Conference utrtsc::pw_tools

50.0. "Timer problem question" by EVTV01::ES_MENGUY (Yec'hed mad) Mon Feb 10 1997 11:16

 	Hi all ,

I would like to know if the following version of 5.0E is the good one to fix 
the "Timer Problem in Streams Causes Errors Every 1192 Hours" .

From customer site :

LG2::SYSMGR>>pwver

Information on PATHWORKS for OpenVMS images installed on this system:

          Image Name            Image Version      Link date        Linker ID
------------------------------ ---------------- -----------------  -------------
PWRK$LMSRV                     V5.0-500E         5-DEC-1996 03:30  A11-14
PWRK$LMMCP                     V5.0-500E         5-DEC-1996 03:29  A11-14
PWRK$LMDMN                     V5.0-500E         5-DEC-1996 03:28  A11-14
PWRK$MASTER                    V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:02  A11-14
PWRK$MONITOR                   V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:45  A11-14
PWRK$NBDAEMON                  V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:35  A11-14
PWRK$KNBDAEMON                 V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:36  A11-14
PWRK$STREAMSOS_V6              V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:26  A11-14
PWRK$STREAMSOS_V7              V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:26  A11-14
PWRK$ADMIN                     V5.0-500E         5-DEC-1996 03:32  A11-14
NETBIOS                        V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:28  A11-14
NETBIOSSHR                     V5.0-500E         4-DEC-1996 19:30  A11-14


I can see in the release notes on site :

        4.8 Timer Problem in Streams Causes Errors Every 1192 Hours

              Problem:

              A timer problem in streams may cause non-paged pool
              fragmentation or exhaustion and, in the worst case,
              CLUEXIT bugcheck errors every 1192 hours.

              Solution:

              This problem is corrected in V5.0E.
                                                  

Last Friday the 7th of february  18:43 the customer experienced the problem
of pool expansion and hang of the cluster. 
This customer experienced the problem at the previous dates
(13-JAN-1997,20-DEC-1996...) .
This time the symptom is slightly different ,the cluster seems hang instead of
CLUEXIT crashes last times .

According to the customer , there was no other Pathworks server and Windows NT
servers on the LAN .

	Thanks in advance ,
	Michel CSC France

	Sorry I miss some precisions 

Cluster of 2 AlphaServer 4100 5/300 with 512 Megs of memory running VMS V6.2-1H3

	Michel

    Michel,
    
    1/2 of the problem is fixed in v5.0E.  See note 25.6 of this
    conference.  
    
    v5.0E eliminates the problems on dates 4-mar-1997, 23-apr-1997, and
    every 49+ days thereafter...it doesn't contain the fix for the overflow
    that occurred on 7-FEB, nor that which will next occur on 29-MAR-1997. 
    If you need the final fix before then, submit an IPMT.
    
    Paul
    
    p.s. This type of posting is probably more appropriate for the general
    v5 server notes conference - noted::pwv50ift

    Correct use PWV50IFT for that.
    Only use this notesfile for things that are required to boost
    your knowledge or to share hints/tips.
    
    Adrie

	Thanks Paul and sorry Adrie for the wrong place .

	Michel