Technical data

5.8 Symbionts Aborts with Access Violation or Bad Parameter

Error

The DCPS symbiont can abort with an ACCVIO or BADPARAM error, possibly

also indicating the CMA (DECthreads) facility, beginning 19 May 1997. Other

software on your system, including DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS and

anything layered upon DECthreads, may also fail after this date.

The problem is related to a long-standing OpenVMS restriction of fewer

than 10,000 days in a delta-time value. POSIX-related software in

particular, using the UNIX reference date of 1 January 1970, can encounter

this limit on and after 19 May 1997. Refer to the OpenVMS web pages

(

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/index.html

) for more information about the

‘‘Delta-Time Limit’’.

The following patch kits ﬁx this problem:

• ALPLIBR07_070, for OpenVMS Alpha V6.1 to V7.0 systems

• VAXLIBR06_070, for OpenVMS VAX V5.5 to V7.0 systems

5–4 Other Restrictions that Affect DCPS