Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.3 for OpenVMS Readme File

Operating System Version

OpenVMS Version 5.5-2 is the minimum supported version of VAX OpenVMS.
OpenVMS Version 6.1-n is the minimum supported version of ALPHA OpenVMS.
OpenVMS Version 8.2-n is the maximum supported version of OpenVMS.

Prior to installing Oracle Rdb 7.0.8.3, you need to read the release notes which are included in the kit.

Software Errors Fixed in Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.3

Software Errors Fixed That Apply to All Interfaces

Recovered Database Missing Updates
Various Bugchecks Due to Memory Corruption
Wrong Result from Query with Zigzag Strategy
Query Slows Down Significantly After Upgrade From Rdb Release 7.0.7.3

SQL Errors Fixed

Unexpected Errors when Accessing Declared Local Temporary Tables
SQL$MOD Bugcheck for Undefined Function Parameter
DDL Statements Caused Bugchecks with Various Exceptions

Oracle RMU Errors Fixed

RMU REPAIR Did Not Retry Root File Open for Offline Access

See the release notes included in the kit (saveset a) for more details.

Requirements

The following conditions must be met in order to install this software update:

Oracle Rdb must be shutdown before you install this update kit. That is, the command file SYS$STARTUP:RMONSTOP(70).COM should be executed before proceeding with this installation. If you have an OpenVMS cluster, you must shutdown all versions of Oracle Rdb on all nodes in the cluster before proceeding.
Beginning with Release 7.0.6.2 of Oracle Rdb, all new Oracle Rdb kits released will be full kits. We will no longer ship partial kits (known as ECOs in the past). Therefore, there will be no need to install any prior release of Oracle Rdb when installing new Rdb kits.
The installation requires approximately 130,000 free blocks on your system disk for OpenVMS VAX systems; 240,000 blocks for OpenVMS Alpha systems.

How to Install

To start the installation procedure, invoke the VMSINSTAL command procedure:

@SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL variant-name device-name OPTIONS N

variant-name

The variant names for the software update for Oracle Rdb Release 7.0.8.3 are:

RDBAMVE3H070 for Oracle Rdb7 for OpenVMS Alpha multiversion
RDBASE3H070 for Oracle Rdb7 for OpenVMS Alpha standard version
RDBMVE3H070 for Oracle Rdb7 for OpenVMS VAX multiversion
RDBSE3H070 for Oracle Rdb7 for OpenVMS VAX standard version

device-name

Use the name of the device on which the media is mounted.

If the device is a disk drive, such as a CD-ROM reader, you also need to specify a directory. For CD-ROM distribution, the directory name is the same as the variant name. For example:
If the device is a magnetic tape drive, you need to specify only the device name. For example:

OPTIONS N

This parameter prints the release notes.

The following example shows how to start the installation of the Alpha Multiversion kit on device MTA0: and print the release notes:

$ @SYS$UPDATE:VMSINSTAL RDBAMVE3H070 MTA0: OPTIONS N

See the Rdb 7.0.8.3 release notes included in the kit (saveset a) for more installation details.