************************ * UPGRADE NDM2V2 * ************************ THIS UPGRADE CONTAINS INSTALLATION INFORMATION AND/OR HIGH IMPACT/PERVASIVE APAR INFORMATION FOR VERSION 2, RELEASE 0, MODIFICATION 0 FOR NETVIEW DISTRIBUTION MANAGER/2 ************************************************************************ * P R O D U C T I N D E X ************************************************************************ PID NUMBER SYSTEM DESCRIPTION SUBSET ID 5621439 PS2/PC NETVIEW DISTR. MGR/2 NDM2V2 5621439 PS2/PC NETVIEW DISTR. MGR/2 NDM2V21 HIGH IMPACT/PERVASIVE (HIPER) APAR INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED IN THIS UPGRADE MAY BE ONE OR MORE APARS THAT DESCRIBE PROBLEMS THAT ARE OF A HIGH IMPACT OR EXTREMELY PERVASIVE NATURE. THE FOLLOWING FIELDS PROVIDE AN OUTLINE OF THOSE APARS IN SECTION 4: "PROBLEM:" BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE APAR "USERS AFFECTED:" IF YOU HAVE THIS PRODUCT/DEVICE/SITUATION, YOU ARE EXPOSED TO THE PROBLEM. THE APAR OR PTF FIX SHOULD BE APPLIED IN THOSE CASES. "RECOMMENDATION:" TAKE ACTION THAT IS DESCRIBED, MOST OFTEN THAT WILL BE THE APPLICATION OF AN APAR OR PTF FIX. VOLID'S VOLID 1000 - REFLECTS CORRECTIVE SERVICE (NOT ON A PUT TAPE) VOLID 9XXX - REFLECTS A PUT TAPE THAT THE PTF CAN BE LOCATED ON. VOLID FXXX - REFLECTS A PUT TAPE. THE 'F' REPRESENTS A '9' AND THE XXX REPRESENTS A PUT NUMBER. ******* ATTENTION: MVS SMP/E USERS (CBPDO NO CHARGE OFFERING): ***** CUSTOMERS ORDERING THE CUSTOM BUILT PRODUCT DELIVERY OFFERING (CBPDO) ALSO RECEIVE PSP INFORMATION IN SOFTCOPY. IN ADDITION, CBPDO "VOLIDS" WILL APPEAR IN THE PSP SUBSET SECTIONS 3, 4 AND 5. A VOLID OF "1YWW", WHERE Y IS THE YEAR AND WW IS THE WEEK WITHIN THAT YEAR, INDICATES THAT THE PTF WAS INCLUDED ON THAT CBPDO AND SUCCESSIVE CBPDOS. CUSTOMERS WISHING MORE INFORMATION SHOULD CONTACT THEIR IBM MARKETING BRANCH OFFICE. *********************** * SUBSET NDM2V21 * *********************** THIS SUBSET CONTAINS INSTALLATION INFORMATION FOR CLIENT SERVER APPLICATION (OS/2-DOS) VERSION X, RELEASE X, MODIFICATION X. ************************************************************************ * C H A N G E S U M M A R Y * ************************************************************************ DATE LAST CHANGED SECTION 1. YY/MM/DD INSTALLATION INFORMATION NO ENTRIES 2. YY/MM/DD DOCUMENTATION CHANGES NO ENTRIES 3. 94/12/16 GENERAL INFORMATION 4. YY/MM/DD SERVICE RECOMMENDATIONS NO ENTRIES 5. YY/MM/DD CROSS PRODUCT DEPENDENCIES NO ENTRIES SERVICE RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY DATE APAR PTF VOLID COMMENTS 1. YY/MM/DD XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX XXX ************************************************************************ * SECTION 1. I N S T A L L A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N * ************************************************************************ THIS SECTION CONTAINS CHANGES TO THE PRODUCT'S PROGRAM DIRECTORY. 1. YY/MM/DD NO ENTRIES ************************************************************************ * SECTION 2. D O C U M E N T A T I O N C H A N G E S * ************************************************************************ THIS SECTION OUTLINES MAJOR ERRORS IN THE PRODUCT'S PUBLISHED DOCUMENTATION. 1. YY/MM/DD NO ENTRIES ************************************************************************ * SECTION 3. G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N * ************************************************************************ THIS SECTION CONTAINS GENERAL INFORMATION, I.E. SYSGEN HINTS/TIPS. 5. 94/12/16 REFER TO INFO APAR II08317 (ATTACHED) FOR INFORMATION ABOUT POTENTIAL TRAP WHEN INVOKING REXX PROCEDURE ON NVDM/2 PRISTINE MACHINE AND HOW TO PREVENT THIS FAILING EVENT. 4. 94/10/26 PRIOR TO ATTEMPT ANY CSD IMPLEMENTATION ON NVDM/2 V2.1 EXTENDED PACKAGE + REMOTE ADMINISTRATOR, PLEASE REVIEW INFO APAR II08220 (ATTACHED). 3. 94/10/26 TO HAVE NVDM/2 V2.1 WORKING ON OS/2 WARP V3.0 PLEASE REVIEW INFO APAR II08201, APAR PJ15356 (ATTACHED) ITEM 8 AND ORDER CSD XR20460 OR HIGHER. 2. 94/10/19 NVDM/MVS REQUIRED APARS TO WORK WITH NVDM/2 V2.1 BY CSD LEVEL: GA - PN58771,PN59483,PN60664 GA + CSD XR20460 - PN58771,PN59483,PN60664,PN55403,PN63784 1. 94/09/26 THERE IS AN INCORRECT DISPLAY OF THE DASD CHECKING PARMS ON A NVDM/2 2.1 CC SERVER. A FIX IS REQUIRED ON THE NVDM2 SIDE (APAR PJ15025 - PTR 5001368), AS WELL AS ON THE HOST NVDM R5 SIDE (PN58771 - PTF UN65679). APAR PJ15025 IS OPEN AND THE FIX WILL BE OFFICALLY AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT CSD. IN THE MEANTIME, A PRIVATE FIX CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE DM2 TOOLS REPOSITORY AS PTR1368F PACKAGE. TO BE EFFECTIVE, BOTH FIXES MUST BE APPLIED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE THE TEXT IN BOTH APARS (ATTACHED). ************************************************************************ * SECTION 4. S E R V I C E R E C O M M E N D A T I O N S * ************************************************************************ 1. YY/MM/DD PROBLEM: USERS AFFECTED: RECOMMENDATION: INSTALL XXXXXXX ON VOLID XXXX ************************************************************************ * SECTION 5. C R O S S P R O D U C T D E P E N D E N C I E S * ************************************************************************ THIS SECTION CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT IS DEPENDENT UPON ANOTHER PRODUCT OTHER THAN THIS SUBSET ID. 1. YY/MM/DD INTERDEPENDENT PRODUCT: PROBLEM: USERS AFFECTED: RECOMMENDATION: INSTALL XXXXXXX ON VOLID XXXX ************************************************************************ * I N F O R M A T I O N A L / D O C U M E N T A T I O N * * APARS FOLLOW (IF ANY) * ************************************************************************ APAR NUMBER = II08201 LAST UPDATE = 94/10/26 PTF IN ERROR = PIN = NO CURRENT APAR STATUS = CLOSED CLOSING CODE = CAN ORIGINAL APAR NUMBER = SECURITY/INTEGRITY = NO SERVICE NUMBER = 5NFO000 000 REPORTED COMPONENT = INFOPCLIB R001 PC LIB INFO ITE FIXED COMPONENT = FAILING MODULE = PROBLEM ABSTRACT: NVDM/2 V2.X ON OS/2 V3 WARP OPERATING SYSTEM (NVDM/2 V2.X COMPID 562143900) REPORTED SCP RELEASE: 000 ERROR DESCRIPTION: . 1- NETVIEW DM/2 2.0 CC SERVER IS NOT SUPPORTED ON OS/2 V3.0 . 2- NETVIEW DM/2 2.0 CC CLIENT IS SUPPORTED ON OS/2 V3.0 . 3- NETVIEW DM/2 2.1 CC SERVER IS SUPPORTED ON OS/2 V3.0 WITH THE FOLLOWING CONSTRAINS: 3.1 - TO USE THE DIALOG INTERFACE YOU MUST APPLY THE CSD XR20460, SEE ITEM 5. 3.2 - ONCE THE AFOREMENTIONED CSD IS IMPLEMENTED, ONLY THE CC SERVER STAND ALONE LAN CAN BE RUN. TO RUN THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTS YOU NEED TO APPLY DB2/2 APAR JR08263 THAT REFERS TO DB2/2 INTERNAL PROBLEM TRACKING NO. 14361 . 4- NETVIEW DM/2 2.1 CC CLIENT IS SUPPORTED ON OS/2 V3.0 . 5- THE DIGITALK SMALLTALK FIX 2.0.11 IS REQUIRED TO RUN 2.1 CC SERVER ON OS/2 V. 3.0. THIS FIX WILL BE EARLY MADE AVAILABLE ON DM2TOOLS REPOSITORY UNTIL CSD XR20460 IS ORDERABLE. THE RELATED PACKAGE NAME IS FIXWARP AND COULD BE COLLECTED ISSUING THE FOLLOWING COMMAND: TOOLS SENDTO ROMEPPC TOOLS DM2TOOLS GET FIXWARP PACKAGE . 6- IN THE NETVIEW DM/2 2.1 BOOT DISKETTE NO.2 BUILT ON A OS/2 V. 3.0, THE FOLLOWING CHANGE HAS TO BE MADE: IN THE IBMNVDM2.INI FILE UNDER IBMNVDM2 DIRECTORY, THE FIELD ADAPTERNUM HAS TO BE PUT TO THE RIGHT VALUE (0 OR 1). THIS PROBLEM IS FIXED FROM CSD XR20460 ONWARD. . TEMPORARY FIX: PROBLEM SUMMARY: PROBLEM CONCLUSION: MODULES/MACROS: SRLS: CIRCUMVENTION: APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: APAR NUMBER = II08220 LAST UPDATE = 94/10/26 PTF IN ERROR = PIN = NO CURRENT APAR STATUS = CLOSED CLOSING CODE = CAN ORIGINAL APAR NUMBER = SECURITY/INTEGRITY = NO SERVICE NUMBER = 5NFO000 000 REPORTED COMPONENT = INFOPCLIB R001 PC LIB INFO ITE FIXED COMPONENT = FAILING MODULE = PROBLEM ABSTRACT: SERVICE INFORMATION WHEN IMPLEMENTING NVDM/2 V2.1 CSD (NVDM/2 V2.1 COMPID 562143900) REPORTED SCP RELEASE: 000 ERROR DESCRIPTION: . THE PRESENT INFO APAR ADVICES SOME REQUISITES,TECHNIQUES OR WARNINGS WHEN IMPLEMENTING NVDM/2 V2.1 (RETAIN RELEASE R220) RELATED CSDS: . ITEM NO.1 - RUNNING NVDM/2 V2.1 EXTENDED PACKAGE PLUS REMOTE ADMINISTRATOR, ANY CSD MUST BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE SAME TIME ON BOTH. THUS, ANY CSD MUST BE IMPLEMENTED,AT THE SAME TIME, ON PRODUCTS HIGHLIGHTED BY MAIN MENU OF THE SERVICE FACILITY THAT MATCH SYSLEVEL.NDM, SYSLEVEL.FPF, SYSLEVEL._DM AND SYSLEVEL._PF . SEPARATE CSD IMPLEMENTATIONS RESULTS AS PRODUCT MISALIGNMENT THAT COULD CAUSE PRODUCT EXCEPTIONS. , ITEM NO.2 - RUNNING BOTH CDM AND LDU V2.1, ONCE A CSD HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND LATER NVDMINST /CO INVOCATION, THE FOLLWING MODIFICATION FILE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO BOTH CONFIG.SYS FILE AND DESKTOP, USING NVDMUPO UTILITY, TO REFRESH LDU CONFIGURATION ONE. . FILENAME.MOD CONTENT ==================== . ?CONFIG.SYS| ADDSTATEMENT(BOTTOM,) ?DESKTOP| ADDPROGRAM(DESKTOP,, ,<$(TARGETDIR) BIN LDSMGR.EXE>) . SYNTAX TO INVOKE NVDMUPO ======================== . NVDMUPO . NOTE1: PLEASE READ '?' AS LEFT BRACKET AND '|' AS RIGHT BRACKET. NOTE2: THE LAST TWO LINES OF THE ABOVE LISTED MODIFICATION FILE SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE PRODUCTION FILE AS JUST ONE LINE. NOTE3: ITEM 2 DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE NVDM/2 INSTALLATIONS THAT RUN ONLY CDM COMPONENT. TEMPORARY FIX: PROBLEM SUMMARY: PROBLEM CONCLUSION: MODULES/MACROS: SRLS: CIRCUMVENTION: APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: APAR NUMBER = PJ15025 LAST UPDATE = 94/12/01 PTF IN ERROR = PIN = YES CURRENT APAR STATUS = CLOSED CLOSING CODE = PER ORIGINAL APAR NUMBER = SECURITY/INTEGRITY = NO SERVICE NUMBER = 0966237 REPORTED COMPONENT = 562143900 R220 NETVIEW DM/2 FIXED COMPONENT = 562143900 NETVIEW DM/2 FAILING MODULE = ANXWCLOA PROBLEM ABSTRACT: CDM MISCELLANEOUS APAR ON NVDM/2 VERSION 2.1 1 OF 8 CONTINUES ON APAR PJ15356 REPORTED SCP RELEASE: 220 ERROR DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A MISCELLANEOUS APAR TO DISTRIBUTE FIXES, INTERNALLY DETECTED, THAT DON'T HAVE A RETAIN APAR ASSOCIATED. HEREAFTER A LIST OF SYMPTOM THAT ARE FIXED BY THIS APAR: . INTERNAL---> SYMPTOMS <-------------------------------------- PROBLEM NUMBER (PTR_NBR) | V 1 - 5001368 WRONG DISPLAY OF DASD CHECKING PARMS ON CC SERVER . DESCRIPTION: ============ PERFORMING AN INSTALL FUNCTION FROM A NVDM/MVS OR A REMOTE ADMINISTRATOR TOWARDS A CC SERVER 2.1, SPECIFYING THE 'DASD SPACE CHECKING' AND THE 'USER DEFINED PROCESSING SIZE',THE FOLLOWING ERRORS ARE SHOWN IN THE QUERYREQ FROM BOTH COMMAND LINE AND DIALOG,BECAUSE THE AGENT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE CORRECT VALUES: - IN THE DETAILS DIALOG: DASD SPACE CHECKING : NO USER DEFINED SIZE : 32768016 - IN THE CDM QUERYREQ: CHK=NO SZ=32768016 WHILE IN THE INSTALL FUNCTION HAS BEEN REQUIRED 'DASD SPACE CHECKING: YES' AND 'USER DEFINED SIZE: 500 KBYTES'. . 2 - 5001372 TRAP OCCURS IF DPATH IS LONGER THEN 254 . DESCRIPTION: ============ INSTALLING NVDM/2 V2.1,EITHER FROM DISKETTES OR PRODUCT IMAGES,RESULTS AS TRAP (SYS3175), ACCESS VIOLATION ON DOSCALL1.DLL, IF THE DPATH STATEMENT INTO THE CONFIG.SYS IS LONGER THEN 254 CHARACTERS. . 3 - 2M04155 RUNNING DOS CC CLIENT DECREASES WINDOWS PERFORMANCE PMR 59845 CUSTOMER WUERTT VERSICHERUNG AG RELATED. . DESCRIPTION: ============ AFTER HAVING INSTALLED NVDM/2 CC CLIENT ON A DOS MACHINE WITH WINDOWS, AN NVDM/2 EXECUTABLE FILE IS CALLED ANY TIME MS WINDOWS STARTS. THIS PROGRAM SEEMS TO MAKE ALL WINDOWS APPLICATIONS TO RUN SLOWER. . 4 - 2M04156 DOS CC CLIENT DOES NOT MANAGE CORRECTLY MS NETBIOS . DESCRIPTION: ============ IF MS NETBIOS HAS BEEN LOADED, WHEN WINDOWS STARTED, A MESSAGE IS SHOWN BY DOS CC CLIENT SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSYSTEM NETWORK ERROR :RC 0X8400 . 5 - 5001370 ANX0074 AFTER ISSUING CDM DELETE_REQ /F . DESCRIPTION: ============ ISSUING THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS: CDM ACTIVATE /WS:GBG2CCL2, THE COMMAND LINE REPLIES WITH THE FOLLOWING PROMPT: < ACTIVATE REQUEST WITH REQUEST ID 'ACT00000' HAS BEEN ENQUEUED TO THE CHANGE CONTROLLER.> CDM DELETE_REQ OF ACT00000 /F,THE COMMAND LINE REPLIES PROMPTING < REQUEST ACT00000 HAS BEEN DELETED> AND THE CHANGE CONTROLLER TERMINATES WITH ANX0074 MESSAGE. . 6 - 5001376 NVDMCOMM.RSP INCORRECT SETTING . DESCRIPTION: ============ THE NEW NVDMCOMM.RSP THAT IS AUTOMATICALLY GENERATED WHEN YOU INSTALL WITH A TRANSMISSION CONTROLLER LOOKS GOOD, BUT ABOUT PARTNER_LU DEFINITION : PARALLEL_SESSION_SUPPORT PARAMETER HAVE TO BE SET TO NO. . 7 - 5001354 INVALID CHECK DURING NVDM/2 2.0 - 2.1 MIGRATION PMR 4X203 NYNEX DESCRIPTION: ============ ISSUING NVDMPMS COMMAND FOR MIGRATION FROM NVDM/2 2.0 TO 2.1 , A WORNING MESSAGE APPEARS: ANX8266:(W) THE MANDATORY KEY AUTOMATICPURGEREPORT ... AT THIS POINT ALL THE OLD KEYS ARE DELETED IN THE NEXT PANEL AND THE CUSTOMER HAS TO FILL ALL FIELDS AGAIN. . 8 - 5001387 NVDMCOPY, WRONG DESCRIPTION OF /DOSCLT AND /RA PMR 0X015 NYNEX DESCRIPTION: ============ ON THE INSTALLATION GUIDE PAGE 140 THE DESCRIPTION FOR /DOSCLT AND /RA OPTIONS SAYS THAT, THESE OPTIONS INSTALL ONLY DOS CLIENT OR RA CODE. ON PAGE 372 OF THE USER'S GUIDE IS USED /FP INSTEAD OF /RA . TEMPORARY FIX: NONE. PROBLEM SUMMARY: . PTRNBR 2M04155 - AFTER HAVING INSTALLED NVDM/2 CC CLIENT ON A DOS MACHINE WITH MS WINDOWS, ANXWCLOA IS INSTALLED AND RUN ANY TIME THAT WINDOWS STARTS. THIS PROGRAM MAKE ALL WINDOWS APPLICATIONS MUCH SLOWER. . PTRNBR 2M04156 - IF MICROSOFT (MS) NETBIOS HAS BEEN LOADED,WHEN WINDOWS STARTED, A MESSAGE IS SHOWN BY ANXWCLOA SAYING THAT THERE HAS BEEN A SUBSYSTEM NETWORK ERROR :RC 0X:8400 . PTRNBR 5001354 - SCENARIO: ATTEMPTING TO MIGRATE A NVDM/2 V2.0 CC SERVER TO NVDM/2 V2.1 ONE (GA LEVEL, SYSLEVEL XR00000),A WARNING MESSAGE APPEARS ABOUT A KEYWORD IN THE IBMNVDM2.INI FILE SUCH AS: ANX8266:(W) THE MANDATORY KEY AUTOMATICPURGEREPORT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND IN THE OLD CC SERVER IBMNVDM2.INI FILE. ALL THE KEYS IN THE FILE ARE IGNORED. AT THIS POINT ALL THE OLD KEYS ARE DELETED IN THE NEXT PANEL AND THE END USER HAS TO FILL ALL FIELDS AGAIN. . PTRNBR 5001368 - PERFORMING AN INSTALL FUNCTION FROM A NVDM/MVS OR A REMOTE ADMINISTRATOR TOWARDS A CC SERVER 2.1 ,SPECIFYING THE 'DASD SPACE CHECKING' AND THE 'USER DEFINED PROCESSING SIZE', THE FOLLOWING ERRORS ARE SHOWN IN THE QUERYREQ FROM BOTH COMMAND LINE AND DIALOG,BECAUSE THE AGENT DOES NOT PROVIDE THE CORRECT VALUES: . - IN THE DETAILS DIALOG: DASD SPACE CHECKING : NO USER DEFINED SIZE : 32768016 . - IN THE CDM QUERYREQ: CHK=NO SZ=32768016 . WHILE IN THE INSTALL FUNCTION HAS BEEN REQUIRED 'DASD SPACE CHECKING: YES' AND 'USER DEFINED SIZE: 500 KBYTES'. . PTRNBR 5001370 - WHEN A CM FUNCTION FAILED AND A CMFXXXXX.ERR FILE WAS CREATED A DELETE_REQ /F NEEDED. IN THIS CASE THIS FUNCTION FAILED WITH THE MESSAGE ANX0074. . PTRNBR 5001372 - A TRAP (DOSCALL1.DLL) OCCURRS EVERY TIME THE DPATH IN THE CONFIG.SYS IS LONGER THAN 254 . PTRNBR 5001376 - NVDMCOMM.RSP FILE WAS CREATED WITH A BAD SET OF THE PARALLEL_SESSION_SUPPORT: SET TO 1 (YES) WHILE SHOULD BE 0 (NO). . PTRNBR 5001387 - ON THE INSTALLATION GUIDE PAGE 140 'COPYING FILES PRIOR TO INSTALLATION' THE DESCRIPTION FOR /DOSCLT AND /RA OPTIONS SAYS THAT, IF SPECIFIED, THESE OPTIONS INSTALL ONLY DOS CLIENT OR RA CODE. THE RIGHT WORDING SHOULD BE LIKE: /DOSCLT IF THIS OPTION IS SPECIFIED NVDMCOPY COPIES ALSO DOS CC CLIENT IMAGE FILES. /RA IF THIS OPTION IS SPECIFIED NVDMCOPY COPIES ALSO REMOTE ADMINISTRATOR FEATURE IMAGE FILES. ON PAGE 372 OF THE USER'S GUIDE IS USED /FP INSTEAD OF /RA . PROBLEM CONCLUSION: PTRNBR 2M04155 - A LOOP WAS FOUND IN THE WAY IN WHICH ANXWCLOA ENQUIRIES THE NETWORK. ONCE THE LOOP IS ELIMINATED BETTER PERFORMANCES ARE MEASURED. MODULES CHANGED: ANXWCLOA.EXE . PTRNBR 2M04156 - THE RETURN CODE FROM NETBIOS WAS NOT CORRECTLY MANAGED, NOW CORRECTED. MODULES CHANGED: ANXWCCOM.DLL . PTRNBR 5001354 - FIXED. MODULES CHANGED: NVDMPMS.EXE . PTRNBR 5001368 - THE PROBLEM WAS DUE TO A MISALIGNMENT OF AN INTERNAL LAYOUT USED TO EXCHANGE DATA BETWEEN THE EXTERNAL INTERFACE AND THE CHANGE CONTROLLER, NOW FIXED. MODULES CHANGED: ANXSAQ3S,ANXCMSRV.EXE,FOR WS HOST ATTACHED ENVIRONMENT (Q3) ANXSAQ4S,ANXCMSRV.EXE,FOR LAN HOST ATTACHED ENVIRONMENT (Q4) . NVDM HOST COREQUISITE: THIS FIX REQUIRES APAR NO. PN58771 TO BE IMPLEMENTED ON NVDM/MVS R5, COMPID 568501601; RELATED NVDM/MVS PTF IS UN65679. . PTRNBR 5001370 - FIXED. MODULES CHANGED: ANXCMSRV.EXE . PTRNBR 5001372 - FIXED. MODULES CHANGED: NVDMINST.EXE,NVDMCLT.EXE,NVDMFPIN.EXE . PTRNBR 5001376 - FIXED. MODULES CHANGED: SBODY.EXE,PMSBODY.EXE . PTRNBR 5001387 - THE CORRECTIONS ARE AVAILABLE ON README.TXT FILE OF THE CSD XR20460. MODULES CHANGED: README.TXT . MODULES/MACROS: ANXWCLOA ANXWCCOM NVDMPMS ANXCMSRV NVDMINST NVDMCLT NVDMFPIN SBODY PMSBODY README SRLS: NONE. CIRCUMVENTION: NONE. APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: ENV=220 PS=Y PTF=XR20460 CLOSED AVAIL=NO VOLID=1000 APAR NUMBER = PJ15356 LAST UPDATE = 94/12/01 PTF IN ERROR = PIN = NO CURRENT APAR STATUS = CLOSED CLOSING CODE = PER ORIGINAL APAR NUMBER = SECURITY/INTEGRITY = NO SERVICE NUMBER = 0966237 REPORTED COMPONENT = 562143900 R220 NETVIEW DM/2 FIXED COMPONENT = 562143900 NETVIEW DM/2 FAILING MODULE = BODY PROBLEM ABSTRACT: CDM MISCELLANEOUS APAR ON NVDM/2 VERSION 2.1 2 OF 8 CONTINUED FROM APAR PJ15025. CONTINUES ON APAR PJ16087 REPORTED SCP RELEASE: 220 ERROR DESCRIPTION: THIS IS A MISCELLANEOUS APAR TO DISTRIBUTE FIXES, INTERNALLY DETECTED, THAT DON'T HAVE A RETAIN APAR ASSOCIATED. HEREAFTER A LIST OF SYMPTOM THAT ARE FIXED BY THIS APAR: . INTERNAL---> SYMPTOMS <-------------------------------------- PROBLEM NUMBER (PTR_NBR) | V 9 - 5001381 EXPORT KEYWORD: DIALOG FAILURE . DESCRIPTION: ============ THE RESPONSE TIME OF THE SYSTEM GETS A BIT SLOW WHEN IT HAS THE NETVIEW DM/2 DIALOGS UP (20/25 MB SWAP FILE). IF ACCIDENTLY USER CLICKS ON A MENU ENTRY WHILE NETVIEW DM/2 IS STILL PROCESSING OTHER, THIS CAUSES THE DIALOGS TO GET MESSED UP; IN FACT ATTEMPTING TO SELECT A MENU OPTION FROM ANY OF NETVIEW DM/2 DIALOGS, AN ERROR POP-UP SAYING SOMETHING ABOUT "ASLOWERCASE" NOT UNDERSTOOD IS DISPLAYED . 10- 5001359 NVDMCLT,INCORRECT SETS DRIVELETTERS INI FILE. . DESCRIPTION: ============ WHEN YOU INSTALL NVDMCLT FROM A PRISTINE BOOT DISKETTE, IT SETS "DRIVELETTERS=UTSRQPONMLKJIHGFED".IT APPEARS THAT SINCE THE PRISTINE CLIENT AGENT IS USING X - Z,THE NVDMCLT INSTALL IGNORES THESE DRIVES. . 11- 5001399 NVDMINST,NVDMUPD.EXE IS NOT LOADED . DESCRIPTION: ============ WHEN USER INSTALLS A NETVIEW DM/2 CC SERVER VIA RESPONSE FILE OVER TOP OF A RUNNING NETVIEW DM/2 SYSTEM (CC SERVER OR CC CLIENT) THE FILE IBMNVDM2-PCACODE-DPACODE-NVDMUPD.EXE IS LEFT OUT. SO THE NVDMBDSK FUNCTION FOR CREATING DOS DISKETTES FAILS. . 12- 2M04152 SEINST INVOCATION FAILS IN FORMAT C DRIVE . DESCRIPTION: ============ THE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ON THE D DRIVE IS INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY (OS/2 2.1, NTS/2 AND NVDM/2 CC CLIENT), AFTER THE CC CLIENT BOOTED CONNECTING TO THE CC SERVER , THE PRODUCTION INSTALLATION STARTS (OS/2 2.1 WITH FORMAT PARTITION OPTION, NTS/2 AND OF C DRIVE, SEINST FAILS BECAUSE THE C DRIVE IS LOCKED. . 13- 5001344 ANX0262 MESSAGE VARIABLES NOT DISPLAYED PMR 1X467 CUSTOMER SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.RELATED. . DESCRIPTION: ============ MESSAGE ANX0262 DOES NOT DISPLAYAS VALID VALUES IN ITS FIELDS. IT ONLY SHOWS THE VALUES %1 %2 %3 %4 . 14- 5001408 MIGRATION, CLIENTS ARE NOT MIGRATED IN Q2 . DESCRIPTION: ============ MIGRATING FROM 2.0 TO 2.1 A STANDALONE-LAN SERVER THE LOCAL CLIENTS ARE NOT CORRECTLY MIGRATED. AT THIS POINT THE OLD CLIENTS CANNOT BE NEITHER SEEN NOR DELETED. . 15- 5001432 MIGRATION, CLIENTS ARE NOT MIGRATED FROM Q2 TO ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENT . DESCRIPTION: ============ MIGRATING FROM NVDM/2 V2.1 STANDALONE LAN ENVIRONMENT TO ANY OTHER,THE LOCAL CLIENTS ARE NOT CORRECTLY MIGRATED. AT THIS POINT THE OLD CLIENTS CANNOT BE NEITHER SEEN NOR DELETED. . 16- 5001398 CDM DIALOG HANGS ON OS/2 3.0 . DESCRIPTION: ============ WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE CDM DIALOG ON AN OS/2 WARP WORKSTATION (WARP IS THE NEW OS/2 3.0), THE WORKSTATION HANGS. REPEATED CTL-ESC'S WILL BRING UP A PANEL REPORTING THAT CDMD IS NOT RESPONDING AND THEN ALLOW YOU TO KILL IT AND RESTORE YOUR WORKSTATION. THE CDM AGENT AND CDM CHANGE CONTROLLER ARE ACTIVE WHEN YOU DO A CDM STATUS BEFORE AND AFTER TRYING TO START CDMD. . TEMPORARY FIX: NONE. PROBLEM SUMMARY: . PTRNBR 2M04152 - FAILING SCENARIO . 1ST STEP: ========= THE MAINTENANCE SYSTEM ON THE D DRIVE IS INSTALLED SUCCESSFULLY (OS/2 2.1, NTS/2 AND NVDM/2 CC CLIENT). . 2ND STEP: ======== THE PRODUCTION INSTALLATION STARTS (OS/2 2.1 WITH FORMAT PARTITION OPTION, NTS/2 AND NVDM/2 CC CLIENT). DURING THE FORMAT OF C DRIVE, SEINST FAILS BECAUSE OF THE C DRIVE IS LOCKED. . PTRNBR 5001344 - THE MESSAGE ANX0262 WITH NO VALID VALUES IN THE VARIOUS FIELDS, ONLY THE %1,%2,%3,%4, APPEARED WHEN NCBS WAS SETTED TO 13 OR LESS. REFERENCE: PMR 1X467 B468 C000 . PTRNBR 5001359 - INVOKING NVDMCLT FROM A PRISTINE BOOT DISKETTE,IT SET DRIVELETTERS=UTSRQPONMLKJIHGFED. IT APPEARS THAT SINCE THE PRISTINE CLIENT AGENT IS USING X - Z, THE NVDMCLT INSTALL IGNORES THESE DRIVES: SUGGESTED TO USE. . PTRNBR 5001381 - THE RESPONSE TIME GETS A BIT SLOW WHEN THE NETVIEW DM/2 DIALOGS UP. HAVING A SWAPPER.DAT FILE AROUND 20 - 25 MB THIS IMPACTS NETVIEW DM/2 RESPONSE TIME AND THE END USER PERCEIVES IT AS SLOWER. AT THIS TIME, IF CLICK, BY ACCIDENT, ON A MENU ENTRY WHILE NETVIEW DM/2 IS STILL THINKING ABOUT THE FIRST COULD CAUSE THE DIALOGS TO GET MESSED UP. IN THIS CASE, WHENEVER TRYING TO SELECT A MENY OPTION (FROM ANY OF THE NETVIEW DM/2 DIALOGS), RECEIVE AN ERROR POP-UP THAT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT NOT UNDERSTOOD . . PTRNBR 5001398 - WHEN ATTEMPTING TO START THE CDM DIALOG ON AN OS/2 WARP WORKSTATION (WARP IS THE NEW OS/2 3.0), THE WORKSTATION HANGS. REPEATED CTL-ESC'S WILL BRING UP A PANEL REPORTING THAT CDMD IS NOT RESPONDING AND THEN ALLOW YOU TO KILL IT AND RESTORE YOUR WORKSTATION. THE CDM AGENT AND CDM CHANGE CONTROLLER ARE ACTIVE WHEN YOU DO A CDM STATUS BEFORE AND AFTER TRYING TO START CDMD. . PTRNBR 5001399 - IT APPEARS THAT WHEN WE INSTALL A NETVIEW DM/2 CC SERVER VIA RESPONSE FILE ON TOP OF A RUNNING NETVIEW DM/2 SYSTEM (CC SERVER OR CC CLIENT) THE FILE NVDMUPD.EXE IS LEFT OUT. THIS CAUSES THE NVDMBDSK FUNCTION,THAT TO CREATE DOS DISKETTES, TO FAIL. . PTRNBR 5001408 - MIGRATING FROM 2.0 TO 2.1 A STANDALONE-LAN SERVER THE LOCAL CLIENTS ARE NOT CORRECTLY MIGRATED. AT THIS POINT THE OLD CLIENTS CANNOT BE NEITHER SEEN NOR DELETED. . PTRNBR 5001432 - MIGRATING NETVIEW DM/2 2.1 STANDALONE LAN ENVIRONMENT TO ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENT,PREVIOUSLY DEFINED CLIENTS CANNOT BE ACCESSED. THE SYMPTOM IS THAT THE LOCAL CLIENTS DEFINED BEFORE PRODUCT MIGRATION ARE DISPLAYED BY CDM LIST_WS AND CDM LIST_DEST AND IN THE CC DOMAIN WINDOW, BUT THEY CANNOT BE DELETED OR ADDRESSED BY CHANGE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS. . PROBLEM CONCLUSION: PTRNBR 2M04152 - FIXED MODULES CHANGED: BODY.EXE,SBODY.EXE . PTRNBR 5001344 - FIXED. MODULES CHANGED: ANXCMCLS.EXE,ANXCMCLC.EXE,ANXPULAG.EXE . PTRNBR 5001359 - THE SUGGESTION HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED. MODULES CHANGED: BODY.EXE,ANXBASE.EXE,NVDMCLT.EXE . PTRNBR 5001381 - PROBLEM CORRECTED. MODULES CHANGED: CDMD.EXE . PTRNBR 5001398 - THIS DLL IS THE FIX 2.0.11 OF DIGITALK SMALLTALK. WHEN APPLIED THE PROBLEM IS SOLVED. MODULES CHANGED: VPMVM20.DLL . PTRNBR 5001399 - FIXED MODULES CHANGED: ANXIILUI.TXT . PTRNBR 5001408 - FIXED MODULES CHANGED: ANXBASE.DLL . PTRNBR 5001432 - THE PROBLEM IS FIXED BY THIS CSD, XR20460. HOWEVER TO MAKE THE OLD LOCAL CLIENTS ACCESSIBLE AFTER MIGRATION WITH NETVIEW DM/2 2.1 GA (WITHOUT THIS FIX APPLIED), USE THE RESTORE TOOL CONTAINED IN PACKAGE PTR1408F UNDER DM2TOOLS. THE CUSTOMERS HAVE REFER TO THEIR LOCAL IBM SUPPORT CENTRE TO COLLECT THE AFOREMENTIONED TOOL. MODULES CHANGED: ANXDBSRV.DLL,ANXCSCDN.BND,ANXCLNUP.DLL . MODULES/MACROS: BODY SBODY ANXCMCLS ANXCMCLC ANXPULAG BODY ANXBASE NVDMCLT CDMD VPMVM20 ANXIILUI ANXBASE ANXDBSRV ANXCSCDN ANXCLNUP SRLS: NONE. CIRCUMVENTION: NONE. APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: ENV=220 PS=Y PTF=XR20460 CLOSED AVAIL=NO VOLID=1000 APAR NUMBER = PN58771 LAST UPDATE = 95/01/18 PTF IN ERROR = PIN = YES CURRENT APAR STATUS = CLOSED CLOSING CODE = PER ORIGINAL APAR NUMBER = SECURITY/INTEGRITY = NO SERVICE NUMBER = 8501601 REPORTED COMPONENT = 568501601 R503 NETVIEW DM V1 M FIXED COMPONENT = 568501601 NETVIEW DM V1 M FAILING MODULE = DSXBCMTE PROBLEM ABSTRACT: PLATFORM SYNCHRONIZATION REPORTED SCP RELEASE: 038 ERROR DESCRIPTION: PLATFORM SYNCHRONIZATION. TEMPORARY FIX: PROBLEM SUMMARY: **************************************************************** * USERS AFFECTED: ALL NVDM/2 VERSION 2 RELEASE 1 USERS. * **************************************************************** * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: THE SUPPORT OF THE NEW DASD SPACE * * CHECKING PARAMETER HAS BEEN REQUIRED * * TO SYNCHRONIZE THE NVDM/MVS TO * * NVDM/2 2.1. * * SEE NVDM/2 2.1 RELATED APAR PJ15025 * **************************************************************** * RECOMMENDATION: APPLY THE PTF FIXING THIS APAR * * * * A PREREQUISITE OF THIS PTF IS A FIX ON THE * * NVDM/2 VERSION 2 RELEASE 1: PJ15025. * * THIS EARLY FIX BEFORE AN OFFICIAL RELEASE, * * THE FIRST CSD, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON * * DM2 TOOLS REPOSITORY AS PTR1368F PACKAGE. * * * **************************************************************** THE NEW DASD SPACE CHECKING PARAMETER HAS BEEN REQUIRED. PROBLEM CONCLUSION: THE NEW DASD SPACE CHECKING PARAMETER HAS BEEN SUPPORTED TO SYNCHRONIZE THE NVDM/MVS TO NVDM/2 2.1. ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: 568501601 PLATFORM SYNCHRONIZATION USER DEFINED PROCESSING SIZE 568501601 ABENDU0030 RETRIEVE MODULES/MACROS: DSXBCMTE DSXBS339 DSXGHR0D DSXGHR0E DSXGMTBE DSXG2046 DSXG2080 DSXG4055 DSXTFARC DSXTFASD DSXTFA00 DSXTFMAC DSXTFMDR DSXTFMDS DSXTFMID DSXTFMIP DSXTFMMQ DSXTFMRR DSXTFMSQ DSXTFMS5 DSXTFMT1 DSXTFMT5 DSXTFSER DSXTFSIF DSXTFSIR DSXTFSOA DSXTFSTS DSXTFSWR DSXYPTIE NDMHAX3 NDMH7EA3 NDMH7FA NDMH7JA NDMM9754 NDMPAX3E NDMP7EAE NDMP7FAE NDMP7JAE SCTGHR0D SCTGHR0E SCTYPTIE SRLS: NONE CIRCUMVENTION: APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: ENV=HQV1503 PS=Y PTF=UN65679 CLOSED AVAIL=NO VOLID=F410 APAR NUMBER = II08317 LAST UPDATE = 94/12/16 PTF IN ERROR = PIN = NO CURRENT APAR STATUS = CLOSED CLOSING CODE = CAN ORIGINAL APAR NUMBER = SECURITY/INTEGRITY = NO SERVICE NUMBER = 5NFO000 000 REPORTED COMPONENT = INFOPCLIB R001 PC LIB INFO ITE FIXED COMPONENT = FAILING MODULE = PROBLEM ABSTRACT: REXX PROCEDURE INVOCATION FAILURE AT CSD XR20460 (NVDM/2 V2.1 COMPID 562143900 RETAIN RELEASE R220) REPORTED SCP RELEASE: 000 ERROR DESCRIPTION: INVOKING REXX PROCEDURES VIA NVDM/2 V2.1 UPGRADED AT CSD XR20460 COULD RESULT IN ONE OF THE FOLLOWING FAILING CASES: . 1) SYS3175 IN THE MAINTENANCE AND PRISTINE ENVIRONMENTS. . DESCRIPTION: ============ INVOKING REXX PROCEDURES THAT EXECUTES OPERATING SYSTEM COMMANDS LIKE 'CD','DIR', 'X:' ETC RESULT IN SYS3175 EXCEPTION BECAUSE REXX LOOKS FOR CMD.EXE LOCATION AS SPECIFIED IN THE GLOBAL VARIABLE COMSPEC. HOWEVER, COMPSEC IS NOT SPECIFIED IN THE CONFIG.SYS USED ON PRISTINE BOOT DISKETTE OR MAINTENANCE DIRECTORY (SERVICE), SO REXX TRAPS WITH A SYS3175. . 2) SYS0039 (PROMPTING FOR A DISKETTE) IN THE PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT. . DESCRIPTION: ============ WHEN CERTAIN REXX PROCEDURES ARE RUN IN THE PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT, THEY REACTIVATE THE OS/2 HARD ERROR POP-UP, WHICH NETVIEW DM/2 DEACTIVATED IN THE PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT TO AVOID PROMPTS FOR THE A: DRIVE. AFTER THE REXX PROCEDURE COMPLETES THE NETVIEW DM/2 AGENT CHECKS FOR THE PRESENCE OF THE BOOT DISKETTE (SO IT CAN OPTIONALLY LOG THE COMPLETION OF THE COMMAND) AND A SYS0039 OCCURS BECAUSE OF THE REACTIVATED HARD ERROR POP-UP . 3) FAILURE TO EXECUTE CERTAIN SYSTEM COMMANDS IN ALL ENVIRONMENTS (PRISTINE, MAINTENANCE, PRODUCTION) . DESCRIPTION: ============ REXX PROCEDURES THAT ARE INITIATED VIA REXX SAA DO NOT INHERIT THE CHANGES MADE BY CALLS TO THE OS/2 COMMAND PROCESSOR SUCH AS 'CD', 'D:' AND 'SET'. AS A RESULT, THE CHANGES MADE BY THESE CALLS ARE NOT EVIDENT TO SUBSEQUENT CALLS MADE IN THE REXX PROCEDURE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ACTION OF THE 'CD' COMMAND IS EFFECTIVELY IGNORED. . THE ABOVE FAILING EVENTS RESULT FROM PROBLEMS WITH THE OS/2 API CALL REXXSAA (SEE APAR PJ16645 OPENED UPON PMR 6X877 B019 C000 AND PMR 2055X B758 C758), THAT NETVIEW DM/2 IMPLEMENTED SINCE CSD XR20460 TO SOLVE THE FOLLOWING CONCERNS RELATED TO THE EXECUTION OF CID PROGRAMS: . 1 - DISCRIMINATION OF OS/2 R.C. RETURNED BY CMD.EXE FROM THOSE CID RETURNED BY A PROCEDURE. FOR EXAMPLE OS/2 DECIMAL R.C.'S 4,8,18 OVERLAP THOSE CID X0004,X0008 AND X0012. . 2 - DISCRIMINATION OF REXX SYNTAX ERRORS FROM CID ONES TO PREVENT INFINITE WS REBOOTING LOOP. . TEMPORARY FIX: PROBLEM SUMMARY: PROBLEM CONCLUSION: MODULES/MACROS: SRLS: CIRCUMVENTION: APPLICABLE COMPONENT LEVEL/SU: