upgrade.
To convert the database, issue the following LANCP commands to convert the
device database and then to stop LANACP so it can be restarted to use the new
database:
$ LANCP
LANCP> CONVERT DEVICE_DATABASE
LANCP> SET ACP/STOP
LANCP> EXIT
$ @SYS$STARTUP:LAN$STARTUP
1.14 DECnet-Plus Requires a New Version
V7.3-2
When you install or upgrade to OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3-2 or later, you must
also install a new version of DECnet-Plus. One of the reasons that make this
necessary is a change in AUTOGEN behavior that was introduced in Version
7.3-2.
Unlike the behavior of previous versions, DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Version
7.3-2 and later now provides product information in NEWPARAMS.DAT records,
as required by AUTOGEN. AUTOGEN anticipates this change in DECnet-Plus,
so AUTOGEN does not print any warnings when it removes "bad" records from
CLU$PARAMS.DAT; AUTOGEN presumes these records were made by an older
DECnet-Plus kit and will be replaced by the new DECnet-Plus kit. So, under
normal conditions, you will not see any striking differences in behavior during an
OpenVMS Version 7.3-2 or later installation or upgrade.
However, if other products do not provide product information in
NEWPARAMS.DAT records, as now required by AUTOGEN, AUTOGEN
prints warning messages to both the report and the user’s SYS$OUTPUT device.
The warnings state that AUTOGEN cannot accept the parameter assignment
found in NEWPARAMS.DAT (because no product name is attached) and that no
records will be added to CLU$PARAMS.DAT. Because no records are added, the
expected additions or other alterations to SYSGEN parameters will not be made,
which could lead to resource exhaustion. Developers and testers of software
products should be aware of this requirement; it may also be of interest to system
managers.
This new behavior is intended to protect both the users and providers of layered
products.
A description of NEWPARAMS.DAT and CLU$PARAMS.DAT is included in the
AUTOGEN chapter of the HP OpenVMS System Management Utilities Reference
Manual.
OpenVMS Software Installation and Upgrade Release Notes 1–13
