Last Update:            03-OCT-2005
Operating System:       OpenVMS
Component:              Process Symbiont
Base Level Required:    PMDF V6.2-1
Other Requirements:	none


Platform                Subdirectory            File(s) to download
--------                ------------            --------------------
OpenVMS VAX             [.VMS.VAX_EXE]          n/a
OpenVMS Alpha           [.VMS.ALPHA_EXE]        PMDF_PROCESS_SMB.ZIP
Solaris SPARC           solaris-sparc/bin/      n/a
Solaris x86             solaris-x86/bin/        n/a
Tru64			osf/bin/                n/a
Windows                 windows/bin/            n/a

GENERAL INFO
-------------
     You will need to have a License PAK with a release date after the date of
  PMDFSHR.EXE or libpmdf.so to run PMDF.  Note that this may apply to other
  images as well.

     Patches may be obtained from the anonymous FTP account on
  ftp.pmdf.process.com.  Use FTP to connect to the host ftp.pmdf.process.com
  and login as the user anonymous.  Use your e-mail address as the login 
  password.

     Move to the pmdf_621_patches subdirectory:

        ftp> cd pmdf_621_patches

     Patches will be located in platform-specific sub-trees, as follows:

        Platform        Subdirectory
        --------        ------------
        OpenVMS         vms
        Solaris/SPARC   solaris-sparc
        Solaris/x86     solaris-x86
        Tru64           osf
	common unix	unix

     When FTPing images, be sure to FTP them as binary.  Before retrieving
  such an image with the GET command, be sure to put your FTP into binary
  mode with a command such as TYPE IMAGE or TYPE BINARY.  If FTPing DCL
  scripts, be sure to FTP them as text.  Before retrieving such a script
  with the GET command, be sure to put your FTP client into ascii mode 
  with a command such as TYPE ASCII.


Change history
---------------
29-SEP-2005
  In the VMS 7.3-2 release, the maximum number of device units increased from
  10000 to 32K.  Because of this change, PMDF's Process Symbiont had problems
  when a mailbox was created with a unit number above 9999.  System Managers
  would see a PMDF-F-PRCSMBFTL error followed by a SYSTEM-F-IVLOGNAM message
  to OPCOM when the queues stopped.

  This problem has been corrected.  This change requires both the TASK_SERVER
  DCL script and the PMDF_PROCESS_SMB.EXE executable. 
  [OpenVMS only] (D/E 10129)

Installation
------------

OpenVMS [VAX] [ALPHA]

	Unzip the zip file or download both the [.VMS.COM]TASK_SERVER.COM
	DCL script and the [.VMS.ALPHA_EXE]PMDF_PROCESS_SMB.EXE executable.

	Copy the image to the SYS$SYSTEM directory and to the PMDF_EXE:  
	directory (for back-up purposes).  Ensure it has the same ownership 
	& security/access as the previous version, as well as exists in the
	same directory [SYS$COMMON or SYS$SPECIFIC].  Copy the DCL Script
 	into PMDF_COM.  If only one file is in place, defining
	PMDF_VERIFY_TASK_SERVER and looking at the PMDF_LOG:TASK_SERVER*.LOG
	files will reveal an error on the "$ open/read" line.

	Then to get the new image used, do

	$ STOP/QUEUE/RESET queue-name

        where queue-name is the name of a Process Symbiont queue.  Doing
        the STOP/QUEUE/RESET will stop all of your Process Symbiont queues
        and you will need to restart them via @SYS$STARTUP:PMDF_START_QUEUES
	or each one individually with commands such as

	$ START/QUEUE queue-name-1
	$ START/QUEUE queue-name-2
        .
        .
        .

        where queue-name-1, queue-name-2, etc., are the names of your
        Process Symbiont queues.

UNIX [Tru64] [Solaris]

	n/a

Windows

	n/a