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• The system prompt is displayed on the same line when "power off" command is issued. New line should be used instead (by inserting the EOL symbol after  the ">>> power off") (ID#4565)
• "mkdskcmd" utility does not work correctly with upper case letters in the files paths (ID#4562)
• Low performance on OpenVMS/AXP V7.2-1 with CHARON-AXP/ES40 (ID#3964)
• "102% done" appears after vdisk creation is finished (ID#4136)
• WebUI: Unclear warning/error message "Model name wasn't found in the file". (ID#4178, 4192)
• WebUI prompts "Instance hadn't been started", but actually it has been started (ID#4195)
• WebUI: Some part of the output display is hidden in Java applet console (ID#4196)
• Extra symbol ")" in log file (ID#4214)
• Layout of the PC keyboard keys to the right of the alphabet characters is not mapped to layout of VT100 keyboard by default. There is a workaround to this problem - usage of special script created by Geoff Kingsmill (http://www.decuslib.com/decus/freewarev50/decxterm/decxterm ). Run this script and in xterm run CHARON-AXP normally according to instructions in the UsersUser's Guide. (ID#3030)
• EWA0 is offline in DE500AA under FC15 (ID#3346)
• WebUI: When "Select disk type" menu is opened that it's almost imossible impossible to select a a big didk disk nearly the list end: menu is closed quickly (ID#3592)
• Impossible to edit files using emulator's console (ID#4206)
• Fail to build KGPSA on FC19 (ID#4212)
• mkdskcmd utility display wrong "n%" symbol (ID#4219)
• hasp_srm_view "fungerprint" message needs to be corrected (ID#4235)
• Deinstallation of CHARON kit fails to remove all CHARON files and directories (ID#4236)
• TAP port does not work on FC (ID#4237)
• Fix typos and spelling errors in CFG templates (ID#4240)
• License install on RHEL fails if the command provided by the Guide is used (ID#4241)
• Installing CHARON-AXP on RHEL result in "No package python-psutil available" message (ID#4243)
• Physical Tape configuration on RHEL 6.4 running Tru64 5.1B renders I/O error (ID#4254)
• Emulator runs beyond license expiry date when host time is moved backward (ID#4058)
• FT builds to run with Production licenses (ID#4263)
• Too many warning when de-installing WebUI package on Fedora Linux (ID#4290)
• CHARON-AXP generates out of order packets in case of multiple sessions on sender (ID#4302)
• CPUSPINWAIT crash on DL380 Gen8 3.0GHz platform (ID#4307)
• Incorrect message in LOG file on RedHat 6.5 (ID#4326)
• Emulated DE602 is not shown in AXP SRM console (ID#4330)
• CHARON creates an empty log file if it runs as daemon (ID#4343)
• Incorrect infio info in LOG file when local license is removed and network or SL license is catched (ID#4349)
• Emulator hangs when started from VNC session on FC16 (ID#4287)
• Outdated Copyright 2012 and 2013 in CHARON and its CFG files (ID#4369, 4377)
• Sometimes F6 button does not stop CHARON (ID#4365)
• Incorrect info about HOST in CHARON LOG files (ID#4367)
• Incorrect help (and probably documentation) for msdskcmd utility (ID#4372)
  
• Pronosticos COBOL problem (ID#3415, 3563)
• AS1000 and AS1000a are not bootable from DGA disk (virtual and physical) (ID#4476)
• Some issues appeared after CHARON host hardware upgrade (ID#4478)
• Physical tape file name is changed after some files copying under Tru64 (ID#4491)
• Incorrect error messages in LOG if CFG file contains errors (ID#4493)
• Oracle 10g cannot be installed on some models properly (ID#3813)
• Serial port on Tru64 does not work as expected against RHEL (ID#4457)
• Under FedoraCore 20 emulator unable to start from non-privileged account (ID#4494)
  
• A valid Network license is not automatically detected on expiration of SL (Software License) which causes CHARON stop. (ID#4179)
  
• Segmentation Violation while installing Oracle 10g on AlphaServer 400/1000/1000A (ID#4531)

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• Note that the version of CHARON-AXP and the versions of all other CHARON products (for example CHARON-VAX) must be identical on the same host since all CHARON products use a singular set of shared libraries. Please contact STROMASYS in case if a corresponded version of the already installed CHARON products is needed.
• HW partitioning is not supported in CHARON, but it can present the same HW layout with its possibility to run multiple instances in the same time.
• "NCU" utility cannot be installed on RHEL7 due to absense absence of TUNCTL package. Just exclude its installation using the following command: "yum install *.rpm --exclude=*ncu*" (ID#4529)
• "NCU" utility may display incorrect network interface ("eth2") if user creates a bridge on one of the available host interfaces (ID#4563)
• Some problems with display of the status of the network adapters may appers after appear after creating a virtual network interfaces in "NCU" utility (ID#4563)
• If CHARON is mapped to a physical CD-ROM it may be displayed as a "Virtual CD-ROM" in CHARON SRM console. It happens due to some restriction of the Linux CD-ROM interface ("dev/sr", "/dev/scd", "/dev/cdrom") - it does now allow to query actual peripheral identification (SCSI Vendor ID / SCSI Product ID). The workaround is:
  - Usage of the "media_type" parameter in configuration file. See the User's Guide for more information.
  - Usage of the SCSI Generic Interface ("/dev/sg<N>") rather than the CD-ROM ("dev/sr<N>", "/dev/scd<N>", "/dev/cdrom") interface. (ID#4564)
• PCI Passthrough KGPSA emulation may work incorrectly if physical FC PCI adapter shares PCI interrupt line with any other PCI module(s)
• Installation of Digital UNIX 4.0g fails on AS4100 when FC is configured (ID#3191)
• Physical tapes and generic SCSI devices currently do not work. The patch will be released as soon as the problem is fixed.
• CHARON-AXP does not emulate LSI 53C810 SCSI controller. CHARON-AXP emulates Qlogic KZPBA SCSI controller, which is the reason that the earliest supported VMS version is 6.2-1H3, and earliest supported Tru64 version is 3.2. 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 (ID#2291)
• Non fatal "ERRFMT BUGCHECK" message may appear on boot from a backup disk created by CHARON-AXP. This message does not affect OpenVMS normal startup (ID#3123)
• Telnet sessions to CHARON-AXP console ports do not support ESC sequences of VT100 by default. To enable it open xterm, connect to CHARON-AXP and press "Ctrl-]" once connected. Then issue a command "mode char" to enable character mode. If it is also required to map righthand part of the keyboard correctly use the xterm started by the Geoff Kingsmill script (see above). (ID#3030)
• "CRC error" may occur while running the command "BACKUP/LIST/REW MKA100:..." on OpenVMS Alpha Version 8.4. This problem can also be observed on AXP hardware (ID#2925)
• Some delay may be experienced during OpenVMS 7.3-2 boot if product is running under FC (ID#3368)
• There is no DE500-BA device driver for OpenVMS 6.2-1H3. VMS patches are necessary in order to support the DE500-BA device with the emulator models AS1200/AS4000/AS4100 (ID#3091). The VMS 6.2-1H3 patches for these models are: 
  ALPBOOT12_062
  ALPLAN06_062
  ALPCLUSIO01_062
  ALPCPU1603_062 (is CPU specific for AS4100. Please check VMS patch documentation for relevant patches for other Alpha models)
• The DE500-BA device error count will be equal to 1 on OpenVMS 8.2/8.3. It has no negative effect on VMS boot and operations (ID#2963)
• Performance tests can cause VMS 6.2-1H3 to hang on an emulated AS400
• The CHARON console does not appear in WebUI if running on WinXP x64 (ID#3956)

• Network speed auto negotiation works with some restrictions (see the table below). It is always recommended to use full-duplex mode on the emulator host.

  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

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• SRM console may display incomplete list of configured PCI devices (ID#4507)
• Synchronization failure between CPUs in SMP systems (implementation of LDx_L/STx_C instructions) (ID#4478)
• Segmentation fault (core dump) when starting emulator as non-privileged user (ID#4469)
• Field Test builds now run with Production licenses (ID#4263) 
• Physical Tape configuration on RHEL 6.4 running Tru64 5.1B causes I/O error (ID#4354)
• CHARON-AXP does not work with DM Multipath devices ("/dev/dm-N" or "/dev/mapper/mpathN"; "/dev/mapper/WWID" on Fedora 20) (ID#4328)
• Computational error on a GS80: math operation produces incorrect result (ID#4106)
• Lack of access rights causes emulator crash (segmentation fault) (ID#4226)
• Segmentation fault under certain conditions and configurations (ID#4135, 4161, 4334)
• panic (cpu 0): System does not have a console configured. Tru64 5.1B is not installable on some AXP models (ID#4126)
• "hasp view" counters incorrect (ID#4165)
• WebUI: TemplateDoesNotExist at /calendar_page/ (ID#4131)
• WebUI: "Instance Manager" page shows the console is "unavailable" (ID#4130)
• WebUI: Console can't be opened when selected as "Java Telnet Applet" (ID#4128)
• WebUI: The IP in browser is "127.0.0.1" only (ID#4124)
• WebUI: Operation History shows 102% done Success (IDs#4123)
• CHARON log: incorrect license message (ID#4139)
• Segmentation fault when SRM "power off" command is executed  (Fedora 19 and RedHat 6.4) (ID#4119)
• "hasp_srm_view" shows incorrect expiration date for unlimited Net Time license (ID#4113)
• Ctrl-S does not pause the output on virtual console or serial line (ID#4111)
• WebUI: failed to start in Fedora 19 (ID#4057)
• Assertion check has failed in file charon-3100\axp\dit\21264_translator.h, at line 1547, while installing Digital UNIX v4.0g on AlphaServer 400 (ID#4057)
• AS4100, VMS 6.2-1H3 network problem (ID#3794)
• Immediate license change on the fly is not logged (ID#3816)
• The product does not accept license replacement on the fly (ID#4038)
• DECnet over serial line does not work (ID#3035)
• "physical_serial_line" used with multiple CHARON instances leads to lock-ups (ID#3036)
• VMS hangs when attempting to log in over modem (ID#3053)
• AS400 users experience some problems with serial line (ID#3991)
• NDIS problems are not logged by correct instance (ID#3249)
• Full path fields should be omitted in WebUI (ID#3676)
• Viewing of license is broken in recent WebUI packages (ID#3687)
• WebUI: "New service" models drop-down box content looks like a mess (ID#3711)
• WebUI: Disk image can be overwritten without warning (ID#3712)
• WebUI: Service name containing non-latin characters causes a script error (ID#3713)
• WebUI allows the creation of invalid instances with a percent-sign ("%") in the name (ID#3714)
• CHARON cannot view and load Net Time license correctly (ID#3717)
• Incorrect time is displayed by the "hasp_srm_view" utility (ID#3720)
• Cdrom cannot be mounted properly (ID#3705)
• Superfluous "UDID:9999      WWID..." messages (ID#3708)
• CHARON does not create log file if license is absent (ID#3775)
• OpenVMS 7.2-1H1 and 7.3-2: error during installation (ID#3810)
• A console with debug messages is shown on exit from WebUI (ID#3612)
• Charon stops in 1 minute after license key removal (ID#3754)
• Under OpenVMS 8.4, emulator ES40, the command "monitor all" causes crash with "illegal instruction" message (ID#3716)
• AS400 hangs on OpenVMS boot from FibreChannel disk (ID#3719)
• Exception when stopping emulator on SIGTERM (ID#3726)
• WebUI License Viewer does not work if RDP is used to connect to CHARON host (ID#3769)
• Assertion check failed when running modified DISK_QIO_TEST (ID#3773)
• If instance limit is exceeded the log file does not contain the corresponding message (ID#3799)
• Access to SCSI tape via /dev/sg fails (ID#3817)
• ES45 crashes with INCONSTATE on boot, VMS 7.3-2 and VMS 8.2 tested (ID#3845)
• WebUI contains incorrect CFG templates (ID#3855)
• WebUI included in CHARON-AXP for Linux does not start correctly (ID#3856)
• WebUI included in CHARON-AXP for Linux refers to WebUI documentation incorrectly (ID#3857)
• CHARON-AXP for Linux cannot be used via VNC and SSH (ID#3858)
• Confusing device name "$1$JGA..." on a console device list (ID#3891)
• After the installation the emulator cannot boot from the newly installed system disk (ID#3894)
• Cannot boot: no valid boot device specified (ID#3898)
• Sequential backup to tape image takes enormous amount of time if big files are backed up and the number of savesets saveset's is significant (ID#3315)
• *.vdisk is incorrectly detected in automatic test (ID#3968)
• Configured DKA devices not seen on AS800 (ID#3984)
• Indentation Error at /console_info/ (ID#4025)
• Emulator crashed for emulator models gs80/gs160/gs320 on boot from tru40g.iso (ID#4041)
• UDID and WWID are incorrect for FC vdisk in SRM (ID#4042)
• Emulator crashes when AS1200 & AS2100 boot Tru51b Tru64 V5.1B with FC vdisk (ID#4047)
• VMS: the "SHOW DEV" command does not show all DGA disks (ID#4049)
• Emulator runs beyond license expiry date when host time is set backward (ID#4058)
• Cannot enter password in WebUI Java console (ID#3670)
• Installation of OpenVMS83/Tru51B Tru64 V5.1B can't proceed using Java Console (ID#3671)
• AlphaServer 400: no CPU IDLEing (ID#4089)
• VMS boot: Date 29-FEB-2012 jumped to 1-MAR-2012 (ID#3570)
• Assertion check failed when PCI device is multifunction (ID#4007)
• WebUI: service name must contain only latin characters (ID#3713)
• CHARON-AXP modem communication sometimes may fail. This problem is under investigation. (ID#2642)
• "Host stopped responding " message may be displayed if VT100 terminal works via LAT (ID#3124)
• WebUI: failed to start in Fedora 19 (ID#4110)
• hasp_view improvements for Sentinel SL (EMS) HASP AdminMode license (ID#3847)
• Flood of "UDID:9999 WWID..." messages may appear in CHARON output (ID#3708)
• MONITOR ALL command on OpenVMS 8.4 used to crash with "Illegal instruction" message (ID#3716)
• AS400 hangs if OpenVMS was booted from an FC disk (ID#3719)
• No UDID is displayed for LUN 0 of HP P2000 (ID#3650)
• Menu numbering is some application display menu were out of sequence (ID#3132)
• Couldn't initialize FC disk in OpenVMS (ID#3660)
• OpenVMS 6.2-1H3 with disks over 128GB didn't work. Geometry parameter for large disks has to be set at 255/255 (ID#3662)  
• CHARON crashed on Spec2000 test (ID#3663)
• Couldn't boot OpenVMS from $1$DGA0 (ID#3697)
• Sequential backup to tape image took long for large files and multiple savesets (ID#3315, 3508)
• AXP console was unable to obtain UDID of logical units on HP P2000 G3 (ID#3438)
• Reboot problem with CHARON-AXP/4100 was fixed (ID#2775)
• Tru64 UNIX 5.1b could fail to install on GS80 if FC is configured. Specific Tru64 patches and firmware versions might be required. SAN device should be set to SCSI-2 mode (ID#3192)
• Fixed an assertion on dropping secondary lock while on-page structure is locked (ID#3425)
• F6 pressing didn't stop Charon if console is physical VT100 (ID#3483)
• RS/1 on VMS failed with HPARITH (ID#3493)
• FCMGR RESCAN VERBOSE failed to discover FC fabric (ID#3519)
• 8 SAN paths on EVA configurations didn't fit into BOOTDEF_DEV (ID#3520)
• CHARON-AXP/4100 (AlphaServer 2100) was unable to boot generic kernel (genvmunix) of DEC OSF/1 V3.2A. (ID#3391)
• AS4100 hangs with Tru64 Version 4.0D with applied Patch Kit 9 (ID#3436)
• Tru64 on AS400 and AS800 did not work with DG disks (ID#3430, #3431)
• Segmentation fault in hasp_srm_view (ID#3480)
• Backup license worked longer than expected (ID#3484)
• "Instance limit exceeded" was incorrectly displayed on emulator startup under Linux (ID#3486)
• Console serial line issues fixed (ID#3019)
• GS80, GS160: Fatal controller error after OpenVMS 8.3 installation on DG disk (ID#3498)
• AS4100 model uses EV5 instead of EV5.6 on AS400 5/400 model (ID#3504)
• RWZ53 MO disk didn't not work with CHARON-AXP/4100 (AS400) (ID#3119)
• CHARON exited when performing 'newfs' on physical scsi disk partition (ID#3113)
• Inconsistent disk naming in TruCluster confgurations configurations (ID#3108)
• Fixed Interval timer / NTP issues on Tru64 4.0 (ID#3135, #3136)
• "fc rescan" failed on some models (ID#3397, 3420)
• Tru64 was not bootable in multiuser mode (ID#3404)
• Arithmetical error fixed in COBOL and FORTRAN applications (ID#3415, 3563)
• Errors while multiple backup with DGA disks had been fixed (ID#3407)
• DKA0 error count = 1 booting VMS 6.2-1H3 (ID #2666)
• GS series QBB DMA and PCI configuration issues had been fixed (ID#3020, #3028, #3029)
• mkdisk.vtable has been fixed for ST118202LC disk drive (ID#3342)
• License expired one day earlier (ID#3189)
• An A (UNIX) in os_bootflags while booting VMS entered a tight loop (ID#3195)
• Inconsistent PCI bus configuration naming for AlphaServer DS10L (ID#3148)
• Serial port (TTA) mapping did not work correctly with Tru64 (ID#3133)
• set term/speed= *** command did not work with physical VT100 (ID #3409)
• LANACP was not responding after OpenVMS 7.2-1H1 installation (under FC) (ID#3537)
• EWA0 may be offline if DE500AA is configured under FC (ID#3346)
• Bugcheck 114 may happen if CHARON was running under FC (ID#3348)
• Fixed several errors and typos in log reporting (ID#3487, #3141, #3207, #3259, #3141, #3058)
• Failed to construct a ufs file system on physical drive during Tru64 5.1B installation (ID#2991)
• OpenVMS device error count was equal to 1 for virtual disks RZ22, RZ23 is thay have been created with the MKDISK utility (ID#3071)
• AS800 emulator did not perform the "power off" command properly (ID#3094)
• AS800 emulator: incorrect requirement for license units (ID#3090)
• GS320 emulator was unable to boot any OS (VMS, Tru64) (ID#3125)
• Mode pages 3 and 4 were not implemented for SCSI CD-ROMs (ID#2983)
• "Auto Negotiation detected link down" message is reported on OpenVMS 7.2-1H1 (ID#2953)

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