HP OpenVMS Version 8.2 Release Notes

This document is the Release Notes for HP OpenVMS Version 8.2, published in January 2005.

It provides essential information for users installing, upgrading, or using OpenVMS Version 8.2 on both Alpha and I64 (Itanium) systems.

The manual details:

• Software installation and upgrade information, including compatibility, networking options, disk incompatibility with older versions, and specific notes for I64 and Alpha users (e.g., firmware, boot procedures, DECwindows Motif).
• Release notes for associated OpenVMS products, covering compilers (BASIC, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, MACRO), debuggers, DECforms, DECnet, DECram, DECdfs, SSL, and Web servers, highlighting required versions, changes, and restrictions.
• General user release notes, addressing changes to online help, DCL commands (e.g., ANALYZE/ERROR_LOG, DIAGNOSE command no longer supported on I64), freeware availability, iconv fixes, and the HP Secure Web Browser.
• System management release notes, with updates on recovering from system hangs/crashes (I64), AUTHORIZE quotas, AUTOGEN behavior, Backup Utility changes, DECdtm/XA, device unit number increase, ECP Analyzer, EDIT/FDL, EFI$CP utility, Error Log Viewer, external authentication, INITIALIZE command changes, INSTALL utility, Lock Manager, Logical Disk utility, On-Disk Structure layout changes, OpenVMS Cluster systems (I64 support, temporary/permanent exceptions, patch kits, multipath failover, Ethernet switch restrictions), OpenVMS Galaxy (Alpha only), OpenVMS Management Station, Registry issues, DIRECTORY command output, Server Management Process (SMHANDLER), SYSGEN security auditing, SYSMAN DUMP_PRIORITY, system parameters (new, obsolete, changes), Terminal Fallback Facility (TFF), Time Zone changes, User Environment Test Package (UETP) (I64), and recommended caching methods.
• Programming release notes, covering requirements for recompilation/relinking (I64 and Alpha), privileged data structure updates, floating-point data handling, Ada compiler availability (I64), Backup API restrictions, C program compilation with CASE_LOOKUP=SENSITIVE, C Run-Time Library (RTL) changes/fixes, Calling Standard (I64), Common Data Security Architecture (CDSA), CONVERT-I-SEQ errors, debugging modes, Delta/XDelta debuggers, File Applications corrections, BLISS compiler warnings, Decimal Support RTL, HP Fortran for I64, HP MACRO for OpenVMS, Hypersort Utility, Intel Assembler (I64), Librarian Utility issues, LDAP API problems, Linker Utility (Alpha and I64), LTDRIVER restrictions, Mail Utility (callable mail), OpenVMS Debugger (language-specific issues), System Dump Analyzer (SDA), PL/I libraries (I64), POSIX Threads Library (stack overflows, THREADCP command, floating-point, header file changes, priority algorithm, process dumps), RMS (buffer management, journaling), RTL Library (LIB$), Screen Management (SMG$) documentation, SORT32 Utility, System Code Debugger (SCD) (I64), System Services, Timer Queue Entries, Traceback Facility, Watchpoint Utility (I64), and Whole Program Floating-Point Mode (I64).
• Hardware release notes, detailing information for various AlphaServer and AlphaStation systems, ATI RADEON graphics cards, DECwindows X11 Display Server, DIGITAL Modular Computing Components (DMCC), Digital Personal Workstations, Dual-Controller HSGnn devices, Open3D Graphics licensing, PowerStorm graphics, RFnn DSSI disk devices, RZnn disk drives, and ZLX graphics boards, including support, restrictions, and performance improvements.
• Product Retirement Notices, listing products no longer supported or slated for retirement (e.g., Compaq Open3D, DECamds, DECevent, DECwrite, ERF, Visual Threads) and information on archived manuals.

The document emphasizes reading other related manuals (e.g., "New Features and Documentation Overview," "Upgrade and Installation Manual") for complete details.