COMMUNICATOR 3000 MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.55.00)

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 COMMUNICATOR 3000 MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.55.00)
   COMMUNICATOR 3000 MPE/iX Release 5.5 (Non-Platform Software Release C.55.00) : CO

   Ch 1.  MPE/iX Release 5.5 (C.55.00) Overview
       Communicator Summary
          What's New for the MPE/iX Release 5.5
             New Delivery Process for MPE/iX
             MPE/iX Patches on HP SupportLine
             Release Tapes Now in Native Mode STORE Format
          Communicator Chapters and Articles
      New Delivery Process for MPE/iX
          New Delivery Process for MPE/iX
             WHAT IS AN INTERIM RELEASE?
             HOW WILL AN MPE/IX SUPPORT CUSTOMER BE NOTIFIED OF A RELEASE?
             HOW LONG DO I HAVE TO ORDER AN INTERIM RELEASE?
             WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS NEW PROCESS?
             WHY THE PROCESS CHANGE?
             WHAT ABOUT PLATFORM OR CORE RELEASES?
             WHERE CAN I GO FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS NEW PROCESS?
      MPE/iX Patches Now On the Internet
          Features and Benefits
          Access Methods to the HP SupportLine
             Access methods include:
             For customers without direct Internet or Email access:
          Electronic Digests
          Documentation

   Ch 2.  System Information/Before You Install
       Updating To and Backdating From MPE/iX 5.5
          Updating to MPE/iX 5.5
          Backdating from MPE/iX 5.5
      Planning Your Move to MPE/iX Release 5.5
          System Software Version Compatibility
          Third-Party Software Compatibility
          CD-ROM Disk Drive Compatibility
          CD-ROM with Release 4.0: Patch Requirements
          SCSI Tape Device Requirements
          LDEV 1 Disk Drive Minimum Capacity
          LDEV 1 Disk Drive Maximum Usage
          Estimating Disk Space Requirements
             Non-Contiguous Disk Space Estimates
             Converting Between Disk Sectors and MBytes
             Contiguous Disk Space Requirements
             Reserving Disk Space
      Determining LDEV 1 Disk Space Using CHECKSLT
          Preparing for a System Release UPDATE
          Validating a CSLT Created During System Backup
          Other CHECKSLT Functions
          Retrieving CHECKSLT
          Estimating Disk Space Required by UPDATE
          More Information
          Determining the Status of the CSLT
      HP7933s and HP7935s as LDEV 1
      AUTOINSTAL and DDS Firmware Problem
      Recovery From "OUT OF DISK SPACE" During UPDATE
          What You See
          What You Should Do
             Files Skipped Because Out of Disk Space
             Files Skipped Because of Other Reasons
             Missing Messages
             Mix and Match
          If This Does Not Work
          Things to Remember
             When to Continue
             Reserving Contiguous Disk Space for UPDATE
      8-MByte Memory Limitation Removed
      HP System Account and Directory Naming Structure
          System Accounts
          System Directories

   Ch 3.  System Management
       HP LaserRX/MPE Software Enhancements
          Overview of PC-Based Analysis Software Changes
             New Features
             Changed Features
          Changes to the LaserRX/MPE HP 3000 Software
             Global Transaction Rate Graph Change
             EXTRACT Program Change
             TCP/IP Stream Sockets Support Added
      New JOBSECURITY Feature
          Overview
          Intended Audience
          Features and Benefits
             Features
             Benefits
          JOBSECURITY Operation
             JOBSECURITY Interaction with the HP Security Monitor
          User Interface
             Syntax
             Parameter Definitions
          Examples
      File Label - Last Modification Time
      AIF Enhancement to AIFPROCGET Overview
      ALTSEC and HPACDPUT Enhancements
          Overview
          4.5 HPACDPUT Enhancements
          5.5 ALTSEC Enhancement
          5.5 HPACDPUT Enhancement
      Introducing the TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup Product
          Overview
          New Functionality
             New TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup Options
             New STORE Options
             Storing To Disk Files
             Restoring From Disk Files
          Enhancements
             Physical Consistency
             Shadow Log Files
          Product Structure Change
      File System Resiliency Enhancements
          Product Overview
          System Aborts
          File Quarantine Mechanism
             QDISPLAY Command
             Methods for Handling Quarantined Files
                Using the COPY Command to Create a New File
                Rebooting the System
                Using the FSCHECK Utility QPURGE Command
      Subsystem Dump Facility
          Product Overview
          What is Subsystem Dump?
          Enabling Subsystem Dump
             Manually Enabling Subsystem Dump
             Automatically Enabling Subsystem Dump
          Subsystem Dump Files
          Opening and Analyzing Subsystem Dump Files with DAT
      Using DAT To Examine Subsystem Dumps
          Introduction
          Dependencies with the System NL and SL Files
          Using STORE with Subsystem Dumps
          Opening Subsystem Dumps with DAT
          Navigating Subsystem Dumps
             New DUMPINFO Output
      Introducing HP Patch/iX: A New MPE/iX Patch Management Tool
          Overview
          Benefits and Features
          HP Patch/iX Supported Processes
          Reflections Users
      Introducing HP Stage/iX
          HP Stage/iX Concepts
          Requirements
          Installing and Initializing HP Stage/iX
          The STAGEMAN Utility
          Uninstalling HP Stage/iX
          Safety Features
          HP Stage/iX HELP

   Ch 4.  POSIX/Open Solutions
       Transferring HFS-Named Files With MPE Attributes (MOVER Utility)
          MOVER Features
          MOVER Syntax
          MOVER Safety
      CI Enhancements Overview
          Overview
          CI Enhancements
      Exec Enhancement
          Enhancement Overview
          Features and Benefits
          What is an Exec Script?
          Exec Scripts Specification
             C Programming Background Information
             Script File Format
             Argument Passing
             Exec Script Requirements
      POSIX Shell Enhancements - lp and tar Commands
          Overview
          lp Command
          tar Command
      MPE/iX POSIX Developer's Kit Bundled with Release 5.5
          Overview
          Documentation

   Ch 5.  System Support Tools
       Predictive Support for New Peripherals and SPUs
          Product Overview
          Predictive Enhancements for MPE/iX Release 5.5
          Upgrading to MPE/iX Release 5.5
          Support for Hewlett-Packard's New Hardware Platforms and Peripherals
          Before You Update HP Predictive Support

   Ch 6.  Application Development
       Introducing Dependent Libraries on MPE/iX Loader
          Overview
          Intended Audience
          Features and Benefits
             Features
             Benefits
      HP Link Editor/iX Enhancements Overview
          Support for Dependent Libraries
          HP Link Editor/iX Changes
      RPG/iX Enhancements for Version A.00.14
          Introduction
          VPlus COMAREA Access
             Actions Not Modified
             Example 1
             Example 2
             Example 3
             Example 4
             Example 5
          FNUM Operator
          DSPLY Operator
      VPlus Enhancements
          Overview
          Processing Specifications Copy Features
          Cursor Sensing Features
      HP Symbolic Debugger/iX Enhancement
          Overview
          Support for Shared Global Data
      HP Information Access Server SQL/iX Supports Newer Protocols
          New Functionality
          Benefits
      Enhancements to HP Information Access Server MPE/iX
          Improvements in Access Server's Query Optimization
          Unwanted Spool Files Eliminated
          Support for IEEE Reals
          Improved Usage of MPE/iX File Characteristics
          Ability to Configure More Table Definitions
          Troubleshooting JCW
      ALLBASE/4GL Developer, Release B.07.00 Enhancements
          Overview
          New Features
             "New Features" Key
             New LABEL Command
             New "-V" (Verbose) Option for HP4STOA and HP4ATOS
          Enhancements
             Improvement to Application Definition Screen
             SQL Interface Enhancements
             New Option for FILE Command
             Choice of External Editor
             Expansion of Item Limits
             Improvement to Menu Item Security
      ALLBASE/SQL Enhancements
          ODBC PC API Enhancements
          Standards
             String Concatenation
          High Availability
             SQLUtil STOREONLINE
          Usability
             Default Number of Transactions
             WITH AUTOCOMMIT and FORCE Options for VALIDATE
             WITH AUTOCOMMIT Option for DELETE
             Decimal Operations
             RENAME Table or Column
          Tools
             POSIX Support
          Connectivity and Client/Server
             Configuring the Listener
             Migration Issues for SERVER/CLIENT Using HP-UX 10.0 or Greater
                NETUtil
             HPDADVR Run Queue Control
             ALLBASE/PC API/ODBC
             PC Communications Stacks Support
          Special Considerations
             If You Have Version G.0
             If You Have Version E.1 or F.0
             If You Have a Version Prior to E.1
          Additional Information
      IMAGE/SQL with TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements
          What is IMAGE/SQL?
          Components of IMAGE/SQL
          How Do You Get IMAGE/SQL?
             Additional Information
          Updating IMAGE/SQL
          IMAGE/SQL Enhancements
             Indexed Access in IMAGE/SQL
             New Views
      IMAGE/SQL with TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements (Continued)
          IMAGE/SQL Enhancements (Continued)
             Security Enhancements
             TurboIMAGE/XL K8 Data Types as SQL Date/Time Data Types
             Other Enhancements
          TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements
             Jumbo Data Sets
            Dynamic Roll-Back of Multiple Database Transaction
          TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements (Continued)
             DBRECOV
                Benefits
                Databases Enabled for Roll-Back Recovery
                Database Rollforward Recovery Using 7x24 True-Online Backup
             Error Message Enhancements
             Other Enhancements
      HP Business BASIC
          Introduction
          Enhancements
             New ASSIGN Options
             ADDRESS Built-In Function
      C/iX Library Function getenv Change in Behavior
      Pascal/iX Run-Time Library Heap Changes
          Overview
          Features and Benefits
          Background
          Heap Structure
          Heap Request Processing
             Block Size From the Heap
             Multiple Blocks
          Pascal/iX Library Algorithm Enhanced
             Minimum Block Algorithm Enhancement
             Dumping Heap Information Available
             CPU Performance Improved
             Defect Corrected
             P_GETHEAP Routine Enhancement
      Inform/V Contains Several Defect Fixes
          Introduction
             Different Driving File May Be Selected
             SET OPTIONS Menu Changed
             Signed and Unsigned P and Z Type Key Items Considered Equal
             Selection Processing Improvements
      Transact Contains Defect Fixes
          Introduction
          TRANSACT/iX
             Compiler Needs Less Heap Space
             ACI Closes Files
             NOMATCH Option in Serial Access
             PERFORM= Option of a DELETE(CURRENT)
             DISPLAY Verb
             KSAM File Usage
             PASSWORD is Padded
          TRANSACT/V
             DISPLAY Verb
             LET Verb
             KSAM File Usage
             PASSWORD in a Called Subprogram

   Ch 7.  Data/Application Integration
       Announcing DCE/3000
          Product Description
             Supported Components
          Order Information

   Ch 8.  Networking/Client-Server
       Enhanced Console Switching
          Overview
          Return to LDEV 20
          Error Message Changes
      NetWare Print Enhancements
      Network Printer Support Now Available
      Introducing Internet Services on the HP 3000
          The Internet Services
          Configuring the Internet Services
      Introducing the Telnet/iX Server
          Overview
          Using the Telnet/iX Server
             Security Checking
             DTC Telnet Access
          Telnet/iX Server Requirements
          Documentation
      DTS/TIO Dynamic Configuration and Host-Based Switching
          Introduction
          Features and Benefits
             Features
             Benefits
          Documentation

   Ch 9.  Peripherals
       Online System Device Configuration
          Using IOCONFIG
             Adding a Device
             Listing One or More Devices
             Deleting a Device
             Adding a Device Class
             Modifying a Device Class
             Listing One or More Device Classes
             Deleting a Device Class
             Configuring a Device Adapter
             Listing an I/O Path
             Deleting an I/O Path
             Updating the device class association table
          Using SYSGEN
      MPE/iX Host Control for Tape Drives
          Syntax
          Examples
      New High Performance CD-ROM Drive for MPE/iX 5.5
          Configuration Information
      New Optical Library for MPE/iX 5.5
          Features Include:
      New Mass Storage Systems forMPE/iX 5.5
          Introduction
          Features
          Benefits
          Module Information
             Fan
             Power supply
             DDS-2 Tape Drives
             Disk Drives
             Notes
          Disk Replacement Example
          Further Information
      New Disk Drives for MPE/iX 5.5
      MPE/iX Now Supports 3.75GB of System Memory
      1600 BPI Software Distribution

   Ch 10.  Technical Articles
       A Detailed Look at CI Enhancements
          Overview
          New CI Variables
          Longer CI Variables
          New Evaluator Functions
          Execute Access for UDCs and Command Files
          POSIX-Named Command Files
          REDO Enhancements
          Online HELP for CI Variables and Functions
      MPE/iX Dependent Libraries Technical Overview
          Intended Audience
          Introduction
          How to Use Dependent Libraries from a Developer's Perspective
             Link Editor
             RUN Command Semantics
             HPGETPROCPLABEL()
             Syntax
             Use
             symbolname
             plabel
             status
             firstfile
             casesensitive
             symbol_type
             data_size
             position
             search_path
             binding
          Extensions to the MPE/iX binding sequence
             Dependency Lists
             Dependency Tree
             Binding Tree
             Provisional Binding Sequence
                Case 1
                Case 2
                Case 3
                Case 4
             Position of Dynamic Libraries
                Case 5
                Case 6
                Case 7
          Positional Dynamic Loading
          Variance of MPE/iX Dependent Libraries and HP-UX Shared Library Dependencies
      HP Link Editor/iX Enhancements Detail
          New and Enhanced Link Editor Commands
             ALTXL Command
             Syntax:
             Parameters
             Examples
             BUILDXL Command
             Syntax
             Example:
      POSIX Libraries in XLs
          Intended Audience
          Introduction
          POSIX in XLs
             Method 1
             Method 2
             Method 3
          POSIX Shell Scripts
             libc.sh
             ld.sh
             lk.sh
             Method 1
             Method 2
             Method 3
          Constraints
          Related Topics
      STORE and TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup New Functionality
          Overview
          New TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup Options
             ONLINE
             LOGVOLSET
          New STORE Options
             PARTIALDB
             FULLDB
             STOREDIRECTORY and NOSTOREDIRECTORY
             STATISTICS
          Storing To Disk Files
          Restoring From Disk Files
          Physical Consistency
          Shadow Log Files
      New Functionality in VPlus
          Introduction
          Copying of Processing Specifications
             ##COPYTO
             ##COPYFROM
             Error Messages
          Cursor Position Sensing
             Usage
             Intrinsic VARMSCP
             Intrinsic VGETSCPFIELD
             Intrinsic VGETSCPDATA
      AIF Enhancement to AIFPROCGET Details
          Overview
          connection_type Record Type
             conn_element_type Field
             flags Field
             socket_state Field
      HP Patch/iX Technical Overview
          Introduction
          Technical Overview
             Phase I
             Phase II
          Customizing Patches
      DTS/TIO Dynamic Configuration and Host-Based Switching Technical Overview
          Introduction
          Dynamic Configuration of DTS/TIO Devices
             Configuration Tasks
             NMCONFIG and NMCONFIX
             LOGDCC and LOGDCCBK
          Automatic Configuration of DTC servers
          Shutdown and Restart of the DTS
             DTS Restart
             DTS Shutdown
          Terminal Switching on Host-Based DTC Ports.
          Back-to-Back Configuration.
          Domain Name Service and IP Routing
          Forced Data Forwarding
          Support of 1024 Profiles
          Specify Starting LDEV of Non-Nailed Pools.
      Network Printing Technical Overview
          Configuring a Network Printer with SYSGEN
          Creating the Network Printer Configuration File
             NPCONFIG File Security
             Items in an NPCONFIG entry
             Making changes to NPCONFIG
          Using Setup Files with Network Printers
             Setup file hierarchy
          Accessing Network Printers
          Modifying XL.PUB.SYS for Network Printing
          Using the Same Setup File for Serial and Network Printers
      Telnet/iX Server Functionality Details
          Introduction
          FCONTROLs and FDEVICECONTROLs Support
          Flow Control of Screen Display
          BREAK Key on a Keyboard
          Telnet Client Commands Support
          Maximum Number of Concurrent Sessions
          TLNETDOC.ARPA.SYS
      UPS Required for Support of New SCSI Disks
          Introduction
          Background
          Recommendation
          9x7 System Considerations
          HP PowerTrust UPS Advantages
          Why Have a Protective System Abort?
          Further Information
      Protective System Abort ##5300 from UPS Monitor/iX
          Introduction
          Background

   Ch 11.  Product Release History
      Supported Releases

   Ch 12.  Catalog of User Documentation
       Introduction
      MPE/iX 5.5 New, Updated, or Obsoleted Manuals
      Manual Sets
   INDEX
       Index