GemStone/S 64 Bit


Release Notes

Version 3.2.4


February 2015

Chapter

1. GemStone/S 64 Bit 3.2.4 Release Notes

Overview

Supported Platforms

Platforms for Version 3.2.4

GBS Versions

VSD Version

Changes and Bugs Fixed

Updated SSL libraries

Support for backup operations on NFS

Page Cache Faults and changes in LostOT handling

STN_GEM_LOSTOT_TIMEOUT now must be zero or greater.

Remote Gem scenarios have risk of page cache faults due to lostOT

Changes related to Remote configurations

Remote caches did not complete shutdown

Remote cache startup may hang if already in startup

Stone log messages with incomplete remote host details

Further details in remote cache startup message

Ambiguous remote cache error messages

RemoteSharedPageCacheCount statistic incorrect

ClientPageReads statistic not always updated

Improved tracking for mid level caches

Page server's ClientPid stat not set correctly

Risk of SEGV on AIX during shared page cache monitor slot recovery

Failed logins no longer disable accounts under LDAP/Unix authentication

Handling a breakpoint within Smalltalk code may SEGV

Block containing legacy Exception handler could get errors

Risk of SEGV when performing GemStone compressed operations

Potential SSL race condition communicating with gem

Upgraded repositories have multiple instances of exceptional floats

GciLibrary incorrect in upgraded repositories

Removing users can fail in sequentially upgraded repositories

GsSocket getHostAddressByName: hung on incomplete host name

Reclaim gem may run hot

Issues with Transaction Log Restore

SystemRepository restoreStatus did not use $GS_CFTIME

Further issues with NotTranloggedGlobals over restore

Restore of tranlogs attempted to create duplicate tranlog

Hot Standby logreceiver failures after disk full

GBS error on symbols as source code to evaluate

GBS special builds have issues with evaluation strings in linked sessions

System>>descriptionOfSession: included incorrect values

Error message printed hostId as signed