Just a thought.... Maybe we should be giving this to Interex since they are our voice for the HP3000 systems... Are you listening Denys? Joe > Sorry if you have already seen this but I was not sure if it made it to the > list... > > Well, another "no thanks to HPQ' response center" but there is a very bright > side to this story. > > It seems that I have been working lots of weekends lately at different HP3000 > sites. This weekend like last weekend is no exception. > I want to first thank Rene Wok for his exceptional service to the HP community. > Rene has been busy with me for two weekends and he first has a very calming > effect. I can bring any Image issue to him and he has the answers as a matter > of fact during the initial conversation. > > In the time Rene sent the following e-mail and the time it took to download > the patches we were back in business in less than three hours.. > > and now for the rest of the story... We placed a call to HPQ.. got a call ID > waited for 2 1/2 hrs for a call back to then be told we will have another > engineer call us back shortly which was an additional 2 1/2 hrs... > By the time we got the call back we were already up and running and repacking > data. > > > > Oh and the engineer was not the most knowledgeable apple in the cart but did > finally agree with Rene's fix... Please read below... > > Another thanks to Jeff Vance who I think maintains the website for Jazz.. > > This time was an integer overflow error when attempting to run ADAGER and > repack datasets. The problem was not an ADAGER tool problem it was an issue > with 6.5 pp3. > > SNIP>> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adager Support (Rene Woc) [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 10:47 AM > > How to detect the problem: > > -------------------------- > > > > :debug > > cm > > var foo cmtonmnode (mpefiletype + %27) > > nm > > dc foo, 7 > > > > You'll see something like the following (I flagged the > > bad instructions with "-->"): > > > > TRANS $22.1f66194 > > 01f66194 MPEFILETYPE+%27 4b7d0028 LDW 20(sr0,r27),r29 > > 01f66198 d06c1fc1 EXTRS r3,30,31,r12 > > 01f6619c d3bd1fc1 EXTRS r29,30,31,r29 > > > > --> 01f661a0 d4dd0a10 ZDEP r29,15,16,r6 > > --> 01f661a4 d58c0a10 ZDEP r12,15,16,r12 > > --> 01f661a8 0986d406 SUB,NSV r6,r12,r6 > > --> 01f661ac e680e5a0 BLE 720(sr7,r20) > > > > If you don't see the "SUB,NSV & BLE", then you don't have this problem. > > > > Hewlett-Packard's response center has the problem documented under > > SR: 8606232211 (KBRC00007442). The patch that we have noticed to > > cause the problem is MPEKXX0. However, there could be other patches > > with similar behavior. > > > Problem description says: > > ------------------------ > > > > SL.PUB.SYS OCT retranslator - Due to a bug in the MPE patch process, > > SL.PUB.SYS may sometimes be translated incorrectly, resulting in > > possible program aborts. This AUTOPAT-based script will create a new > > CSLT tape containing a correctly translated SL.PUB.SYS. > > > > How to correct the problem: > > --------------------------- > > > > Call HP's Response Center to obtain a solution. > > > > > > Alternatively, HP has a solution to the problem available from their > > Jazz website. > > > > The URL for the AUTOPAT-based scripts is > > > > http://jazz.external.hp.com/src/scripts/sloctfix/ > > > > Please read the INSTALL.txt file, and then download I00STRSL and M00STRSL to > > your e3000 (if you don't have AUTOPAT laying around, download that file > > too). > > > > Processing the STRSL files with AUTOPAT results in a new CSLT tape with a > > correctly translated SL.PUB.SYS. Then UPDATE from the new CSLT to install > > the fixed SL.PUB.SYS. > > > > -------------------------- > > > > Your Adager version is OK, and will work normally once you re-octcomp > > your system SL. > > Up and running at 1:30 PM > > <<<<< SNIP end.. > > Again many thanks to Rene Wok and ADAGER for the great work that they always > do. 24/7...... > > Regards > Joe Dolliver > 26 years and looking forward to homesteading in the future.... > > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *