Formula Consultants is pleased to announce that Level 7R1A of our System for Tape Administration and Reporting (STAR-1100) is now available for limited distribution. As a normal FCI policy, this release will be provided at no additional cost to all STAR-1100 users with current maintenance contracts, as well as users still within the initial warranty period.

STAR-1100 level 7R1A is a stability release only and includes all STAR-1100 level 7R1 corrections. This release provides forward and backward compatibility for:

Unisys EXEC 46R4S and above

StorageTek VM server HSC/CLS level 4.0

Multiple Host File Sharing FAS backup tape protection

This release also provides SLS improvements for better conflict reduction, conflict resolution and synchronization performance.

You should contact UNISYS to obtain the most recent EMU level of the MMGR, as well as the portion of PLE 15744081 applicable to your Exec level. Note that this PLE is continually updated to include any new Exec PCRs for the Exec interface to the MMGR.

STAR-1100 corrections described by Notes of Interest through number 133 are included in level 7R1A.

UCS object module execution must be supported. This includes support for extended mode by the Exec as well as installation of the LINK and URTS products. Be aware that UNISYS does not support an upward compatible LINK between System Base Releases. For example, it would not be possible to generate STAR-1100 under SB5 and install it under SB4.

The non-flagging version of the ACOB compiler (Level 5 or above) is required to generate this release of STAR-1100.

The STAR background run, the SLS process, and any other STAR-1100 runs including LABELPRINT and LIBSYNCH must be terminated prior to installation of the STAR product or installation of the URTS product.

The STAR-1100 level 7R1A Release Tape must be registered with COMUS.

Release 7R1A is generated under HMP 5.1 and tested under HMP 6.0 and HMP 6.1 configured with security option 1 and security option 2. It has also been tested under HMP 6.0 configured with C2 security.

During C2 Security testing, problems associated with system stops were discovered within the Exec. To prevent these C2 security problems, we recommend installing Exec PCRs from the following PLEs:

Prior levels of STAR-1100 currently supported include 7R1.

STAR-1100 7R1A is a stability release and does not have any new documents.The STAR-1100 level 7R1 documents still apply and they include:

STAR-1100 Installation Guide, FP-102 R10

STAR-1100 Shared Library Subsystem User Guide, FP-098 R4

STAR-1100 Programmer's Guide, FP-104 R8

STAR-1100 Operations Guide, FP-103 R10

You may obtain general information about Formula Consultants, Inc. and its products at our website at www.formula.com. If you are a current FCI customer, you can register with the site and receive a userid and password, which will allow you to  download PCRs and Notes of Interest for FCI products. Product documentation in PDF format is also available (Adobe Acrobat™ Reader required).

Effective with the release of STAR-1100 7R1, the FCI Support Center (FCISC) is available for use. The FCISC is a 2200 host server software system that is accessible by using the standard UNISYS Remote Site Support (RSS) product. It allows you to send and receive data electronically to and from FCI. Refer to the STAR-1100 Installation Guide for more information.

Corrections integrated with this release of STAR-1100 are contained in the COMUS change file, which is file 11 of the release tape.

File 15 of your release tape contains PCRs, if any, that have been generated against this release, as of the date your tape was created. Include any of these corrections applicable to your site with the first build from this tape. The PCRs are organized by STAR-1100 subsystem and processor type (basic mode or UCS) in elements that can be @ADDed following an @COMUS to enter the corrections into your local COMUS database. You should examine the file to determine the elements that should be added to your build.

The elements README, CHGNUM-ss/version, CHGNUM-ALL, STAR-NOIS, and MMGR-EMUS are informational only and should not be @ADDed to your COMUS database.

The possible elements in File 15 are:

where:

version can be BASIC or UCS. The CHG numbers generated by COMUS must be entered at the ‘New Change number’ build prompt. These numbers can be entered individually, or @ADD the CHGNUM elements that apply to your build.

If you add UCS corrections, the UCOB and/or UC compilers must be installed. Another method of including UCS corrections is to copy updated object modules contained in this file. This is done by answering the build prompt, ‘Any replacement Object Modules to be included’, and specifying the filename into which the modules were copied.

Beginning with STAR-1100 level 7R1A, file 15 of your release tape also contains Notes of Interest in the element called STAR-NOIS. Notes of Interest are field bulletins which we recommend reading prior to generating or installing STAR. Also included are all Media Manager EMU Release descriptions in an element called MMGR-EMUS

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