30-Oct-2005

Updating systems
Downloaded latest patches for Diana (VMS 7.3-2) and IO/Daphne (8.2) as a single .ZIp file (each, that is), copied these to the systems and extracted them under VMS: 7.3-2 on Diana, and 8.2 on IO, on the second disk. Next, copied the extracted files on IO to Alpha082 - the base OS disk.

Did AUTOGEN on Diana (to get more global sections - from 950 to 1250) and installed the patches. Reboot deferred until IO got upgraded...
Started update on IO, after SET DEF to IO_DATA:[INSTALL] - where I had put the files:

$ PROD INSTALL *
%PCSI-E-OPENOUT, error opening IO_DATA: as output
-PCSI-E-INVSPIDST1, destination device is not mounted or does not have an associated logical volume name
%PCSI-E-S_OPFAIL, operation failed
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition
$

?????? No list. Nothing, just this message....

Had this before when applying the first set of patches.
Use the same sequence:

On DIANA:

$ dismount IO_SYS082 ! dismount system disk of IO
$ dismount IO_DATA ! dismount data disk of IO where the pathes are

and retry: no help.

Copied the files to SMAN:[INSTALL] - on IO_SYS082 - but that was no help either.

What DID help was, on IO:

$ dismount IO_DATA
$ mount $2$DKA100: IO_DATA IO_DATA

and that helped.

$ PROD INSTALL *

I got the whole list (no entry to install all files...) and specified all patches to be installed.

Didn't work either:

%PCSI-E-READERR, error reading DKA0:[SYSMGR.][install]DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0505-11ECO1-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1
-RMS-W-RTB, 813 byte record too large for user's buffer
%PCSI-E-OPENIN, error opening DKA0:[SYSMGR.][install]DEC-AXPVMS-TCPIP-V0505-11ECO1-1.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1 as input
%PCSI-E-S_OPFAIL, operation failed
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition
$

Well, do all except this one, and after that:

$ PROD INSTALL */KIT_ATTRIBUTES=(FORMAT=COMPRESSSED)

that dieectly tried to access this file, but again: it didn't work that way.

DIR/FULL showed the file was STREAM-LF, where all others were FIXED 8192. Done the same with this file, but again, this error was returned.

Time to ask the Experts.
Created a message on ITRC
(http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=970254, in the mean time rebooted DIANA, and after that one was back up and running (including redoing the TOMCAT startup) IO was rebooted and Communigate started once up.

Checked the SOAP - but that worked. Of course.