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OpenVMS Software Installation Release Notes

2.1 Installation and Upgrade Information Common to Alpha and VAX

For information on PATHWORKS (LAN Manager) servers, see Section 3.3.2.

For more information about the Advanced Server for OpenVMS product, see

Section 3.2.

2.1.5 Upgrading Advanced Server for OpenVMS V7.2 or V7.2A

V7.3

If you you want to upgrade your Advanced Server for OpenVMS server, follow

these steps:

1. Upgrade your Advanced Server V7.2/7.2A for OpenVMS server to Advanced

Server V7.3 for OpenVMS.

2. Upgrade your OpenVMS Alpha system to OpenVMS Version 7.3.

Note

Because of changes to the OpenVMS Registry protocol, you cannot run

Advanced Server for OpenVMS software on OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.3

systems and non-Version 7.3 systems in the same cluster.

For more information about the Advanced Server for OpenVMS product, see

Section 3.2.

2.1.6 DECevent Version 3.1 or Later Required to Analyze Errors

V7.3

DECevent Version 3.1 or later is required to analyze OpenVMS error log ﬁles on

supported computers.

In OpenVMS Version 7.0 and earlier releases of OpenVMS, the DECevent DCL

command DIAGNOSE was deﬁned during the operating system installation or

upgrade.

When you install OpenVMS Version 7.3, the DIAGNOSE command is disabled.

To enable the DIAGNOSE command, you must install the DECevent software

(included in the DECevent kit on the Compaq Systems Tool CD–ROM) after

you install OpenVMS Version 7.3. Otherwise, when you attempt to use the

DIAGNOSE command, you will receive the following system message:

$ DIAGNOSE [parameters]

%DIA-E-NOINSTAL, DIAGNOSE has not been installed on this system

For more information about DECevent, see OpenVMS System Manager’s Manual,

Volume 2: Tuning, Monitoring, and Complex Systems.

2.1.7 PCSI-I-RETAIN Messages During DECnet-Plus Installation

V7.2

If you upgrade to OpenVMS Version 7.3 and your system has either DCE

for OpenVMS or DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS installed on it, when you install

DECnet-Plus you may get PCSI-I-RETAIN informational messages for the

following ﬁles:

[SYSEXE]DTSS$SET_TIMEZONE.EXE

[SYSLIB]DTSS$RUNDOWN.EXE

[SYSUPD]DTSS$TIMEZONE_RULES.DAT

[SYSLIB]DTSS$SHR.EXE

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