[comp.os.vms] VMS 4.6 Documentation

SCOTT@GUVAX.BITNET (Honest men have been shot for less...) (02/17/88)

                Need Information regarding VMS 4.6 Upgrade.

I have received VMS 4.7 from DEC Software Services however, they forgot
to send VMS 4.6   Having complete confidence in DEC, I waited for them
to send 4.6  until it was to late.  Now, my sales rep says they have
'archived' 4.6 and I can only get pieces instead of the entire kit.
They have been kind enough to xerox the 4.6 release notes, and
field service has given me two tapes.  4.6 and mandatory update.
Fine. I installed them both on a 8700 (new) and wanted to make a
standalone backup on the ra81 disk.  The upgrade says to refer to
'Guide to Software Installation' I did and low and behold, my VMS 4.4
 G.t.S.I. does not have any info about an 8700.

Question: Did 4.6 include new manuals or updates to manuals as I suspect
          it did?

          Has anyone heard of VMS being archived and undistributable to
          a customer?   I am about fed up with the whole deal.  Any
          suggestions ?

                   Thank You,

                          Scott J. Allen
                          Scott@GUVAX

thierbac@umbc3.UMD.EDU (Ed Thierbach ) (02/24/88)

We ran into the '4.6 is archived' problem, too...we had a major snafu with
our software service contract, and by the time it got worked out, 4.6 was
no longer available from Software Distribution.  Our software service rep
made a copy of the 4.6 tapes for us, and a sister site is sending a xerox
of the release notes.  I agree that DEC archived 4.6 entirely too soon! (Are
you listening, DEC?)


Building standalone backup on an RA81 is the same for all VAXen.  Just use
STABACKIT.COM:

     @SYS$UPDATE:STABACKIT device [root]

'device' is the device name of the disk (e.g. DUA0)
'root'   is the name of the system root (e.g. [SYSE]) to use

Note that if you don't specify the root, STABACKIT will use SYSE if you're
building S/A backup on the system disk, and sys0 otherwise.  (At least that's
what I remember it doing...I always specify [SYSE].)

------
Ed Thierbach
VAX System Manager
Roy F. Weston, Inc.
thierbac@umbc3.umd.edu

michael@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Michael Duebner) (07/08/90)

If you have ever wanted to own the complete set of VMS 4.6 documentation,
including MicroVMS subsets, here is your opportunity.  We have it all, and
its cluttering up my office.  If you have a need for this type documentation
give me a call (or send mail).  No reasonable offer will be refused.


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