OpenVMS Version 7.0 Release Notes

This document contains the release notes for OpenVMS Version 7.0, including information on:

• Installation and Upgrades: Guidelines for upgrading VAX and Alpha systems, including specific hardware considerations, firmware updates for DSSI disk devices, and InfoServer updates.
• General User Notes: Information on DCL commands, DECforms, DECnet layered product, DECTPU, DECwindows Motif, the high-performance Sort/Merge utility, and the Mail utility.
• System Management: Notes for system administrators covering the Audit Analysis utility, Authorize utility, AUTOGEN, Backup utility, queue management, compatibility between VAX and Alpha, DCL commands, system parameters, debugger settings, DECamds, DECdtm services, DECevent, DECnet/OSI, DECwindows Motif, DCE, image registration, and performance history tracking.
• Programming: Release notes for application and system programmers, including batch and print queue interface, debugger functionality (with specific Alpha and VAX considerations), DEC Ada, DEC C++, DEC C Run-Time Library, DECthreads, and device driver support.
• Appendices: Lists of remedial kits included or not included in the Version 7.0 release.