Release Notes

This document, titled "OpenVMS AXP Version T6.1-FT4 Release Notes" (February 1994), describes the features, changes, and restrictions applicable to the OpenVMS AXP Version T6.1-FT4 operating system, including information specific to AXP computers.

It is intended for general users, system managers, developers, and programmers, particularly those installing the operating system.

The document is organized into five main chapters:

• Chapter 1 (Running OpenVMS AXP): Covers installation, upgrade, DECwindows software, and specific aspects of operating on DEC 2000, 3000, 4000, and 7000 Series AXP computers, addressing PALcode, hardware support, console output, keyboard, graphics, and associated restrictions.
• Chapter 2 (General User-Level Release Notes): Details changes, new features, and restrictions for commonly used DCL commands and utilities (e.g., DIFFERENCES, DIRECTORY, EDIT's default editor change to TPU/EVE), DECTPU/EVE, and the Sort/Merge utility.
• Chapter 3 (System Management Release Notes): Focuses on system and performance management, system maintenance, and networking. This includes AUTOGEN procedures, BACKUP utility changes, Batch and Print Queueing, DECdtm and DECnet services, device protection, InfoServer notes, installation/upgrade issues, LAT, License Management Facility (LMF), MONITOR utility, MOUNT utility, password generation, security auditing and changes (e.g., ACLs, UICs), Symmetric Multiprocessing, SYSMAN utility, system parameters, TMSCP Tape Serving, UETP, VMScluster systems, and Volume Shadowing.
• Chapter 4 (Programming Release Notes): Provides information for programmers on changes and restrictions related to tools, utilities, run-time libraries, system services, and the file system. Key topics include calling standard changes, DEC CRTL issues, debugging (OpenVMS Debugger, device drivers, translated images), DECthreads, executive notes, file system features, IEEE floating-point support, and security-related programming changes.
• Chapter 5 (Documentation Release Notes): Summarizes changes and corrections made to the OpenVMS AXP documentation set itself.