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HP Part Number: 30216-90269

Edition: Volume 10 Issue 1

Published: E1098


Table of Contents

Obtaining Software Security Patches for your HP Computer System
HP Electronic Support Center Security-Related Services
Subscribing to HP Electronic Support Center Security Bulletin Services
Instructions
If You Discover a Security Problem
1 Overview—MPE/iX Release 6.0 (C.60.00)
Communicator Summary
MPE/iX Patches on HP Electronic Support Center
HP Instant Information CD-Rom
Chapter 2, System Information/Before You Install
Chapter 3, System Management
Chapter 4, System Support Tools
Chapter 5, Application Development
Chapter 6, Data/Application Integration
Chapter 7, Interoperability and Internet Solutions
Chapter 8, Peripherals
Chapter 9, Year 2000 Enhancements
Chapter 10, Technical Articles
Chapter 11, Product Release History
Chapter 12, Catalog of User Documentation
MPE/iX Patches on HP Electronic Support Center
Features and Benefits
Access Method to the HP Electronic Support Center
Electronic Digests
AUTOPAT Installation Document
HP Instant Information for Delivery of Learning Products
Improved Searches, Printing and Collection
Documents Available on the World Wide Web
2 System Information and Preparation
Updating to and Backdating from MPE/iX 6.0
Updating to MPE/iX 6.0
Backdating from MPE/iX 6.0
Planning Your Move to MPE/iX Release 6.0
System Software Version Compatibility
Third-Party Software Compatibility
CD-ROM Disk Drive Compatibility
LDEV 1 Disk Drive Minimum Capacity
LDEV 1 Disk Drive Maximum Usage
Estimating Disk Space Requirements
Upgrading a Pre-997 Corporate Business Server to a 997
Introduction
IOCNVRT.PUB.SYS
JADETOOL
Restrictions
Recommended Sequence of Steps for Upgrading from a Pre-997 to a 997
Special Note on SCSI Device Configuration for MPE/iX 6.0
Overview
Examples:
New MPE/iX Release Obsolescence Strategy
HP System Account and Directory Naming Structure
System Accounts
System Directories
3 System Management
User-Defined Job Queues and ALTJOB HIPRI Enhancements
Enhancements Summary
New Commands
Modified Commands
Overview of HP Patch/iX
Overview
Benefits and Features
HP Patch/iX Supported Processes
Reflection Users
Overview of HP Stage/iX
Requirements
HP Stage/iX Concepts
Installing and Initializing HP Stage/iX
STAGEMAN Utility
Uninstalling HP Stage/iX
Safety Features
HP Stage/iX HELP
Transaction Manager
Overview
Increase in Number of TCP Connections
Introduction
Configuration through NMMGR
Overview of CI Enhancements
Overview
MPE/iX POSIX Installation Changes
File Permissions
New Symbolic Links:
Shell initialization:
"SH" UDC:
UNIX Porting
DNS BIND/iX and Syslog/iX
Overview of DNS BIND/iX
Overview of Syslog/iX
Easytime/XL Bundled with MPE/iX 6.0
What Is HP Easytime/XL
4 System Support Tools
Predictive Support
Product Overview
Predictive Support Understands the Year 2000
Upgrading Predictive Support Software
Support for New Peripherals
Before You Update HP Predictive Support
On-Line Diagnostic System (Sherlock)
GLANCE has a New Name and a New Home!
Overview
Trial Program
5 Application Development
Transact V and Transact/iX Enhancements
Overview
Documentation
Dictionary/3000
Overview
Documentation
Inform/V
HP ALLBASE/BRW
COBOL II/iX Enhancements
Overview
QUERY/iX Enhancements Overview
Overview
IMAGE/SQL and TurboIMAGE/XL Overview
Overview
Updating from an Earlier Release
ODBCLink/SE
Features in ALLBASE/SQL Version G3
Overview
Instant Information CD-ROM
String Functions
MONITOR and INSTALL Authorities
Year 2000 Compatibility
CAST Function
6 Data/Application Integration
DCE RPC Clients for FOS through MPE/iX
Overview
Technical Details
7 Interoperability and Internet Solutions
Introducing 100VG-AnyLAN Network Adapter
Overview
Product Features
Introducing 100Base-T Network Adapter
Overview
Product Features
Introducing the REMSH Client Functionality
Overview
Using the REMSH Client
REMSH Client Requirements
Documentation
Hewlett-Packard NetWorker ClientPak for MPE/iX
Overview
Benefits
Features
Required Hardware and Software
HP Response Center Support
Documentation
Introducing ODBCLink/SE
Overview
Requirements
Utilities
DTS/TIO Subsystem
Overview
New Features
Telnet/iX Server—Full Functionality Release
Changes from the MPE/iX 5.5 Telnet/iX Version
FTP Enhancements
Implementation of FTPSRVR under INETD
Anonymous FTP Functionality
Support for Non-Standard MPE/iX File Types
The Configurable Server Time-Out
Hash Command
REPLACE Command
MOVE Option
The Implementation of CI Environment Variables for Additional FTP/iX Status Information
Samba/iX Overview
Overview
Major Components
Introducing Java/iX
Overview
8 Peripherals
9 GB Disk Drive
Overview
New Disk Devices Supported
Overview
High Availability Disk Array (Nike)
A3716A 144 GB DDS-3 Autoloader for MPE/iX
Product Overview
Support Information
Configuration
Operating Instructions
EMC Symmetrix Disk Arrays
9 Year 2000 Enhancements
Year 2000 Web Page
Year 2000 Enhancements for MPE/iX
Overview
Background
Two-Digit Years Interpretation
Intrinsics
Commands
CI Variables
Utilities
New Date Intrinsics for MPE/iX
Existing Date Formats
New Date Formats
Supported Date Formats
Special Date Values
New Date Intrinsics
VPLUS Enhancements for Turn-of-Century
Turn-of-century Enhancement
Other Products
Predictive
HP MPE/iX Databases
HP Stage/iX
Documentation Changes for MPE/iX Languages
FORTRAN 77/iX
Business BASIC
Business BASIC/iX
BASIC
RPG/iX
RPG/iX 4-Digit Year Enhancement
*DATE and *YEAR
RPGUDATE
Compatibility with Previous Versions
10 Technical Articles
QUERY/iX Enhancements
Overview
B-Tree Enhancement
Dynamic Dataset Capacities
Wildcard Retrievals
Wildcard Character Limitations
B-Tree Limitations
"NO MATCH" Enhancement
COBOL II/iX Enhancements
Overview
Secondary Entry Points
CALL by plabel
New Routines for Boolean Operations
Compiling Larger Programs
DISPLAY Index-name
New Qedit Diagnostic
IMAGE/SQL with TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements
Overview
Manuals Bundled with IMAGE/SQL
Updating IMAGE/SQL
TurboIMAGE/XL Enhancements
Dynamic Data Set Expansion for Masters
80 GB Data Sets
Performance Enhancement for Databases with Third-party Indices (TPI)
DBSCHEMA and P Type with Odd Sub-Item Length
B-Tree Indices
Scalability
Dynamic Detail Dataset Expansion (DDX) Fix
Important Information
IMAGE/SQL Enhancements
Predicate Locks when Updating Manual Masters
Support for B-Tree Indices
Third-Party Composite Indices
Important Information
ODBCLink/SE
New Features in ALLBASE/SQL Version G3
Overview
Instant Information CD-ROM
String Functions
Function Specification
Examples:
Features in ALLBASE/SQL Version G2
Security
Year 2000 Compatibility
CAST Function
Pseudo-Mapped Files Removed from ALLBASE/SQL
Year 2000 and Other Enhancements in VPLUS
Introduction
Turn-of-Century Enhancement
Programmable Defaults for Field and Data Types in FORMSPEC
Ability to Define More than 52 Single Character Fields per Form
Compatibility issues
New Intrinsics to Get and Set Save Field Values
Renumbering a Form with Interactive FORMSPEC
CI Enhancements
Introduction
POSIX Filenames
Enhancements to the COPY Command
Enhancements to the SHOWVAR Command
New Evaluator Functions
Summary of CI Enhancements in C.55.03
LISTF/LISTFILE Enhancements
Selection Equations for LISTFILE
New Variables
FLABELINFO and FINFO Enhancements
PAUSE Enhancement
INPUT Enhancement
PRINT Enhancement
The REMSH Client Functionality
An Overview of the REMSH Service
Verifying Installation
Configuring the REMSH Client
Using REMSH
Troubleshooting REMSH
Implementation Differences
Transaction Manager
Overview
System Log Expansion
Transaction Copy-forward
Checkpoint Improvement
New Features for DTS/TIO Subsystem
Introduction
New Features
Support of 400 DTCs
Support of 2000 device classes
Three New Modem Types for Attached
Data Length/Parity List Support
Introducing ODBCLink/SE
Overview
ODBC Level 2 Compliance
Client/Server Interface
Migration from HP PC API
Performance Considerations
Supported Functions and Commands
Supported Data Types
Stored Procedures
Features Specific to ODBCLink/SE
ALLBASE/SQL Restrictions
ANSI Character Set
Unsupported ALLBASE/SQL and IMAGE/SQL Statements
Utilities
ODBCLink
Documentation
Introducing Samba/iX
Overview
Major Components
File and Printer Sharing Using Samba/iX
Starting Samba/iX
Disable Resource Sharing
Stopping Samba/iX
Logging Method
Samba/iX Version
Developer's Kit for Java/iX
Background
Shell or CI?
Java Directory Structure
Using Java
Where to Go for More Information
Hewlett-Packard NetWorker Client for MPE/iX
Overview
Benefits
Features
Required Hardware and Software
HP Response Center Support
Documentation
FTP Enhancements
Implementation of FTPSRVR under INETD
Anonymous FTP Functionality
Support for Non-Standard MPE/iX File Types
The Configurable Server Time-Out
Hash Command
REPLACE Option
MOVE Option
The Implementation of CI Environment Variables for Additional FTP/iX Status Information
DNS BIND/iX and Syslog/iX
Overview of DNS BIND/iX
Overview of Syslog/iX
Types of Names Servers
Major Files Used for DNS BIND/iX
Configure Masters
Configuration Migration
How to Run Syslog/iX
How to Run DNS BIND/iX
Sample Configuration File for SysDiag/iX
Test Your Name Server
Debugging Levels for Troubleshooting
Documentation
More DNS BIND/iX Resources
11 Product Release History
Product Changes by Releases
Supported Releases
12 Catalog of User Documentation
MPE/iX 6.0 New or Updated Manuals
Manual Collections
Index
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