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Comment: Removed bug 3570, was incorrectly set for VAX too. It is AXP only

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ProductCHARON-VAX
Version4.7
Operating systemWindows
Document typeRelease Notes
Document number30-17-069-010011
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  • 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 NCC 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 Launcher crash in case of config file lines are too long (ID#3910)
  • 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)
  • Fixed Service update functionality on CHARON Launcher (ID#3808)

  • Various CHARON Launcher fixes (ID#3566, #3567, #3752, #4033, #4055)
  • Various CHARON Service manager fixes (ID#3744)
  • Various WebUI fixes (ID#3512, #3593, #3597, #3615, #3627, #3670, #3676, #3692, #3711, #3712, #3713, #3714, #3720, #3743, #3751, #3769, #3890, #3903, #3975,#4022, #4025, #4050, #4123, #4124, #4128, #4129, #4130, #4131, #4136, #4178, #4192, #4195, #4196) 
  • 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)
  • Launcher cannot install a CHARON service in case of SL license (ID#3566)
  • Wrong service dependency list for SL-protected executables (ID#3567)
  • CHARONMANAGER.HLP is 0 KB in size (damaged file) (ID#3408)
  • 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)
  • The same tray icons for Service Manager and started Charon (ID#3291)
  • 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)
  • There is a problem to stop CHARON if it runs as service in the "automatic" mode with the CHARON Service Manager utility. Workaround: Run the "CharonManager.exe" utility from Administrator (right click of the mouse on the executable, "run from Administrator" option). (ID#2624)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • CHARON-VAX Service does not stop on Windows Server 2008/Vista/7 if configured for a certain stop time in the CHARON Service Manager (ID#2424)
  • Fail to copy log messages from Charon Service Manager (ID#2417)
  • 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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