################################################################################ # IBM OnDemand for AIX # # IBM OnDemand for WinNT # # README # # Release 2.2.0.11 # # September 9, 1998 # # # # 5622-662 (C) COPYRIGHT IBM CORPORATION 1998 # # All Rights Reserved # # Licensed Materials - Property of IBM # # US Government Users Restricted Rights - Use, duplication or # # disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. # ################################################################################ The information about OnDemand contained in this file was not available at the time the OnDemand documentation was printed. Please make note of these items, which supersede the information contained in the OnDemand product publications. ================================================================================ 1. Contents 2. Change History 2.1 AIX Server 2.1.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.1.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.1.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.1.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.1.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.1.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.1.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.1.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.1.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.1.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.1.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.1.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 2.2 Windows NT Server 2.2.2.2.0.5 Release (2.2.0.5) 2.2.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.2.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.2.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.2.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.2.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.2.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 2.3 OS/2 Client 2.3.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.3.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.3.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.3.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.3.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.3.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.3.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.3.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.3.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.3.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.3.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.3.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 2.4 Windows 3.1 Client 2.4.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.4.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.4.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.4.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.4.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.4.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.4.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.4.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.4.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.4.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.4.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.4.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 2.5 Windows 32-bit Client 2.5.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.5.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.5.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.5.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.5.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.5.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.5.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.5.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.5.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.5.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.5.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.5.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 2.6 Windows 32-bit Administrator 2.6.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.6.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.6.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.6.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.6.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.6.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.6.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.6.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.6.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.6.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.6.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.6.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 2.7 ACIF 2.7.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.7.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) 2.7.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) 2.7.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.7.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) 2.7.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.7.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.7.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) 2.7.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.7.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) 2.7.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) 2.7.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) 3. Loading On-line Publications 4. Documentation Corrections ================================================================================ 2. Change History -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 AIX Server 2.1.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.1.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added DB2 Version 5 userexit db2uext2 (disk/adsm) - Fixed a bug which caused the server to get 'unable to communicate to object server' message when deleting an application group - Fixed a bug which caused the server to drop core or fail with 'unable to close file errno = 9' message during server printing 2.1.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Fixed a bug which caused the server to store an invalid value for the storage set load type - Fixed a bug which caused ars_load to fail during loading when using the -c option and the ACIF CONVERT=NO option 2.1.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new compression algorithm OD77 NOTE: All OnDemand clients MUST be at 2.2.0.0 or later in order to support OD77 - Changed default arsadmin compression from LZW16 to OD77 - Fixed a bug which caused the server to leave defunct processes after deleting an application group 2.1.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Added support for enhanced N-UP - Fixed a bug which caused improper communication between Object and Library Servers 2.1.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added new command arsdoc. This command will phase out the existing arsdocget and arsquery commands. 2.1.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) - Added support to retry cancel requests when DB2 is dealing with a generic and poor performance query - Fixed a bug which caused a performance degradation during document retrieval due to documents being stored using the wrong compressed object size - Fixed a bug which caused loading to fail when multiple hits point to the same large object document 2.1.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - Added OnDemand instance support - Fixed a bug which caused arsdoc to be unable to write to output file - Fixed a bug which made resources unavailable for retrieval or back caching when using ADSM - Fixed a bug which caused ars_adsm to not work correctly with ADSM Version 3 2.1.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) - Added arsadm command (replaces arsuser). Used for both users/groups - Added arsdoc print command - Fixed a bug which caused arsjesd to not properly calculate filesystem sizes for large filesystems 2.1.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - Fixed a bug which caused a DBCS index characters to be improperly converted - Fixed a bug which caused arsview to fail when converting a large object segment 2.1.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - Fixed a bug which could cause arsjesd to core dump during checkpoint - Added support for server-based selective print 2.1.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - Added support for arsdb command, will replace ars_db - Added support for arsload command, will replace ars_load - Added support for arssyscr command, will replace arssys.create --------------end of AIX Server------------------------------------------------- 2.2 Windows NT Server 2.2.2.2.0.5 Release (2.2.0.5) - Initial Release 2.2.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) - Added support to retry cancel requests when DB2 is dealing with a generic and poor performance query - Fixed a bug which caused a performance degradation during document retrieval due to documents being stored using the wrong compressed object size - Fixed a bug which caused loading to fail when multiple hits point to the same large object document - Fixed a bug which caused arsload to not accept the -A and -G parameters 2.2.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - Added OnDemand instance support - Fixed a bug which caused arsdoc to be unable to write to output file - Fixed a bug which made resources unavailable for retrieval or back caching when using ADSM - Fixed a bug which caused the arsload service to not be available after system reboot 2.2.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) - Added support for unified logon for WinNT using NTLM - Added arsadm command (replaces arsuser). Used for both users/groups - Added arsdoc print command - Fixed a bug which caused arsload to fail periodically - Fixed a bug which caused arssockd to GPF during periods of high activity 2.2.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - Fixed a bug which caused a DBCS index characters to be improperly converted - Fixed a bug which caused arsview to fail when converting a large object segment - Fixed a bug which caused arsdb to fail when creating the database 2.2.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - Fixed a bug which could cause arsjesd to GPF during checkpoint - Fixed a bug which caused multiple instances to not be supported under MSSQL - Fixed a bug which caused arsadmin to GPF during loading - Added support for server-based selective print 2.2.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - Fixed a bug which caused Object Servers to GPF when accessed - Fixed a bug which caused OnDemand messages to be unknown to the WinNT event viewer --------------end of Windows NT Server------------------------------------------ 2.3 OS/2 Client 2.3.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.3.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added new DDE functions - Fixed a bug which caused the client to lock up if specifying an empty server name during login 2.3.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to stop operation when printing > 256 documents from hitlist. - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not properly cleanup temporary files in DATA and RES directories. - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not display image data 2.3.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new/modified command line parameters 2.3.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Update AFP Viewer 2.15A, enhanced N-UP support 2.3.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for new EDMSuite Splash Screen - Added support for 'Show Search String' which allows for automatic text search when viewing data - Update AFP Viewer 2.16 2.3.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.3.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not properly cleanup temporary files in DATA and RES directories. - Fixed a bug which caused a GPF when viewing N-UP documents - Update AFP Viewer 2.16B 2.3.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) - Update AFP Viewer 2.16C 2.3.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - Update AFP Viewer 2.16D 2.3.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - Fixed a bug which caused copying data to clipboard to not work 2.3.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - Update AFP Viewer --------------end of OS/2 Client------------------------------------------------ 2.4 Windows 3.1 Client 2.4.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.4.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added new DDE functions - Fixed a bug which caused TIFF viewing to fail with message if data was invalid (missing byte on EOF) - Pixel Translations - Fixed a bug which caused an error -5016 when printing TIFF locally 2.4.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to improperly print DBCS linedata - Fixed a bug which caused the client to drop pels when displaying linedata 2.4.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new/modified command line parameters 2.4.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Update AFP Viewer 2.38A, enhanced N-UP support 2.4.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for new EDMSuite Splash Screen - Added support for 'Show Search String' which allows for automatic text search when viewing data - Update AFP Viewer 2.39 2.4.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.4.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - Update AFP Viewer 2.40 2.4.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) - Update AFP Viewer 2.40A 2.4.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - Update AFP Viewer 2.40B 2.4.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - Added support for copy bitmap to clipboard for linedata 2.4.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - Update AFP Viewer 2.41 --------------end of Windows 3.1 Client----------------------------------------- 2.5 Windows 32-bit Client 2.5.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.5.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Added new DDE functions - Added support for viewing LZW TIFF images - Pixel Translations - Fixed a bug which caused TIFF viewing to fail with message if data was invalid (missing byte on EOF) - Pixel Translations - Fixed a bug which caused an error -5016 when printing TIFF locally - Fixed a bug which caused LAN attached printers to not show up in print dialog when running under WinNT 4.0 - Fixed a bug which caused arssck32.dll to not be found using OLE - Fixed a bug which caused OLE to not be able to print to a LAN attached printer 2.5.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Added support for multiple instances of the client - Fixed a bug which caused the client to improperly print DBCS linedata - Fixed a bug which caused the client to drop pels when displaying linedata 2.5.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Added support for new/modified command line parameters 2.5.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Update AFP Viewer 2.38A, enhanced N-UP support - Fixed a bug which caused the client to utilize full CPU when searching or retrieving documents - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not show the icon for an external application definition 2.5.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for new EDMSuite Splash Screen - Added support for 'Show Search String' which allows for automatic text search when viewing data - Fixed a bug which caused the client to GPF when printing to a color printer - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not save print setup changes - Fixed a bug which caused the client to show incorrect values in search criteria screen when switching between equal and between operators on a date field - Update AFP Viewer 2.39 2.5.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.5.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to hang when copying text from document - Fixed a bug which caused the client to use the ini file for AFP documents instead of the registry - Update AFP Viewer 2.40 2.5.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) - Added support for unified logon for WinNT using NTLM - Update AFP Viewer 2.40A 2.5.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - Fixed a bug which caused the client to not properly read the registry for external application definitions - Fixed a bug which caused an OLE scroll problem with certain pages - Update AFP Viewer 2.40B 2.5.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - Fixed a bug which caused incorrect displaying of DBCS linedata - Added MAPI support - Added support for copy bitmap to clipboard for linedata 2.5.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - Update AFP Viewer 1.41 --------------end of Windows 32-bit Client-------------------------------------- 2.6 Windows 32-bit Administrator 2.6.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.6.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) - Miscellaneous focus and message fixes 2.6.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) - Added support for logins to multiple servers 2.6.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) - Fixed a bug which caused the admin to GPF when adding a floating trigger using the graphical indexer 2.6.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) - Fixed a bug which caused the bubble text to not be visible 2.6.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) - Added support for defining 32 fields, instead of 16, for both Folders and Application Groups 2.6.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) - Fixed a bug which caused integer fields to maintain old search operators of like and not like 2.6.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - Added support for allowing the view info code page to be different from the ACIF CPGID - Fixed a bug which caused a GPF when exporting an Application Group with Applications that have different default printers 2.6.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) - Added support for unified logon for WinNT using NTLM - Added support for refresh list from view menu - Added support for allowing the view info to be different from the ACIF parameters - Fixed a bug which caused message logging values to not be retained during Application Group copy 2.6.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - Added support for allowing DBCS characters to be entered 2.6.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - Added support for more user friendly dialogs for system parameters, application group storage management - Added support for using first available uid/gid instead of using the last one used plus one. 2.6.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - Fixed a bug which caused the NT printer list to not be displayed --------------end of Windows 32-bit Administrator------------------------------- 2.7 ACIF 2.7.2.2.0.0 Release (2.2.0.0) 2.7.2.2.0.1 PTF (2.2.0.1) - (APAR PQ07492) acif loops when input data contains overprint carriage controls and the pagedef contains bar code descriptors on the LNDs 2.7.2.2.0.2 PTF (2.2.0.2) - (APAR PQ08772) Processing failure for data with multiple bin encoding 2.7.2.2.0.3 PTF (2.2.0.3) 2.7.2.2.0.4 PTF (2.2.0.4) - (APAR PQ09307) Enhanced N-UP support 2.7.2.2.0.5 PTF (2.2.0.5) 2.7.2.2.0.6 PTF (2.2.0.6) 2.7.2.2.0.7 PTF (2.2.0.7) - (APAR PQ10246) Additional Windows NT Support 2.7.2.2.0.8 PTF (2.2.0.8) 2.7.2.2.0.9 PTF (2.2.0.9) - (APAR PQ15334) Negative offsets not working properly 2.7.2.2.0.10 PTF (2.2.0.10) - (APAR PQ16927) PQ16927 acif builds incorrect MCF2 for DBCS code page/set on 2nd page - Fixed a bug which caused arsacif to look for the wrong message file acif.cat instead of arsacif.cat - Added support for shipping compiled userexits 2.7.2.2.0.11 PTF (2.2.0.11) - (APAR PQ18140) acif loops under WinNT --------------end of ACIF------------------------------------------------------- ------------------end of Change History----------------------------------------- 3. Loading On-line Publications (AIX Only) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have installed the OnDemand publications, the following steps will guide you through loading them: 1) Create the OnDemand publications folder, application group, and application: /usr/lpp/ars/config/arssys.create -p 2) Modify the application group storage management parameters with the administrator interface. For example, assign the application group to a cache only storage set or to a storage set that copies files to optical storage. 3) Modify the application group database tablespace type to the appropriate setting (None, SMS, DMS). 4) Load the publications. File Name Form Number Publication ---------------------------------------------------------------- arsb0mst.afp S544-5463-00 Getting Started with the Administrator Interface for Windows NT and Windows 95 arsd0mst.afp S544-5489-00 Indexing Reference arsi1mst.afp G544-5280-01 Installation and Configuration Guide arsn0mst.afp S544-5469-00 Getting Started with the User Interface for Windows NT and Windows 95 arso1mst.afp S544-5278-01 OS/2 Client User's Guide arsp1mst.afp G544-5281-01 Introduction and Planning Guide arsr1mst.afp S544-5293-01 Administrator's Reference arsw1mst.afp S544-5275-01 Windows Client User's Guide Issue the following commands: cd /usr/lpp/ars/pubs/en_US /usr/lpp/ars/bin/ars_load -n -v -g 'OnDemand Publications' \ -u -p NOTE: Replace with the name of an OnDemand user that has administrator authority for the application group. Replace with the password for the user. Replace with the name of the publication, for example, arsa0mst.afp. ------------------end of Loading Online Publications---------------------------- 4. Documentation Corrections -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The latest revisions of the US English versions of the OnDemand manuals are available in PDF format on the IBM Printing Systems web site: http://www.printers.ibm.com/manuals 4.1 Corrections to IBM OnDemand for AIX: Installation and Configuration Guide, G544-5280-01 4.1.1 Page 86. In the example of the dsm.sys file, change both occurrences of COMMETHOD tcpip to COMMMETHOD tcpip 4.1.2 Page 86. In the example of the dsm.sys file, change both occurrences of TCPPORT 1500 to TCPPORT 1501 4.1.3 Page 90. The third paragraph should say "Refer to Setting up an ADSTAR Distributed..." not "Refer to Setting up an ADSTART Distributed..." 4.1.4 Page 99. The ARS_DB_ADSM_CONFIG variable should be ARS_DB2_ADSM_CONFIG 4.1.5 Page 122. Change the second sentence to "For example, the following command changes the owner of all of the directories in the /arsdb filesystem to the archive user and the sysadm1 group:" 4.1.6 Page 122. Change the syntax of the chown command to: chown -R archive:sysadm1 /arsdb* 4.1.7 Page 124. Change the second sentence of item 7 to "For example, the following command changes the owner of all of the directories in the /arscache filesystem to the root user and the system group:" 4.1.8 Page 124. Change the syntax of the chown command to: chown -R root:system /arscache* 4.1.9 Page 205. Creating the ARSSETUP diskette shows how to create a diskette for the Windows 3.1 client. To create a diskette for the Windows 95 or Windows NT client, change the directories specified in steps 4, 6, 8, and 10 to: /usr/lpp/ars/client/win32/... 4.1.10 Page 207. In topic 46.4, change the example command to: d:\$arsinst\install /A:I /X /R:arswin.cid 4.1.11 Page 208. In the second paragraph, change the example command to: d:\$arsinst\install /A:I /X /R:arswin.cid /L1:c:\temp\arswin.log 4.1.12 Page 237. Change the fourth sentence in the second paragraph to "When you initialize the system, the application group is not assigned to a storage set and data is maintained in cache storage for seven years." 4.1.13 Page 239. Change item 8 to say "Replace the contents of the Length of Time to Cache Data on Magnetic field with 99999. This value causes OnDemand to maintain system log data in cache storage for approximately 273 years." -----End of Corrections to G544-5280-01----------------------------------------- ------------------end of Documentation Corrections------------------------------