Patch Name: PHSS_1301 Patch Description: Corrections of versions and "scopeux" SR D500-133942 When the first date in an extracted file to be appended is different from the last date in the extracted file you are appending to, no data is appended. The workaround for this is to append data from the raw logfiles. The problem stemmed from using an incorrect starting time which was one minute after the time of the last record in the file to which you are appending. The start time had to be set to 0 when the date was not the same. SR D500-136598 Scopeux did not mark processes which exit in the same second (but slightly after) the last sample as having exited. When the MI got around to reusing these pid entries, scopeux generated an RX50 error saying data had been lost due to pid subclass reuse. Configuring the MI with more pid_subclasses would not get rid of this problem. The solution was to use a higher resolution time value for checking process exit times. NOTE: data can still be lost due to pid subclass reuse even after this patch is installed, but by configuring the MI with adequate pid_subclasses, the problem should be addressed. Now when scopeux detects data has been lost, it logs a message in the status file that will give you the information you need to configure the MI. The message will look like the following: 6/17/92 0:01 Data has been lost due to MI pid subclass reuse (RX50) Process exit records lost since 06/16/92 00:01 => 63 MI pid subclasses 1025, high pids 1013, high exits 628, ave used 469 Recommend configuring MI with pid_subclasses > 1641 The second line tells you the number of processes data which scopeux was not able to capture the exit record for. The third line tells you the current number of pid_subclasses the MI has configured, the high water mark of active processes and the high water mark of exited processes in one sample, and the average number of active processes. The fourth line tells you how many pid_subclasses scopeux thinks the MI should be configured with. This is high pid + high exits. This message will be logged at midnight each day or when scopeux is stopped if any pid reuses have occurred. Path Name: /hp-ux_patches/s700/8.X/PHSS_1301 Effective Date: 920714 Patch Files: extract scopeux SR#: D500-133942, D500-136598 "what" string/timestamp: extract: 700 B1806A HPLaserRX/UX,extract A.08.21 05/15/92 REV 1.1 HPLaserRX/UX,stdacc A.00.20 02/26/92 COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990,1991,1992 scopeux: 700 B1806A HPLaserRX/UX A.08.13 06/17/92 COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1990,1991,1992 HP-UX 8.05 version only 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,mi_lib A.08.09 11/21/91 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,micalls A.08.02 09/11/91 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,shared A.08.01 09/11/91 "sum" output: 30824 808 extract 51235 536 scopeux Dependencies: The following versions of micreate and midaemon /usr/bin/rxux/micreate: 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,micreate A.08.04 11/25/91 COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1991 HP-UX 8.05 version only 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,shared A.08.01 09/11/91 /usr/bin/rxux/midaemon: 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,midaemon A.08.11 09/13/91 COPYRIGHT (c) Hewlett-Packard Co. 1991 HP-UX 8.05 version only 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,dsetup A.08.00 5/16/91 700 HPUX/MI-A HPPerf Tools,shared A.08.01 09/11/91 Supersedes: All previous versions of scopeux and extract for HPLaserRX/UX, Product B1806A. Patch Package Size: 717 Kbytes Installation Instructions: Please review all instructions and the Hewlett-Packard SupportLine User Guide or your Hewlett-Packard support terms and conditions for precautions, scope of license, restrictions, and, limitation of liability and warranties, before installing this patch. Note: Please back up your system before you patch. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- After getting the patch onto your machine, unshar the patch (sh PHSS_1301). To install this patch do the following: 1) Run the update program (Note: you must be logged in as root to update a system). 2) Once in the update "Main Menu" move the highlighted line to "Change Source or Destination ->" and press "Return" or "Select Item". 3) Make sure the highlighted item in the "Change Source or Destination" window is "From Tape Device to Local System ...", then press "Return" or "Select Item". 4) You should now be in the "From Tape Device to Local System" window. Change the "Source: /dev/rmt/0m" to "Source: /tmp/PHSS_1301.updt" (this assumes that you are in the /tmp directory where PHSS_1301.updt has been placed). Note: You must enter the complete path name. 5) Press "Done". 6) From here on follow the standard directions for update. The customized script that update runs will move the original software to /system/PHSS_1301/orig. HP recommends keeping this software there in order to recover from any potential problems. It is also recommended that you move the PHSS_1301.text file to /system/PHSS_1301 to be retained for future reference. If you wish to put this patch on a magnetic tape and update from the tape drive, dd a copy of the patch to the tape drive. As an example the following will create a copy of the patch that update can read: dd if=PHSS_1301.updt of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=2048