CHARON-AXP V4.7 Build 171-01 for Linux 64 bit - Release Notes

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Last updated: Jan 17, 2020
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Please review this document before proceeding with installation of CHARON-AXP for Linux

Products included in the CHARON-AXP version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

In this document the terms CHARON and CHARON-AXP are used to refer to the product below:

  • CHARON-AXP/4100 version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

  • CHARON-AXP/DS10 version 4.7 build 171-01for Linux 64bit

  • CHARON-AXP/DS20 version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

  • CHARON-AXP/ES40 version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

  • CHARON-AXP/GS80 version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

  • CHARON-AXP/GS160 version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

  • CHARON-AXP/GS320 version 4.7 build 171-01 for Linux 64bit

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Supported software platforms

  • Linux Red Hat Enterprise 7.0 and 7.1, 64bit
  • Linux Fedora Core 20, 21, and 22, 64bit
  • VMware ESXi 5.x and 6.0 (requires a supported Linux operating system on top of a ESXi virtual machine)

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Hosting hardware requirements and configuration recommendations

  • The number of available x86/x64 compatible (Intel or AMD) CPU cores in the hosting server should be at least 150% of the number of emulated CPU cores.
  • The recommended number of available (Intel or AMD) CPU cores in the hosting server is twice the number of emulated CPU cores.
  • Intel Xeon v3 generation and above (E3 v3, E5 v3, E7 v3), CPUs with a clock frequency of 3GHz and higher are recommended for optimal CHARON performance.
  • DDR4 RAM 1866 MHz and above is recommended for optimal CHARON performance.
  • The minimum host memory size depends on the amount of emulated VAX memory and on the number of CHARON instances running on one host. The minimum host memory = (2Gb +  the amount of HP Alpha memory emulated) per CHARON-AXP instance.
  • Mid range and high end RAID controllers with at least 1GB cache with write-back enabled and battery backup option is recommended.
    (Using low-end RAID controllers may cause significant performance degradation and CHARON-AXP crash. RAID5 and similar configurations are not recommended.)
  • Intel HT (Hyper-Threading Technology) should be disabled on the hosting server.
  • Hosting server should always run at full speed. Power management and the screen saver should be disabled on the hosting server.
  • On VMware, E1000 network adapters must be used for CHARON; VM network adapters dedicated to CHARON and vSwitch dedicated to CHARON network segment should be set to Promiscuous mode.

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New functionality introduced in build 171-01 since previous release (build 168-03)

  • New platform support

    • Linux Red Hat Enterprise 7.x
    • Linux Fedora Core 20, 21 and 22
    • VMware ESXi 6.0
    • Please notice RHEL 6.x is not supported
  • CHARON product packaging

    • CHARON binaries are linked statically since this release. CHARON-VAX and CHARON-AXP can be installed on the same host (ID#4710)

    • Charon Linux Toolkit is included in the distribution. It is a set of text based menu and utilities to simplify CHARON operational procedures and provide Guest to Host communication channel. CHARON WebUI has been retired
    • All emulated AXP models are installed by default. Allowed AXP models are controlled by CHARON license (ID#4711)
  • Performance improvements
    • General performance improvement up to 10% for some usage scenarios (ID#4474)
    • Internal CHARON-AXP performance counters for various subsystems (CPU, DIT, Network I/O, and Disk I/O) be streamed to the CHARON log file. The log has to be sent to Stromasys for analysis (ID#4141)
  • New configuration options and configuration changes
    • MPIO storage path support is implemented (ID#4328)

    • Write-through caching of virtual disks is implemented; it can be set with a parameter "use_io_file_buffering = write-through".  By default it is switched off. (ID#4613)

    • VLANs are supported (ID#4401)
    • Sample configuration files are updated with correct values for "hw_model", "system_name", "architecture" and "dsrdb" parameters (ID#4697)
    • The log file language is set to English (ID#4509)
    • CARON log file format switched to UTF-8 (ID#4188)

    • Rotating log file switch can be configured to be triggered by maximum file size and time period (ID#4639)

    • CHARON console log rotation has been implemented (ID#4639)
  • New licensing options. Please refer to User Manual and online Knowledge Base for details,  technical restrictions, and best practices (ID#2856, #4137, #4285)
    • Software licensing (SL) is available. Software license is bound to physical system hardware components or virtual machine hardware components (ID#4344)
    • Network licensing is available, for both hardware dongles (require special dongle) and software licensing
    • CHARON instance counter on a Network license switched to instance mode from station/instance mode, which allows CHARON instances to be spread around the network at user convenience. For example, a Network license with 6 CHARON instances allows to run 3 instances on a first hosting server, 2 instances on a second hosting server, and one instance in a third hosting server. In the previous versions of CHARON Network license controlled number of hosting systems and CHARON instances per host system.
    • CHARON license check order can be managed via configuration file, Production and Backup license IDs can be specified (ID#4249) 
    • Software License can be relocated to another host
    • New parameter "license_key_lookup_retry" has been introduced allowing to set a number of license retries with specified time interval for the license checks on CHARON startup (ID#4399) 
    • License protection run time package (Sentinel) has been upgraded to the current stable version (ID#4209, 4711)
    • Please notice that CHARON HASP runtime environment is customized by Stromasys. Environment downloaded directly form SafeNet would not provide full functionality (specifically, Software Licensing will not work). Stromasys will maintain and distribute HASP environment updates as CHARON product patches if necessary
  • CHARON utilities
    • MTD utility supports SCSI Passthrough mode for tapes without Linux driver (ID#3927)

    • CHARON utilities fully support mixed encoding in log files (ID#4642, 4646)

    • Network Configuration Utility (NCU) compatibility with supported OS versions has been improved, functionality extended (ID#4530, 4563, 4454)

    • hasp_srm_view utility can display either a particular license or all available licenses (ID#4618)

    • mkdskcmd utility does not allow to reduce vdisk size (ID#4506)

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Problems fixed in build 171-01 since build 168-03

  • Compatibility issue between CHARON-VAX and CHARON-AXP on the same host has been fixed. Please use the same build 171-01 of CHARON-VAX and CHARON-AXP to run on the same host
  • Under FedoraCore 20 CHARON is now able to start from non-privileged account (ID#4669) 

  • Fixed a FIFO overrun issue in DEC12x4x module (EW network devices) which led to guest OS crash (ID#4066) 

  • Fixed FTP stall on CHARON under ESXi 5.1 (ID#4581)

  • Fixed an AlphaServer 1200, 4000, and 4100 not seeing EWA0 interface under VMS6.2-1H3 (ID#4499)

  • Fixed and issue with AlphaServer DS10 67/616 crash because of an incorrect placement of a stack (ID#4595)

  • Fixed several issues lead to Exception (C0000005) at 10005324: Segmentation violation (ID#4481, 4540)

  • Fixed OpenVMS 7.3 crash on  ES40 boot from virtual DGA disk (ID#4636, 4637)

  • Fixed Tru64 5.1B installation on AlphaServer DS15 (ID#4602)

  • Fixed an inconsistent error message "Cannot connect to *.vtape" (ID#4612)

  • Fixed AlphaServer DS15A SMM type (ID#4621)

  • Fixed incorrect "null" (ASCII 0) and missing CR characters in SRM console (ID#4502, 4565, 4693)

  • Fixed various issues with expired CHARON licenses and automatic license switchover (ID#4622, 4179)

  • Fixed an issue with unexpected physical tape device name change on Tru64 (ID#4491)
  • Various fixes to improve readability of the log file (ID#4493, 4700)

  • Fixed Reflection terminal emulator program error on closing CHARON (ID#4623)

  • Fixed various issues with storage mapping in configuration templates (ID#4703)

  • Fixed mkdskcmd issue  with uppercase characters (ID#4562)

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Configuration changes required when upgrading from previous version(s) or migrating from Windows platform to build 171-01

  • An old version of CHARON-AXP has to be removed before installing the current version
  • A CHARON license update is required. Stromasys might request a HASP dongle state (c2v file) or a host fingerprint taken by HASP Update Service (which is included in the CHARON kit) in order to issue a license update. Please refer to License installation for details
  • If VMware is used, it must be upgraded to version 5.x or 6.0
  • The Tru64 kernel might require a rebuild for some emulated AXP models that are included in the CHARON-AXP/4100 product
  • It's recommended to archive the old CHARON log before starting the new version n order to avoid mixing character encoding in the log file
  • CHARON-AXP cannot be started remotely remotely via ssh, telnet, VNC, etc., if a local HASP dongle or a local software license is used. Please use Charon Linux Toolkit. Alternatively, network dongle or network software license can be used. Another option is to configure CHARON-VAX as a Linux service/daemon manually. See this chapter for details of how to configure CHARON-AXP as a service/daemon
  • Intelligent packet processing should be switched off for the network adapters dedicated to CHARON with "Network Control Center" (NCC) utility. Please refer to FTP, NFS, and general network issues with CHARON-AXP and CHARON-VAX on Linux for details
  • Linux Xterm does not provide the full functionality of a VT100 terminal by default. Please refer to the user manual for the details of setting up the mode for emulating VT100.
  • The CHARON-VAX configuration file should be reviewed if migrating from CHARON-VAX for Windows. Linux specific configuration parameters (for example, network adapter references) should be changed to Linux specific parameters. Please refer to the CHARON-AXP V4.7 for Linux - User's Guide for details.
  • CHARON executables, libraries and data (disk container files) 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
  • Power management and screen saver should be switched off on the hosting server
  • Please note that the actual network communication speed and mode are determined by the Linux network speed and mode settings. This configuration change is required to avoid network timeouts in VMS and Tru64 during the negotiation phase

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Known restrictions of build 171-01

  • Network booting is not currently supported.
  • The total number of devices (both controllers and units, including disks) displayed by CHARON SRM console is limited to 48. Note that it does not affect the actual number of configured devices provided to CHARON guest OS.

  • CHARON emulated console supports only 80 symbols in one line.

  • In some specific situations the virtual disks descriptions can be displayed as "Virtual SCSI Disk (C)SRI" in SRM console. This problem does not affect CHARON functionality (ID#4729)
  • Hardware partitioning is not supported by CHARON. However the same hardware layout can be emulated with multiple CHARON instances on the same host
  • 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)
  • By default the layout of the right part of the PC keyboard is not mapped to the layout of the VT100 keyboard. Use a special script created by Geoff Kingsmill (http://www.decuslib.com/decus/freewarev50/decxterm/decxterm). Run this script, then run CHARON-AXP normally. (ID#3030)
  • 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 FedoraCore (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

  • The virtual Alpha firmware is designed to support a maximum of 48 devices. However for VMS and Tru64 all devices are available
  • 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.
  • Microsoft Windows for Alpha is not supported on CHARON-AXP
  • 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.
  • Emacs hangs if the OPA0 console is used. Emacs works fine over an SSH connection.
  • Please note that CHARON-AXP has not been tested with SAN attached storage volumes 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. (warning) If it is already installed, disable automatic startup by booting into SINGE USER mode and issue the following commands:

    # mount -u /
    # mount /usr
    # rcmgr set ENVMON_CONFIGURED 0 

    then "exit" (Ctrl-D) to multi user mode.

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New functionality introduced in previous builds

  • DS10 emulator included into CHARON-AXP/DS10 (ID#4176)
  • PCI Pass Through support for FC is implemented (ID#2467)
  • Physical PCI Fiber Channel presentation mode is supported (ID#4294)
  • PCI-to-PCI bridges are implemeted (ID#4428)
  • PCI device multifunction is fully supported (ID#4007)
  • CHARON's interface for external diagnostic data collection is implemented (ID#4385)
  • Statistics counters for storage and network subsystems are implemented (ID#4141)
  • CPU state transition (HALT <-> RUN) is logged with indication of reason for that (ID#4264)
  • Several ways of TOY synchronization to CHARON host are available (ID#4144)
  • CPU IDLEing for SMP Alpha emulators is available (ID#4169)
  • "hasp_srm_view" is updated to allow managing SL licenses (ID#4172)
  • EI device support - DE602 (Compaq NC3131) adapter is implemented (ID#4185, 4293)
  • HALT command for CHARON-AXP SRM console is implemented (ID#4239)
  • "session license_key_id" parameter is introduced to manage multiple licenses available to CHARON (ID#4249)
  • A specific sample script is included to the kit allowing to run CHARON as daemon (ID#4238)
  • DM Multipath devices are supported now (ID#4328)
  • mkdisk utility can transform a target disk size/type (ID#4329, 4506)
  • Sentinel protection support is upgraded to the last versions (ID#4285)
  • WebUI package is distributed separately now (ID#4364, 4497)
  • EIx0_MODE envronment variable is introduced to configure DE602 (Compaq NC3131) adapter (ID#4366)
  • CHARON Network Configuration Utility (NCU) is introduced to help with configuration of the host network interface dedicated to CHARON (ID#4373)
  • "license_key_lookup_retry" parameter is introduced to check CHARON license several times in specified interval between retries (ID#4399)
  • Only English localization is supported (ID#4509)
  • New version of VMinfo is integrated (ID#4486)
  • The installation "update" feature is supported (ID#4227)
  • NCU utility has been significantly improved (ID#4563, 4409)
  • Emulation of AlphaServer DS15, DS25 and ES45 was added (ID#3523)
  • A log rotation mechanism and improved filtering of log messages was implemented (ID#2281, 2608)
  • Memory management was improved (ID#3197)
  • The console log can be written into a separate text file (ID#3587)
  • The "hasp_srm_view" utility was updated and improved. It is now able to work with C2V/V2C files and software licenses with the license locations definition (ID#3656, 3742, 4059)
  • Log files are written in UTF-8 now (ID#4188)
  • The WebUI can highlight lines in the log-viewer (ID#3677)
  • The WebUI is able to display rotated CHARON Message logs (ID#3725)
  • KGPSA DGx devices support up to 5 digits (ID#3790)
  • KGPSA pass-through mode is now available. The kit provides all the necessary drivers (ID#3467)
  • CFG templates were updated (ID#3730)
  • The "mkdskcmd" utility can report progress of disk creation (ID#3793)
  • The HBA model is logged in CHARON-AXP log file (ID#3801)
  • The Console and PALcode versions were updated (ID#3870)
  • EMULEX hardware/firmware revision levels are displayed while polling for units on KGPSA (ID#3932)
  • Setting of the AlphaServer SERIAL_NUMBER was implemented (ID#4096)
  • The MTD utility was improved (ID#4412, 3531, 3927)
  • The kit may be distributed with DEMOMA protection (ID#4005)
  • CPU IDLE was enabed for SMP Alpha emulators for production use (ID#4169)
  • CHARON-AXP version changed to 4.4. A license update is required (ID#3701)
  • CHARON-AXP is supported on VMware ESXi 5.1
  • CHARON Production license dongle could be replaced with Backup or Spare dongle, and vice versa, without stopping CHARON. The backup/spare dongle is only accepted if CHARON instance configuration parameters remain unchanged (ID#3690)
  • CHARON license expiration date can be updated without stopping CHARON. Please notice that CHARON instance configuration parameters for active instances should remain unchanged (number of CPUs, etc.) (ID #2966, #3206)
  • Spare license dongles which are limited by both execution counter and expiration date are supported (ID#3303, #3311, #3435)
  • hasp_srm_view utilitty can produce c2v files. Please refer to utility's help for details (ID#3656)
  • hasp_srm_view utility detects Sentinel HASP Netwrok licenses as well as Sentinel HASP physical dongles with host ID relevant to them (ID#3637, 3539, 3742)
  • A beta version of CHARON WebUI is introduced on Fedora 16. It is not available on Red Hat Enterprise
  • Network license protection is supported by CHARON-AXP. Network licensing is available from Stromasys as a service (ID#3095, 3546)
  • Emulated KGPSA controller has been implemented, allowing DG devices to be configured in VMS and Tru64 (ID#2151)
  • Physical disks, tapes, and CDROMs are supported (ID #2461)
  • Physical drives connected as DG devices are supported (ID#3417)
  • Linux virtual network interfaces are supported (ID #3077, #3088, #3111)
  • Virtrual SCSI RX26 floppy drive is supported (ID #2996, #3057)
  • CHARON-AXP automatically replaces the old .ROM file after CHARON upgrade (ID#3085)
  • Configuration templates are updated; CPU architecture, AXP model, system ID, and LURT could be set in the config file. CHARON rejects illegal set of parameters (ID#3260, 3307, 3511, 3541)
  • "geometry" option has been added to the KZPBA controller (ID#3330)
  • "geometry" CFG file option is introduced to specify size of tape image and, optionally, size of "early-warning" area at the end of tape image (ID#2561)
  • CFG templates are updated, comments are improved (ID#3332)
  • Console variable "date" is implemented in order to read date and time from the host OS (ID#2743)
  • Virtual CDROM containers and removable disk containers can be switched on the fly (ID#3251, #2738)
  • MTD utility has been included in the distribution kit (ID#3344)
  • Additional CHARON-AXP instances and products could be added to the license "on the fly".
  • Sample configuration files are updated and improved (ID #3705, 3730, 3666, 3521)
  • CHARON-AXP comes with the maximum amount of RAM allowed by emulated model. Please refer to the product SPDs for the details.
  • New Alpha emulated models are added to CHARON-AXP/4100 product:
    • AlphaServer 800 (a single CPU Alphaserver)
    • AlphaServer 1000 (a single CPU Alphaserver)
    • AlphaServer 1000A (a single CPU Alphaserver)
    • AlphaServer 1200 (a dual CPU Alphaserver)
  • All network connections have "Half Duplex 10BaseT" mode by default (ID#3041)
  • IDLE Utility is supported for single CPU Alpha emulators (ID#3087, 3121, 3146)
  • Installation procedure installs the End User Agreement document to the "/doc" folder in .txt and .pdf formats (ID#3122)

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Problems fixed in previous builds

  • 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 Users's Guide. (ID#3030)
  • EWA0 is offline in DE500AA under FedoraCore 15 (ID#3346)
  • WebUI: When "Select disk type" menu is opened that it's almost imossible to select a a big didk 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 FedoraCore 19 (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 FedoraCore (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)
  • 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 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 FedoraCore 16 (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)
  • Oracle 10g cannot be installed on some models properly (ID#3813)
  • Serial port on Tru64 does not work as expected against RHEL (ID#4457)
  • Segmentation Violation while installing Oracle 10g on AlphaServer 400/1000/1000A (ID#4531)
  • 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 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 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 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_srm_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 (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 FedoraCore) (ID#3537)
  • EWA0 may be offline if DE500AA is configured under FedoraCore (ID#3346)
  • Bugcheck 114 may happen if CHARON was running under FedoraCore (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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Distribution and Installation

The kit is distributed as a ".gz" file containing a set of standard Linux RPM installations for CHARON-AXP product, license support, set of utilities and Sentinel run-time.

Make sure there are no CHARON-AXP configurations running before the installation.

Login as the "root" user and move to the CHARON-AXP RPM folder (unzipped from the archive provided).

Install the 32-bit glibc package required by Sentinel HASP runtime:

yum install glibc.i686

(warning) Sometimes it is not possible to use an online repository for the installation of 32-bit glibc package. In this case follow the procedure described in the User's Guide.

Please note that WebUI is now excluded from the kit and distributed as a separate product. Consult with its User's Guide for details of its installation. 

Issue:

yum install *.rpm

Please refer to the CHARON-AXP for Linux User's Guide for more details.

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