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set session log_repeat_filter="off"

2. Save boot is not supported by CHARON at the moment since in this case host OS will not accept signature of distributed NDIS drivers needed for CHARON networking. Disable save boot or use CHARON without networking (select "Ignore" when installation procedure reports that NDIS driver is not signed).

New functionalities introduced in build 194-02 since previous release (build 183-02)

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  • Network booting is supported with exception of VAX6xxx models.
  • In certain situations of several CHARON virtual machines running on one host with DSSI cluster configured, CHARON may hang up if load on the nodes is very high (ID#5426)
  • In certain situations when a network adapter is dedicated to CHARON by NCC, its status is shown as if it is still dedicated to HOST (ID#5415).
  • CHARON installation may fail with an error message "The installation process cannot replace hasplms.exe because the file is in use". It is known problem of the Sentinel HASP driver installer included to CHARON installation procedure as a 3rd party software. If you face this issue stop the hasplms.exe process manually and re-run CHARON installation procedure. See the Installation chapter below for more information.
  • CHARONCP SET MAGTAPE utility does not support TQK50/TUK50 controllers (ID#5398)
  • Sometimes VAX 6310 does not boot guest OS. The workaround is restart of the emulator and a second try (ID#5384)
  • Sometimes OpenVMS 7.2 freezes on booting. The workaround is to restart the emulator (ID#5396)
  • A segmentation violation in module NCR53C94 may very rarely occur. If that happens, please provide CHARON configuration and log files to Stromasys (ID#4633)
  • CMS commands may slow down due to a its internal design. STROMASYS provides (on request) a special OpenVMS utility to solve the problem (ID#4651)
  • CHARON cannot correctly define the total number of available CPUs on multi CPU groups systems (NUMA architecture, etc) - it reports only a number of the CPUs found in its first group. This problem will be fixed in future releases.
    As a workaround, enable "Node interleaving" from the BIOS (if available) to make the BIOS report the total number of available CPUs (as a part of one consolidated NUMA group) to the operating system.
    For example, on HP Proliant servers, the configuration sequence is the following:
    - Boot the server, press F9 and enter BIOS setup.
    - Select "Advanced Options" -> "Advance Performance Tuning Options" -> "Node Interleaving", set it to "Enabled".
    - Boot Windows.
  • "Violation of constraint" may happen on RDB loading on VAXserver 3600 (ID#2832)
  • MicroVAX II emulator hangs while booting MDM (ID#3382)
  • CHARON may not boot from physical tapes (ID#1936)
  • CHARON-VAX does not emulate graphical adapter. Applications hardcoded to use graphical hardware as their own interfaces may not function correctly
  • Only Windows SCSI devices with a driver that uses SCSIport method could be used with the direct SCSI access. Those 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 can't 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
  • CHARON does not support direct access to SCSI devices on Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. It's recommended to use CHARON-VAX for Linux if access to SCSI devices is necessary.
  • CHARON-VAX has limited support for teamed network adapters. They could be used only if the MAC address of the virtual VMS network adapter is not changed during CHARON-VAX session. In this case the desired MAC address should be set manually in the properties of the network team and in the CHARON-VAX configuration file by "station_address=XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX" configuration option.
  • CHARON-VAX does not support virtual network adapters (i.e. MS bridges, etc).
  • Network speed auto negotiation works with some restrictions. It is always recommended to use full duplex mode on the hosting server.
  • The firmware does not support the history of commands called with the up/down arrow keys.
  • VMS 7.x Monitor utility shows the maximum CPU quantity instead of actually configured quantity.
  • A Telnet session from OpenVMS running on emulated host may freeze 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 has no chance 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 telnet connection.
  • VMS command START/CPU does not start an emulated CPU if it had been previously stopped with STOP/CPU command. This problem will be fixed in the next CHARON-VAX release.
  • Network Control Center could show some minor problems on Simplified Chinese version of Windows.
  • The correct license must be available to enable the CHARON-VAX to start. The software may wrongly report that no license is present if the correct license is not present. Check the capability of your license by using the utility "HaspView" which is available as a part of the kit.
  • If installed on VMware, sometimes the POST tests report errors for emulated VAX models 4106 and 4108.
  • If CHARON is being moved to another hosting platform and direct the SCSI access method is used to access some SCSI devices, 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 most Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 (R2) devices. The recommended workaround for disk access is to use \\.\PhysicalDriveX method.
  • The virtual machine associated service running Charon-VAX V4.9 B19402 is created with a missing dependency to hasplms service. This can cause a service (virtual machine) defined for automatic startup to fail with license missing on Charon server boot. The current workaround consists in opening a cmd.exe command as an Administrator and running the following command (do not omit space after the equal sign): sc config <service> depend= hasplms/tcpip . This operation will have to be performed on each service update until a patch is delivered.

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  • Fixed impossibility to install Ultrix 4.3 and 4.5 on MicroVAX II (ID#4383)

  • Fixed VAX 6620 hang up when running VAX ROM diagnostic (ID#3542)
  • Fixed invalid message in the log file when starting MicroVAX II with RAM size 8Mb (ID#4699)
  • Fixed incorrect configuration sample for SGEC adapter in Network Control Center (ID#4797)
  • Fixed CHARON-VAX service (cluster config) stuck after an overflow of the RX buffer (ID#4821)
  • Fixed the situation when USB Floppy drive is reported offline to VAX/VMS when mapped through RQDX3 (ID#4828)
  • Fixed segmentation violation when starting CHARON as service (ID#4838)

  • Fixed the logmond utility issue - it did not accept "-" symbols in log prefix (ID#4825, Case #00028633)

  • Fixed "Disable TCP chimney offload for CHARON" functionality (which caused CHARON to lose access to its license) (ID#4298)

  • Fixed HASP View utility problem when it never reports that no license keys are available (ID#4896)
  • Fixed a negative value in CHARON log displayed in the case of long ID some Software Licenses (SL) may have (ID#4913)
  • Fixed HASP View crash on NetTime expired license (ID#4702)
  • Fixed Network Control Center failure to install NDIS driver if the log option is specified as a first parameter (ID#4864)
  • Fixed inability for Network Control Center to create log on successful installation of NDIS driver (ID#4865)
  • Fixed irrelevant messages on unlocking VDISK media (ID#5012, Case #00029419)
  • Fixed mis-function of "Refresh" button in "HASP View" utility (ID#4971)
  • Fixed Reflection terminal emulator program error on closing CHARON (ID#4623)
  • Fixed an installation of CHARON NDIS driver with CHARON Network Control Center on Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1 (ID#4687)

  • Fixed a segmentation violation in SGEC module on CHARON-VAX boot (DOW issue) (ID#4638)

  • Fixed an incorrect handling of block data transfer via CI/DSSI cluster interconnect (ID#4648)
  • Fixed an overflow of SST Queue Progress Counter (ID#4434, 4539)
  • Fixed an exception (C0000005) at 10005324: Segmentation violation crash (ID#4481, 4540)
  • Fixed various issues with CHARON on the fly switching between primary and backup licenses of different types (local, network, software) (ID#4058, 4179, 4502, 4622)
  • Adjusted a CHARON network driver to function with HP Proliant G8 family built-in network adapters (LOM 1Gbe x 4) (ID#4354)
  • Fixed CHARON service startup issues if Putty console is configured as for foreground run (ID#4458)

  • Fixed a crash during a reboot after performing Autogen (ID#4598)

  • Fixed VAX/VMS 5.5-2 DSSI Cluster hang on boot (ID#4658)

  • Fixed logging with RAM set to 8MB for MicroVAX configuration (ID#4699)

  • Fixed an "F6" key handling for CHARON-VAX running as a service (ID#4600)

  • Fixed VAX SRM console test 19 failure on autoboot after Windows boot (ID#4528, 4672)

  • Fixed CHARON handling for Spare licenses (ID#4622)

  • Fixed log monitoring service (LOGMOND) startup (ID#4634)

  • Fixed Invalid message Charon Mail Report (ID#4700)

  • Fixed a HASP_view utility crash on viewing expired NetTime license (ID#4702)

  • Fixed a false warning from Installation procedure about changes to some files which had not been changed (ID#4523)

  • Fixed InstallShell privileges for installation from non Administrator user (ID#4527)

  • Fixed Network Control Center handling for virtual network adapters and network bridges (ID#4097, #4099)

  • Fixed a VAX console hang if not enough I/O cores are set for VAX 66x0 (ID#4331)

  • Fixed MSCP disks shown as DSSI in SRM console (ID#1840)

  • Fixed VMS on VAX 66x0 presenting vtape container as a vdisk (ID#4352)

  • Fixed an occasional time drift (ID#4341)

  • Fixed VAX 66x0 crash due to segmentation violation (ID#4304)

  • Fixed out of order network packets transmission if multiple network sessions are established with a single host (ID#4302)

  • Fixed iSCSI disk sharing MV II and MV 3600 (ID#3054)

  • Fixed a Putty console startup issue (ID#4193)

  • Minor fixes to logging and utilities version information (ID#4214, 4349, 4388, 4425)

  • Fixed Network Control Center reporting lack of privileges (ID#4256)

  • Fixed PMAD-AA incorrect reporting of MAC/station address to VMS 5.5-2H4 (ID#4255)
  • Fixed CHARON DIT licensing in application and service mode (ID#4182, #4301)
  • Fixed CHARON-VAX/6660 crash with "divided by zero" error (ID#4316)
  • Fixed DECNET operating over serial lines (ID#3035)
  • Fixed poor DECNET performance in Network Load test (ID#2985)
  • Fixed physical serial line lock-ups (ID#3036, #3991)
  • Fixed VMS hang on attempting  to login over modem (ID#3053)Fixed skipping 29 FEB on leap year during VMS boot (ID#3570)
  • Fixed incorrect license behavior when host time is backdated (ID#4058)
  • Fixed MTD utility issue with no access to some SCSI tape drives (ID#3927)
  • Fixed CHARON crash with exception (C0000005) at 000000000071EF46: Segmentation violation (ID#4066)
  • Fixed Network Control Center monitoring features (ID#3922)
  • Fixed Windows SErver 2012 version detection (ID#3920, #3921)
  • Fixed MicroVAX II running OpenVMS 4.5 network circuit going down every few seconds (ID#3916, #4068)
  • Fixed VAX VMS 6.2 (patched) crash with disks over 17GB (ID#3895)
  • Fixed issues setting up DSSI VAX Cluster (ID#3885)
  • Fixed an issue with MOUNT/cluster of a shared iSCSI disk on VAX 6310 (ID#3390)
  • Fixed inappropriate license check interval (ID#3754)
  • Fixed BIRQ handling on VAX (ID#3756)
  • Improved CHARON logging for missing license (ID#3116)
  • Fixed on the fly switch to backup dongle (ID#3690)
  • Fixed CD-ROM going offline if there was no disk in the host CD-ROM drive on CHARON startup (ID#3518)
  • Various fixes in CHARON logging and clear reporting of the issues (ID#3747, #3774, #3775, #3799, #3816, #4214)
  • Various fixes for HaspView utility (ID#3720, #3722)

  • Fixed MKDISK disk size calculation (ID#3812)

  • Drive error when tried to boot from unit 0 of MU (ID#3599)
  • Shadowing with physical drive does not work properly with VAX 3100 / 4000 models (ID#3313)
  • CDROM does not work properly with VAX 3100 / 4000 models (ID#3314)
  • "Removable" qualifier does not work in cerrain situations (ID#2738)
  • VAXELN hangs at boot stage on CHARON-VAX VAX4000 Model 90 (ID#3499)
  • CHARON-66x0 VAX6k310 hangs on "Initializing system" stage  (ID#3363)
  • Ultrix V4.3 and V4.5 does not boot properly on CHARON-VAX MicroVAX II (ID#3365)
  • OpenVMS 5.5-2 boot fails on CHARON-VAX VAX4000 Model 106 (ID#3413)
  • In certain sitiations CHARON-VAX VAX6000 Model 310 is not bootable (ID#3565)
  • CHARON-VAX VAX6000 Model 310 cannot use Charon IDLE package utilities (ID#3578)
  • CHARON-VAX permanently bugchecking in UCX FTP ACP (ID#3582)
  • Several DMA problems on the new FPGA base PCI2QBUS adapter (ID#3583)
  • The installation process becomes slow if a lot of CHARON products have already been installed on one host (ID#3388)
  • CHARON crashes with "C0..005" exception in some particular environments (ID#3425)
  • F6 pressing does not stop Charon if console is physical VT100 (ID#3483)
  • Backup license works more time than specified (ID#3484)
  • CHARON-VAX 6620+ crashes VMS extensively when running on 4.4GHz Core i7 when ACE is enabled (ID#3494)
  • Update product copyright year -> 2012 (was: Update date in log-file) (ID#3517)
  • CHARON-VAX VAX66x0 SMP configuration crash with CPUSANITY when running on high end server (ID#3533)
  • VAX VMS BUG CHECK happens when CPUSPINWAIT CPU spinwait timer expired (ID#3540)
  • CHARON-VAX VAX6620 hangs when running VAX ROM diagnostic (ID#3542)
  • Wrong service dependency list for SL-protected executables (ID#3567)
  • Guard Page Violation exception walking through exception stack to avoid exception during exceptions processing (ID#3424)
  • Update HASP View in order not to decrease counters (ID#3310)
  • CHARON-VAX VAX6000 Model 310 is unable to initialize a virtual tape (ID#3389)
  • QUART handles DTR incorrectly (ID#3429)
  • "set term/speed=***" comand does not work with physical VT100 (ID#3409)
  • CHARON-VAX VAXstation 4000 model 90 does not display PMAD-AA instance in its SRM console (ID#3339)
  • Error message during installation of CHARON-VAX on Windows 7 (ID#3367)
  • Issue configuring TL891 on Windows Server 2008R2 (ID#3369)
  • HASP HL License Recording Utility migration to 3.21 firmware (ID#2520)
  • Crash of CHARON-VAX/XM+ build 122-04 emulating VS4090 model (ID#3292)
  • VCB02 screen refuses to close on shutdown (ID#3295)
  • VAXstation 4000 Model 90 is unable to bootfrom MDM virtial tape container (ID#2969)
  • CHARON services incorrect dependence (ID#3325)
  • Broken initialization in PMAD-AA module (may crash VS4K90 emulator) (ID#3341)
  • Modem problem on Charon-VAX for Windows (ID#3269)
  • After upgrading to 3.3.91 the serial lines do not operate correctly anymore in particular environments (ID#2014)
  • Assertion check failed at line 170, file ../storage/mscpctlr.cxx (ID#3274)
  • DEP exception list is not populated with installed VAX models (ID#2405)
  • CHARON-VAX VAX4108 cluster system crash (ID#3096)
  • CHARON shows "Windows 7 Business Edition" instead of "Windows 7 Professional" (ID#3167)
  • CHARON-VAX VAX6000 Model 310 is not bootable (ID#3205)
  • CHARON-66x0 Models VAX6k610 / VAX6k620 are not bootable (ID#3208)
  • Licence can be limited both by execution counter and expiration date (ID#3303, #3311)
  • CHARON service exits on user logoff (ID #3134)
  • UETP fails on a tape image if CHARON runs on VMware (ID#2427)
  • Some serial line errors on CHARON-VAX when MOXA board is used (ID#3210)
  • Physical drive does not work properly with VAX3100 / 4k models (ID#3261)
  • Hibernation of remote host connected to CHARON-VAX via telnet (console) leads to break of connection till CHARON is restarted (ID#3268)
  • CHARON shows "Windows 7 Business Edition" instead of "Windows 7 Professional" (ID#3167)
  • CHARON Service is unable to show console window (ID#3179, 3180)
  • CHARON Service is unable to detect Windows Server 2008 R2 host shutdown. (ID#3181)
  • VAX6660 becomes slow if 3.5Gb emulated memory is configured (ID#2789)
  • Idle Slowdown is not working on MVII/3600 (ID#2816)
  • Utilities from idle_vms_pkg.vdisk are not working with MVII/3600 (ID#2817)
  • SHUTDOWN utilities from idle_vms_pkg.vdisk produce no effect on MV3100/4000 (ID#2818)
  • CHARON causes Windws to reboot every time when OpenVMS starts TCP service right  after starting DECnet (ID#2324)
  • Remote desktop issues with license access on Server 2008 R2 (ID#2571)
  • In some cases  \\.\SCSI... access to disk device is blocked by Windows OS (ID#2740)
  • VAX 4000 hangs booting VMS from virtual DSSI drive (ID#2733)
  • VAX 6000 is unable to boot from KFMSA XMI DSSI Adapter (ID#2759)
  • CHARON service is installed with incorrect Home Directory specified (ID#2776)
  • Incorrect behavior of COBOL application (ID#2787)
  • Setting "scs_node_name=STREAMER " is not stored properly (ID#2831)
  • SHOW DEV shows no UQSSP devices after VMS shutdown (ID#2877)
  • "%MOUNT-F-NOSUCHDEV, no such device available" is reported sometimes when booting VAX/VMS V7.3 with DSSI disk drives (emulation timing issue) (ID#2873)
  • Truncated DMA transfer errors happen when booting VAX/VMS V7.3 from DSSI disk drive (ID#2872)
  • Setting "MI,TF85" parameter for HSD50 tape device causes CHARON to exit (ID#2830)
  • Incorrect "OS Environment" content is reported in CHARON log file on Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 (ID#2820)
  • FEPROM content is not preserved if CHARON exits abnormally or runs as service (ID#2777)
  • OpenVMS hangs at shutdown if certain CHARON configurations are used (OPCCRASH hangs) (ID#2508)
  • Incorrect log messages about unconfigured serial lines were removed
  • SCSIcheck utility does not recognize iSCSI volumes correctly (ID#2448)
  • Remove extra spaces from Virtual Disk Table and Virtual Disk Metadata files (ID#2596)
  • Windows registry keys to be removed on complete deinstallation (ID#2572)
  • Ticket #8029: Mounting disks is happening slower than in the previous releases (ID#2566)
  • "sst.h:906 assert(immediate_ssts == 0)" happens from time to time when running VAX 6610  (ID#2560)
  • When trying to run CHARON-VAX executables the following error message is displayed: "The procedure entry point SetThreadStackGuarantee could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll" (ID#2615)
  • Install Wizard crash (ID#2643)
  • The charon.rom file cannot be created (ID#2440)
  • VMS 6.1 and below does not install from standalone backup and does not boot (ID#2438)
  • POST errors in TEST Subtest (ID#2307)
  • Chinese-Simplified locale makes CHARON-VAX process non-operational (ID#2697)
  • USB Floppy Drive is OFFLINE to VMS when connected to SCSI Controller of MicroVAX 3100 Model 98 (ID#2696)
  • Problem using CDrom on HP 465c blade server connected via USB (ID#2651)
  • CHARON-VAX crashed with incorrect configuration file (network part) (ID#2622)
  • The default CFG file produces error messages about missing serial devices TTA0, TTA1 and TTA2 (ID#2338)
  • DAT72 tape problem: "error in tape label processing" and "tape is not valid ANSI format" error messages (ID#2213)
  • Windows Server 2008 CN: "Invisible" Installation Log (empty log file) (ID#2678)
  • A file "mkdisk.vtable" is absent in the kit -- it prevents the MKDISK from starting normally (ID#2589).
  • Incorrect text encoding in the NetDiag help on Chinese systems (ID#2373).
  • Install procedure does not inform when unsupported host platform is attempted (ID#2431).
  • Putty Console does not work (no proper session is available) when CHARON-VAX runs as a service (ID#2452).
  • ID#2471 - Ticket #7687: Pressing "F6" button terminates emulator. The default reaction must be changed to "none"
  • 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)
  • Grammar error in message text: some typos should be corrected (ID#2428)
  • 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 when "F1" is pressed on Windows 2008 / Vista operating systems (ID#2498)
  • Ticket #7774: Problems NDIS6 driver - memory leak is found (ID#2490)
  • Many question marks sometimes displayed in the Network Control Center Chinese help file (ID#2373)
  • "EXA0: Failed to create symbolic link to the packet driver" error prevents using CHARON-VAX networking despite the configuration is correct (ID#2554)
  • "Back" button does not always work during installation
  • An error message could appear during uninstallation of CHARON-VAX through Control Panel
  • CHARON-VAX may wrongly report that no license is present if the correct license is present.
  • Too many scheduled starts and stops of CHARON-VAX service in a short period of time could cause CHARON-VAX crash. 

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  • Unpack CHARON kit into a temporary (installation) folder.
  • Run the "InstallShell.exe" file in the installation folder.
  • Choose the products to install and proceed with suggested steps.
  • Please note that the media may contain more products than allowed by your license.

(warning) CHARON installation may fail with an error message "The installation process cannot replace hasplms.exe because the file is in use". It is known problem of the Sentinel HASP driver installer included to CHARON installation procedure as a 3rd party software.

In this case follow the procedure recommended by Sentinel:

  1. Login as an user having Administrator Rights.
  2. Use the Sentinel HASP Runtime Environment Removal tool (https://sentinelcustomer.gemalto.com/sentineldownloads/?s=removal&c=#)
  3. Stop any antivirus or firewall available on the system.
  4. Stop and remove "hasplms.exe" manually. This file is available under "C:\Windows\System32". In case if "hasplms.exe" is read only or hidden change the file properties accordingly.
  5. Restart the system
  6. Run CHARON installation again

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