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General User Release Notes
This chapter provides information for all users of the OpenVMS operating
system. It includes information about commonly used commands and utilities.
For information about new features included in this version of the software, refer
to the OpenVMS Version 7.3 New Features and Documentation Overview.
4.1 AlphaServer GS Series Systems
This section contains release notes of general interest to most users of the
AlphaServer GS Series Systems.
4.1.1 AlphaServer GS Series Systems Supported in OpenVMS Version 7.3
V7.3
OpenVMS Version 7.3 includes support for Compaq AlphaServer GS80, GS160,
and GS320 systems. This support includes:
• OpenVMS support for hard and soft (Galaxy) partitions on AlphaServer GS80,
GS160, and GS320 systems
• OpenVMS Resource Affinity Domain (RAD) support for applications
• OpenVMS support for CPU online replace
For complete information about using hard partitions, OpenVMS Galaxy, or
the OpenVMS RAD features to manage OpenVMS workloads on the new Alpha
Server GS Series systems, refer to the OpenVMS Alpha Partitioning and Galaxy
Guide.
4.1.2 OpenVMS Galaxy License Enforcement
V7.3
In an OpenVMS Galaxy computing environment, the OPENVMS-GALAXY license
units are checked during system startup and whenever a CPU reassignment
between instances occurs.
If you attempt to start a CPU and there are insufficient OPENVMS-GALAXY
license units to support it, the CPU will remain in the instance’s configured set
but it will be stopped. You can subsequently load the appropriate license units
and start the stopped CPU while the system is running. This is true of one or
more CPUs.
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