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Convexos V10.0 Advance Notice Overview 1 ConvexOS V 10.0 Advance Notice Document No. 710-010030-002 October 1991 CONVEX Computer Corporation Richardson, Texas USA ConvexOS Vl 0.0 Advance Notice Document No. 710-010030-002 Copyright 1991 CONVEX Computer Corporation All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted. All rights reserved. This document may not in whole or part, be copied, duplicated, reproduced, translated, electronically stored, or re­ duced to machine readable form without prior written consent from CONVEX Com­ puter Corporation. Although the material contained herein has been carefully reviewed, CONVEX Com­ puter Corporation (CONVEX) does not warrant it to be free of errors or omissions. CONVEX reserves the right to make corrections, updates, revisions or changes to the information contained herein. CONVEX does not warrant the materiaJ described herein to be free of patent infringement. NFS is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. CONVEX and the CONVEX logo ("C") are registered trademarks of CONVEX Com­ puter Corporation. Printed in the United States of America Contents 1 Overview Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 1-1 Layered Products ................................................................................................... 1-2 Associated Documentation .................................................................................. 1-3 2 New Features Virtual Volume Manager (VVM) ......................................................................... 2-5 /etc/stripecap .................................................................................................. 2-5 vvmdaemon ...................................................................................................... 2-5 New Utilities ..................................................................................................... 2-6 mvst .............................................................................................................. 2-6 rmst ............................................................................................................... 2-6 qst .................................................................................................................. 2-6 Enhancements to Existing Stripe Utilities .................................................... 2-6 newst ............................................................................................................ 2-6 getst .............................................................................................................. 2-6 r putst .............................................................................................................. 2-7 Large Files Support ................................................................................................ 2-7 System Administration ................................................................................... 2-7 Utility Support .................................................................................................. 2-7 Programming Interface ................................................................................... 2-7 Restrictions ........................................................................................................ 2-7 3 Changes to Utilities and Procedures Utilities .................................................................................................................... 3-9 GNU Emacs ....................................................................................................... 3-9 Perl ..................................................................................................................... 3-9 acctconv ............................................................................................................. 3-9 csh ....................................................................................................................... 3-9 chkpnt .............................................................................................................. 3-10 cp and mv ........................................................................................................ 3-10 chown and chgrp ........................................................................................... 3-10 cron ................................................................................................................... 3-11 make ................................................................................................................. 3-11 man ................................................................................................................... 3-11 mkdir ................................................................................................................ 3-12 sh ....................................................................................................................... 3-12 fsck ................................................................................................................... 3-12 mount ............................................................................................................... 3-12 lpr and lpd ....................................................................................................... 3-13 opreq ................................................................................................................ 3-13 crashdump ...................................................................................................... 3-14 Contents i crypt Library Routine ......................................................................................... 3-14 CONVEX Share Scheduler ................................................................................. 3-14 CONVEX Internet Services ................................................................................ 3-14 CONVEX NFS ..................................................................................................... 3-15 lockd ................................................................................................................ 3-15 l NFS Installation ............................................................................................. 3-15 Tape System Enhancements ............................................................................... 3-15 Kernel Source Tree Modifications ..................................................................... 3-15 Compatibility ................................................................................................. 3-15 Kernel source compatibility ................................................................... 3-15 Kernel binary object compatibility ........................................................ 3-16 sysgen .............................................................................................................. 3-16 /sys Files ......................................................................................................... 3-17 /usr/include Files ......................................................................................... 3-17 /usr/68k/include Files ................................................................................ 3-18 Appendix A tcsh Man Page ii ConvexOS V10.0 Advance Notice Overview 1 This Advance Notice is intended to make your transition to ConvexOS VtO.O as smooth as possible by providing you with information prior to the release. It describes new features and changes in the operating system and explains adjustments that must be made at your site. Prerequisites The VtO.O release of ConvexOS has the following prerequisites for Ct series, C2 series, and C3200 machines: • If you are performing an upgrade, your system must be running V9.t or V9.0 of ConvexOS. • You must be running version 5.2 of SPU OS. • If you have a C2 series CONVEX machine, you must install V3.7 of the diagnostic database. No upgrade of the diagnostic database is required for Ct series machines. • You must be running the correct version of system diagnostics: - V6.6 of the Ct series system diagnostics - V3.5 of the C2 series system diagnostics • The ConvexOS and Utilities VtO.O Installation Procedures will instruct you to create the following user and groups: - user lpr with UID 23 - group lpr with GID 23 - group batch with GID 24 - group tape with GID 29 Before you begin the installation, you should make sure that these UIDs and GIDs are not assigned to other users or groups. The lnstallaHon piocedure for ConvexOS VlO.O differs slgnlflcanHy from previous Note releases. Please nKJd the Conve.xOS and Utllllles V10.0 lnstaHallon Ptocedures before you begin the lnstallaHon piocess. The ConvexOS VtO.O installation procedure requires a machine-specific activation key. The activation key will be shipped with the ConvexOS VtO.O installation tape on a single, separate sheet of paper. Be careful not to discard the activation key before you have completed the installation process. ConvexOS VlO.O Advance Notice Overview 1-1 Layered Products The following table lists the versions of layered products that are compatible with ConvexOS and Utilities V10.0. Product Minimum vt0.0-compatible version ~ CONVEX FORI'RAN V6.0 CONVEXC V4.0 CONVEX Ada V2.0 CONVEX Internet Services V10.0 CONVEX NFS V10.0 CONVEX CXbatch V2.0 COVUEshell V8.2 COVUEnet V2.2 COVUEbatch V2.1 COVUEedt Vl.1 COVUElib Vl.O COVUEbinary Vl.O CONVEX CXwindows V2.1 CONVEX Consultant V8.0, V8.1, V8.2, V9.0 All CONVEX Consultant utilities in V8.0, V8.1, and V8.2 will work successfully
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