CHARON-AXP for Windows 64bit
VERSION 4.2 Build 141-03 (Production
)
Release notes
Please review the Release Notes and refer to the User
Manual before proceeding with installation or upgrade of CHARON-AXP
1.
Products included in the CHARON-AXP release version 4.2 build 141-03
In this document the term
CHARON-AXP is used to refer to all the products below:
-
CHARON-AXP/4100 for Windows 64bit
-
CHARON-AXP/DS10 for Windows 64bit
-
CHARON-AXP/DS20 for Windows 64bit
-
CHARON-AXP/ES40 for Windows 64bit
-
CHARON-AXP/GS80 for Windows 64bit
-
CHARON-AXP/GS160 for Windows 64bit
- CHARON-AXP/GS320 for Windows 64bit
2.
Supported software platforms
- Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate (SP1) Editions 64 bit
- Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (SP1) Edition 64 bit
(please notice that only R2 revision is supported)
- Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard (SP2) Edition 64
bit
- Windows XP Professional (SP2) 64
bit
3.
Hosting hardware recommendations
- The
minimal number of available (Intel or AMD) CPU cores in the hosting server or
VMware virtual appliance is 1.5 times of the number of emulated AXP CPU
cores
- The
recommended number of available (Intel or AMD) CPU cores in the hosting server
or VMware virtual appliance is twice the number of emulated AXP CPU cores
- Intel
Xeon 566x, 567x, 5680, 5690 and Intel Core i7 G2 CPUs are recommended for
optimal CHARON-AXP performance for configurations with up to eight emulated
AXP cores
- The
Intel Xeon X7560 and faster CPUs are recommended for optimal CHARON-AXP
performance for configurations with eight and more emulated AXP cores
- Non-ECC DDR3 1600 MHz RAM is recommended for optimal
CHARON-AXP performance
- Please
refer to this
knowledge base article for RAID controller and mode configuration
recommendations
4. New
functionality introduced in build 141-03
- CHARON-AXP version is changed to 4.2. License update is
required for users upgrading from previous versions of CHARON-AXP
- CHARON-AXP is supported on VMware ESXi 5.0
- Emulated DEC-KGPSA-CA (Emulex LP8000 FC PCI) controller
is introduced, providing users with ability to access container files and
physical drives/LUNs as virtual SAN disks. Please refer to the user manual for
the configuration details
- Shared
storage clustering support based on shared physical SCSI storage is introduced
for Tru64
- Shared
storage clustering support based on emulated SAN disks/LUNs is introduced. VMS
and Tru64 5.1 shared storage clusters are supported. Tru64 4.x shared disk
clusters are not supported in the current release.
- NetApp SAN
storage support is introduced
- "geometry" option has been added to the KZPBA controller
(ID#3330)
- Disk
I/O performance is improved by deep queuing of I/O requests
- TL891
hardware tape library support is introduced
- Virtual
tape size could be limited through CHARON-AXP configuration file
- Virtual CDROM container file can be replaced without
stopping CHARON
- SRM
console variable "date" is introduced. Accessing this variable from VMS/Tru64
provides them with the time read from the hosting server
- CHARON-AXP automatically replaces the old .ROM file with
a new one on the first run after CHARON-AXP upgrade. Please notice that ROM
parameters have to be reconfigured
- CHARON-AXP installation and uninstallation does not
require CHARON-AXP license to be present
- CHARON-AXP Spare license is supported (limited by support
contract expiration date and execution counter). License viewing utility is
updated
- Some
CHARON-AXP DIT cache parameters are configurable. Those options are available
under Stromasys field
engineering supervision only
- A
standalone utility to monitor CHARON log file and trigger an external batch in
case of CHARON-AXP license failure is introduced (ID#2415)
- The
CHARON Service Manager removes all the installed services on complete CHARON
deinstallation
- CHARON-AXP configuration templates are updated to reflect
new configuration options
5.
Configuration changes required when upgrading from previous versions of
CHARON-AXP to build 141-03
- A
CHARON-AXP license update is required
- The
user that that runs CHARON-AXP must have local administrator privileges
- CHARON-AXP executables, libraries, and data (container
files/disks) should be excluded from all the antivirus checks, including
on-the-fly checks and scheduled scans
- HT
(Hyper-Threading Technology) should be disabled on the hosting server, if
using Intel CPUs capable of HT
- DEP
(Data Execution Prevention) should be set to "Turn on DEP for essential
Windows programs and services only"
- Power
management and screen saver should be switched off on the hosting server
- The
Tru64 kernel might need a be rebuilt for some emulated AXP models that are
included in the CHARON-AXP/4100 product
- If
CHARON-AXP is being moved to another hosting platform and direct the SCSI
access method is used to access some SCSI devices (mainly disks), the new
hosting platform SCSI drivers should support the SCSIport method. If drivers supporting SCSIport method are not available,
direct SCSI access cannot be used. This is most likely to be the case for
Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 (R2) disk controller drivers.
This restriction mainly applies to the disk access. Most
tape drivers currently support SCSIport. When direct SCSI access is used for
devices without Windows drivers, this restriction does not apply.
The recommended workaround is to use CHARON-AXP disk
container files or the \\.\PhysicalDriveX method.
Please refer to this
knowledge base article for additional information
- interface="connection:..."
syntax should be used in CHARON-AXP configuration file. Please refer to this
knowledge base article for the details.
- The
packet_port
keyword in the CHARON-AXP configuration file could be used on any
hosting platform instead of platform specific ndis5_chpack_port (Windows Server 2003 (R2),
Windows XP) and ndis6_chpack_port (Windows Server 2008 R2,
Windows 7). CHARON configuration file lines:
load ndis5_chpack_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."
load ndis6_chpack_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."
could be replaced with:
load packet_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."
- For
the emulated network adapters the communication speed and mode should be set
manually in the CHARON-AXP configuration file. For example:
load DE500BA/dec21x4x EWA interface=EWA0
load packet_port/chnetwrk EWA0 interface="..."
set EWA adapter_mode="100BaseT-FD"
Please note that the actual network communication
speed and mode is determined by the Windows network speed and mode settings.
This configuration change is required to avoid network timeouts in VMS/Tru64
during negotiation phase. This behavior will be fixed in the next CHARON-AXP
release
- Intelligent packet processing should be switched off for
the network ports dedicated to CHARON-AXP. Below are examples of the correct settings -- the
exact naming of the parameters depends on the network adapter
driver:
Offload receive Ip checksum = off
Offload receive tcp ckecksum = off
Offload Transmit Ip checksum = off
Offload Transmit TCP
checksum = off
- Legacy
mode should be set for network adapters for some CHARON-AXP configurations on
VMware, for example:
set
EWA0 legacy_mode=true
6.
Problems fixed in build 141-03
- A fix
for HPARITH problem had been introduced by excluding a certain AXP CPU
instruction from DIT translation (ID#3493)
- Fixed
an assertion on dropping secondary lock while on-page structure is locked
(ID#3425)
- Guard
Page Violation exception walking through exception stack had been fixed
(ID#3424)
- CHARON-AXP failed to reboot if boot disk is on FC SAN
issue was fixed (ID#2774, #2775)
- Serial
port (TTA) mapping didn't not work correctly on Tru64 (ID#3133)
- Unable
to boot from NETAPP LUN issue had been fixed (ID#3399)
- Errors
while multiple backup with DGA disks had been fixed (ID#3407)
- Tru64
5.1B couldn't see DGA disk during installation on AlphaServer 800 emulator (ID#3430)
- AS400
emulator didn't work with DGA disks (ID#3431)
- Tru64
UNIX 5.1b fails to install on GS80 when FC is configured (ID#3192)
- AS4100
hanged with Tru64 Version 4.0D with applied Patch Kit 9 (ID#3436)
- Backup
license allowed CHARON-AXP to work longer than expected (ID#3484)
- Fixed
CHARON-AXP/GS80, CHARON-AXP/GS160: Fatal controller error after OpenVMS 8.3
installation on DGA disk (ID#3498)
- Exception (C000001D) at 00000000289C0200: Illegal
Instruction had been fixed (ID#3500)
- AS4100
model used to use EV5 and not the EV5.6 as of the 5/400 model it was supposed
to emulate (ID#3504)
- Tru64 5.1B various installation problems
(ID#3432)
- SRM
console FC related command implementation had been improved
- RWZ53
MO disk didn't not work with CHARON-AXP/4100 emulating AS400 (ID#3119)
- CHARON-AXP crashed with exception 000007FEFD5AAA7D:
Exception (000006BA) when running as service (ID#3294)
- Storage configured as Removable was not actually
removable: usage of virtual CD-ROM locked it image file (ID#3251)
- The
message "MODEL NOT INSTALLED" occurs when trying to start Charon on Windows
7/2008/2008R2/Vista via the Launcher utility. Workaround: Run the
"Launcher.exe" utility from Administrator (right click of the mouse on the
executable, "run from Administrator" option). (ID#2557)
- UETP
fails on a tape image if CHARON runs on VMware (ID#2427)
- CHARON-AXP networking didn't work on VMware (ID#3023)
- CHARON
crashed while performing 'newfs' on physical scsi disk partition (ID#3113)
- Fixed
inconsistent disk naming in TruCluster configurations (ID#3108)
- Fixed
a failure to construct an UFS file system on physical drive during Tru64 5.1B
installation (ID#2991)
- CHARON
Service Manager behavior fixed on uninstallation (ID#3321)
- Physical drive initialization: medium is offline under
OpenVMS 6.2-1H3 issue had been fixed (ID#3330)
- Fixed
CHARON-AXP (AlphaServer 2100)
unable to boot generic kernel (genvmunix) of DEC OSF/1 V3.2A (ID#3291)
- Fixed
"fc rescan" failed on some models (ID#3397)
- Fixed
Tru64 being not bootable in multiuser mode (ID#3404)
- set
term/speed=*** command didn't not work with physical VT100 (ID#3409)
- Arithmetical error fixed in some COBOL and FORTRAN
calculations (ID#3415)
- Some
models couldn't see DGA disks if to boot from DKA disk (ID#3420)
- Fixed
"Host stopped responding" message displayed if VT100 terminal worked via LAT
(ID#3124)
- Fixed
the appearence of non fatal
"ERRFMT BUGCHECK" message on boot from a backup disk created by CHARON-AXP
(ID#3123)
7.
Problems fixed in previous builds
- CHARON-AXP networking on VMware on Windows 2008 R2 was
not working. Please install a patch to bring CHARON-AXP to the build level
129-05. (ID#3023)
- CHARON-AXP service is unable to show its console window
if RDP is used for connection to the host (ID#3179, 3180)
- CHARON-AXP may report the host operating system
incorrectly in its log (ID#3167)
- Sometimes the "Failed to create symbolic link to the
packet driver" error blocks CHARON-AXP normal networking despite its
configuration is correct (ID#2554, 3182)
- The
license expires at the day before the correct day (ID#3189)
- An A
(UNIX) in os_bootflags while
booting VMS enters a tight loop on CHARON-AXP (ID#3195)
- A
problem stopping CHARON if it is running service in "automatic" mode from the
CHARON Service Manager utility. (ID#2624)
- The
message "Failed to locate the "TTAx" for the line xx" displayed for intentionally
not configured TTA lines is removed (ID#2650)
- "Auto
Negotiation detected link down" message is reported on OpenVMS 7.2-1H1
(ID#2953)
- Failed
to construct a ufs file system
on physical drive during Tru64 5.1B installation (ID#2991)
- OpenVMS device error count is equal to 1 for virtual
disks RZ22, RZ23 that have been created with the MKDISK utility (ID#3071)
- AS800
emulator does not perform the "power off" command properly (ID#3094)
- GS320
emulator is unable to boot any OS (VMS, Tru64) (ID#3125)
- AS800
emulator: incorrect required licenses units (ID#3090)
- Mode
pages 3 and 4 is not implemented for SCSI CD-ROMs (ID#2983)
- Inconsistent PCI bus configuration naming for AlphaServer DS10L emulator (ID#3148)
- CHARON-AXP Services issue on Windows Vista Business
64bit: CHARON execution failure on the service installation and the service
termination if RDP is used (ID#3138)
- Inconsistency in CHARON-AXP service dependencies: lost of dependency on the TCP/IP
service (ID#3137)
- CHARON-AXP service stopped unexpectedly in 15 minutes
after it was started. Log is clear of any problem reports (ID#3134)
- CHARON-AXP service failed to start/stop at scheduled time
(ID#3115)
- HP
True64 V5.1B fails to initialize FC adapter (ID#3103)
- Strange message is displayed w/o any mis-functioning: "Invalid thread identifier. : OPA0: Failed to stop the
application." (ID#3084)
- Launcher hungup: Service Install Dialog does not Respond
(ID#3083)
- SPEC2k
test running on Tru64 fails on gzip test (only on CHARON-AXP running on AMD
platform) (ID#3037)
- Unable
to install AS2x00/AS4x00 emulators ("--install" command) (ID#2294)
- Service start problem on Win2008: CHARON Service Manager
cannot detect state of CHARON service correctly (ID#2266)
- Some
problems with PBXDA-xx: "Failed to locate pci_5" (ID#3147)
- CHARON-AXP fails when performing 'newfs' operation on physical scsi disk partition (ID#3113)
- Windows Server 2008 CN: "Invisible" Installation Log
(empty log file) (ID#2678)
- ds10l.exe installation fails on Win2008 Chinese version
(ID#2685)
- DE435
is offline with VMS 6.2-1H3 on AS4100 (ID#2680)
- The
firmware does not detect DE450 adapter and therefore does not print it in the
device list (ID#2652)
- DE450
remains OFFLINE in VMS (ID#2653)
- Problem using CDROM on an HP blade server via USB
(ID#2651)
- Digital UNIX 4.0B fails to install on AlphaServer 400 (ID#2631)
- Console logs are not appended to by default (ID#2628)
- AS400
Emulator crash while installing Digital UNIX 4.0F (ID#2619)
- AS2000
and AS2100 unable to "create an instance of the component dec_21040" (ID#2597)
- Incorrect behavior on HALT command in kernel mode
(ID#2595)
- ES40
Emulator crashed when performing the SWINGBENCH test (ID#2586)
- -FILE
boot option of the SRM console was not implemented (ID#2102)
- A file
"mkdisk.vtable" is absent in
the kit -- without it MKDISK cannot start (ID#2589).
- The
configuration template for the AS400 model has incorrect HW_MODEL syntax and
is missing the PKB bus (ID#2373).
- Incorrect text encoding in the NetDiag help on Chinese systems (ID#2373).
- Tru64
V5.1B was unable to load driver for DEC 21040 PCI Ethernet Adapter (ID#2304).
- CHARON-AXP crashed on UETP test (ID#2348).
- Ticket
#7079: Charon crashed on a production system with segmentation violation
(ID#2389)
- The
old .BIN files lead to CHARON misbehavior. It should be replaced for new one
(ID#2447)
- A disk
device goes offline suddenly with the "mount verification in progress" message
(ID#2512)
- Tru64/tar utility is unable to write if the output device
is a tape. (ID#2383)
- Failed
to unload the virtual tape on Tru64. (ID#2385)
- VMS
7.2-1 booted on DS10L and DS20 with FC Pass-Through enabled hangs VMS.
(ID#2390)
- Some
configured disks disappeared from the OpenVMS environment (SRM console) under
CHARON-AXP/B108 AS4100.(ID#2393)
- CHARON-AXP/ES40 is unable to boot Tru64 from FC attached
disk (ID#2412).
- TOY
data (including data/time) is not saved (ID#2414).
- Install procedure does not issue warnings when
unsupported host platform is used (ID#2431).
- Putty
Console does not work (no proper session is available) when CHARON-AXP runs as
a service (ID#2452).
- Ticket
#7682: "BOOT EWA0" command in the SRM console leads to the emulators hanging
(ID#2469).
- ID#2470 - Ticket #7684: BOOT DKA500 may boot from wrong
device.
- ID#2471 - Ticket #7687: Pressing "F6" button terminates
emulator. The default behavior has been changed to "none".
- Ticket
#7716: SRM console HELP command is missing (ID#2472).
- Network Control Center utility does not recognize teamed
interfaces (ID#2331)
- Some
license messages are absent in the LOG file, for example "the license is
expired" (ID#2040)
- NFS
issue: "cp" command never ends
and the "cp" process becomes
zombie (ID#2257)
- SRM
variables get saved in wrong console variables (ID#2295)
- Handling of some exceptional cases in DIT2 due to
resource lock must be implemented to avoid possible overflow (ID#2404).
- Grammar error in message text: some typos had been
corrected (ID#2428)
- Embedded network adapters and additional ones (having the
same name) conflict without any notification (ID#2429)
- System
hangs OpenVMS 7.1-2 with printing jobs (ID#2441)
- Compilation of C code using FP flags /FLOAT=IEEE
/IEEE=DENORM result in zero values (ID#2446)
- log_method="append" does not work if specified separately from the
other configuration commands for the logging definition (ID#2450).
- Utilities help does not start on "F1" on Windows 2008 /
Vista operating systems (ID#2498)
- Ultrium tape drive fails on all VMS commands (ID#2386)
- Ticket
#7774: Problems NDIS6 driver - memory leak was found (ID#2490)
- Many
question marks sometimes displayed in the Network Control Center Chinese help
file (ID#2373)
- Tape
error: "-BACKUP-F-NOTANSI, tape is not valid ANSI format" (ID#2521)
- Exception (C0000005): Segmentation violation occurs on
different configuration and applications (ID#2527, 2528, 2534, 2510)
- The
OpenVMS V8.3 CPUSANITY bugcheck
while performing KGPSA initialization
- Outgoing FTP hang problem on GS80/GS160 models (ID#1999)
- A
problem with Fortran compiled code generating exceptions (ID#145)
- Several problems with physical tapes including tape
initialization, label handling, tape restore, and Files-11 file system on the
tape
- A
problem reporting version 2.2 instead of 2.3 in the SRM console
- A
problem with VMS freezing during shutdown
- A
problem with freezing VMS boot after "%PKQDRIVER-W- PKA0, Chip reset failed,
trying again" error message
- A
problem with EW devices not showing up at AS2x00 CRM console
- A
problem with multi instance configuration preventing more than one CHARON-AXP
instance from running
- A
problem with certain CPU affinity configurations causing "division by zero"
crash
- "Back"
button does not always work during installation
- An
error message could appear during uninstallation of CHARON-AXP through Control
Panel
- Setting particular disk and tape types with media_type parameter on KZPBA is not
supported for \\PhysicalDriveX configuration style
- Emulated PCI network adapter DE435 is not recognized in
the AXP SRM console, however it is recognized and works for the guest OS.
- CHARON-AXP may wrongly report that no license is present
if the correct license is present.
- Too
many scheduled starts and stops of CHARON-AXP service in a short period of
time could cause CHARON-AXP crash.
- AlphaServer model
2100 could have problems with initializing of the network controller (DECchip 21040).
- CHARON
Network Control Center utility does not have proper Simplified Chinese
interface.
- Ultrium SCSI-1 DAT-72 tape drives currently do not work
with CHARON-AXP.
- Virtual tape cannot be unloaded and container file
replaced on Tru64.
8. Known
restrictions of build 141-03
- Older
AMD and Intel CPUs without support of CMPXCHG16B instruction could run
CHARON-AXP translated code incorrectly. It is recommended not to use those
CPUs. If such CPUs are deceted on the hosting server, CHARON-AXP writes the
following message in its log file:
WARN :1:0000033B:axpcpu.cxx( 462): Host CPU feature
'CMPXCHG16B' not implemented by the host CPU - performance
limited.
- CHARON-AXP does not emulate LSI 53C810 SCSI controller.
CHARON-AXP emulates Qlogic
KZPBA SCSI controller, which is the reason for the earliest supported VMS
version to be 6.2-1H3, earliest supported Tru64 version to be 3.2. (ID#2291).
If the driver for KZPBA is installed on an earlier version of VMS or Tru64
before system transfer to CHARON-AXP, it will function on
CHARON-AXP.
- NDIS
driver problems are not logged in correct instance (if more than 1 instance is
running at the same time) and in log filesat all (ID#3249)
- OPA0
console of CHARON service does not appear if not "Administrator" is starting
the service (ID#3209)
- DS20
initializing is too long under Windows 2008 R2 (ID#3194)
- Digital UNIX 4.0g fails to install on AS4100 when FC is
configured (ID#3191)
- Serial
port (TTA) mapping does not work correctly if Tru64 is running on AXP
emulators. In case of OpenVMS the emulators are free of this problem (ID#3133)
- On
AS400 the "ERRFMT BUGCHECK" may appear while backing up an OpenVMS 6.2-1H3
boot disk (ID#3123)
- DE500BA is not available under OpenVMS 6.2-1H3 on
AS1200/AS4000/AS4100 (ID#3091)
- DE500BA device error count will be equal to 1 on OpenVMS
8.2/8.3 (ID#2963)
- CHARON-AXP services do not give clear information
indicating missing license key on startup (ID#3116)
- Direct
SCSI access only supports Windows SCSI devices which use a SCSIport driver. These include most of the device
drivers on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 (R2), and most non disk devices
on Windows 7 and Server 2008 (R2). If SCSIport is not supported (and Storport method is used instead), direct SCSI
access cannot be used.
This is most likely to be the
case for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 (R2) disk controller drivers.
This restriction mainly applies to the disk access. Most
part of tape drivers currently support SCSIport. When direct SCSI access is used for
devices without Windows drivers, this restriction does not apply.
- Performance tests could hang VMS 6.2-1H3 on emulated
AS400.
- CHARON-AXP modem communication sometimes may fail. This
problem is under investigation. (ID#2642)
- CHARON-AXP does not emulate VGA adapters, thus OPA0 is
always a system console. So all the applications hardcoded to use OPA0 and
TTA0 as their own interfaces may not function correctly.
- Network speed auto negotiation works with some
restrictions (see the table below). It is always recommended to use full
duplex mode on the hosting server.
Host settings |
VMS (autodetect mode) |
Tru64 (autodetect mode) |
1
Gbps full duplex |
100 Mbps full duplex |
100 Mbps full duplex |
1
Gbps half duplex |
100 Mbps half duplex |
100 Mbps half duplex |
100 Mbps full duplex |
100 Mbps full duplex |
100 Mbps full duplex |
100 Mbps half duplex |
100 Mbps half duplex |
100 Mbps half duplex |
10
Mbps full duplex |
10
Mbps full duplex |
10
Mbps full duplex |
10
Mbps half duplex |
10
Mbps half duplex |
10
Mbps half duplex |
- The
virtual Alpha firmware is designed to support a maximum of 48 devices.
- The
firmware does not support the command recall using the up/down arrow keys.
- The
VMS 7.x Monitor utility shows the maximum CPU quantity instead of actually
configured quantity. It is a VMS 7.x restriction, and does not apply to VMS
8.x.
- Running Alpha Linux on the virtual Alpha is not supported
- Use of
IDE is limited to ATAPI CDROM on the host machine. No iSCSI support is planned for IDE. UETP may
produce error messages if IDE
emulation is used.
- Floppy
disks are not supported.
- A
Telnet session from OpenVMS running on emulated host freezes console output.
The console output can hang when the virtual serial line sends XOFF/XON
sequence. The TELNET client sends XOFF to the remote node's TELNET server to
suspend output, but for unknown reason XON is discarded and remote node's
TELNET server is unable to resume output. The console remains "frozen". As the
remote site is not sending any output to it. When that happens, the local node
is reachable over network, and can be unlocked by typing the 'break' character
- usually "Ctrl-]" and exiting telnet session by typing "exit" at "TELNET>"
prompt.
- Emacs hangs
if the OPA0 console is used. Emacs works fine over an SSH connection.
- Running as a Service may fail as the Service manager may
not be able to identify all configured disks.
- CHARON-AXP does not support virtual network adapters
(i.e. MS bridges, etc.).
- CHARON-AXP has limited support for teamed network
adapters. They can used only if the MAC address of the virtual VMA or Tru64
network adapter is not changed during CHARON-AXP session. In which case the
desired MAC address should not be set manually in the properties of the
network team or in the CHARON-AXP configuration file using the "station_address=XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX"
configuration option.
- VMS
7.2-1 should be patched to the latest level in order to use Emulex FC adapters
in pass-through mode.
- Please
note that CHARON-AXP has not been tested with SAN attached storage over 2TB in
size.
- Tru64
temperature monitoring should be disabled. It could cause Tru64 version 5.x
shutdown with the message: "system fan has failed, system is shutting down
now". If installing Tru64 from scratch, do not install envmon package. If it is already installed,
disable automatic startup by
booting into SINGE USER mode and issue the following command:
rm -f
/sbin/rc?.d/*envmon
then "exit"
(Ctrl-D) to multi user mode.
- A "CRC
error" appears while "$ BACKUP/LIST/REW MKA100:..." on OpenVMS Alpha Version
8.4 (ID#2925)
9. New
functionality introduced in the previous Production version 4.1 build 129-04
- CHARON-AXP version changed to 4.1.
- CHARON-AXP is supported on VMware ESXi 4.1 update 1.
- CHARON-AXP comes with the maximum amount of RAM allowed
by emulated model. Please refer to the product SPDs for the details.
- The
following license information could be updated without stopping CHARON-AXP:
expiration date and backup time counter. This change allows CHARON evaluation
or annual licenses to be updated "on the fly" to the permanent production
licenses or to the next year annual licenses. Please notice that other CHARON
configuration parameters should remain unchanged.
- Additional CHARON-AXP instances and products could be
added to the license "on the fly".
- New
Alpha emulated models are added to CHARON-AXP/4100 product:
- AlphaServer 800
(single AXP CPU)
- AlphaServer
1000 (single AXP CPU)
- AlphaServer
1000A (single AXP CPU)
- AlphaServer
1200 (dual AXP CPUs).
- IDLE
Utility is supported for single CPU Alpha emulators.
- CHARON
network packet driver name "packet_port" in CHARON configuration file had been
made platform independent. It is still possible to use "ndis5_chpack_port" and
"ndis6_chpack_port" names of the driver, however it's recommended to update
CHARON-AXP configuration file (see section 5).
- All
network connections have "Half Duplex 10BaseT" mode by default.
- The
Installation procedure displays the End User Agreement and asks user to agree
with it in order to proceed.
- The
CHARON Service Management Utility has been changed to be present in the
Windows Tray at all times. It can be accessed and used to manage CHARON-AXP
application
10. New
functionality introduced in the previous Production version 2.4 build 118-05
- A new
product, CHARON-AXP/GS320, is now available for AlphaServer GS320 replacements. Please refer to
the SPD for details
- A new
emulated model AlphaServer 400
supporting 1 AXP CPU and up to 1 GB of memory is included into CHARON-AXP/4100
- CHARON-AXP supports Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
- The
Network Control Center supports all AXP network interfaces
- DCI-1100 is supported via the pass-through driver
- Support of the PBXDA-BB and PBXDA-AC serial line adapters
is available via the DIGI pass-through driver
- Ctrl-P, CONTINUE and CRASH commands implemented in SRM
console
- CHARON
utilities support for simplified Chinese Windows had been introduced
- Logging message format and content has been improved.
Logfiles are opened in append
mode by default
- The
'repeated messages' logging filter is enabled by default
- MkDisk
utility has been expanded to handle .VDISK metadata
- A full
de-installation removes all CHARON settings and files.
- SRM
Console and advanced network configuration settings have been documented
11. New
functionality introduced in the previous Production version 2.3 build 108-00
- A new
product, CHARON-AXP/4100, has been introduced. It supports the emulation of
AlphaServer 2000, 2100, 4000,
and 4100. The earliest supported guest OS versions are: VMS 6.2-1H3 and Tru64
4.0F. SPD is available from http://www.stromasys.com. Please refer to the
CHARON-AXP manual for details.
- CHARON-AXP is now delivered with half of the CPUs
available for the particular model by default. For example, CHARON-AXP/GS80
can have up to eight AXP CPUs,
hence the base license includes four CPUs.
- Support for 64bit Windows Server 2008 Standard and
Enterprise (SP2) Editions, and 64bit Windows Vista Business (SP2) Edition.
- Multiple instances of CHARON-AXP can run on a hosting
server simultaneously. Please refer to the CHARON-AXP manual for details.
- Connection to a physical FDDI network is supported using
pass-through mechanism with physical DEPFA FDDI network adapter in the hosting
server.
- Emulated AXP CPU performance has been improved. Please
see SPDs and Product Announcements for the details, which are available from
http://www.stromasys.com
- Significant network stability and performance gains after
fixing a problem in the rx sequencer delay algorithm.
- DE435
network adapter emulation has been introduced, supporting VMS versions 6.2-1H3
and later.
- For
disk and tape containers on KZPBA a particular type (for example, HSZ80) can
be set using the media_type
parameter, which may be necessary in order for Tru64 to recognize them.
- The
Internal disk table had been extended to recognize RZ1ED, RZ1EF disk
types.
12. New
functionality introduced in the previous Production version 2.2 build 104-00
- Fiber
Channel (SAN attached) storage can be used with emulated PCI KGPSA adapter if
a specific Emulex HBA is used in the hosting server. Please refer to the User
Manual for the details. The SAN target has to be configured for CHARON-AXP
guest operating system. The configuration has been tested with both OpenVMS
and Tru64.
- SRM
console functionality had been improved to include FC configuration and
booting commands.
- On
Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP physical SCSI disks and SAN LUNs can be
attached to CHARON-AXP using \\.\ScsiN:X:Y:Z notation. Please check the manual
for details. There are three formats supported:
\\.\SCSI<port-no>:<target-id>
\\.\SCSI<port-no>:<target-id>:<lun>
\\.\SCSI<port-no>:<path-no>:<target-id>:<lun>
- iSCSI disks
can be attached to KZPBA SCSI controller using \\.\PhysicalDrive notation
provided that they are created with Microsoft iSCSI Initiator (other initiators have not been
tested).
- CHARON-AXP has Simplified Chinese interface and logfile if installed on Windows with
Simplified Chinese localization.
13.
Distribution and Installation
The kit
is distributed as a standard CHARON installation. The installer version is
5.0.
Make sure there are no CHARON-AXP configurations
running before the installation.
Run the
"InstallShell.exe" file in the CHARON-AXP installation folder. Choose the
products to install and proceed with suggested steps. Note that the distribution
media may contain more products than allowed by your license.
STROMASYS
SA
http://www.stromasys.com
email:
info@stromasys.com
Document: 60-017-016-005
Updated: 25 March 2012