The "culprit" was SYS 19.0. I had to specifically install it (even though it's included in UPDATE 15.0)...
SOURCE> PROD INSTALL *MANAGE*
Performing product kit validation of signed kits ...
%PCSI-I-VALPASSED, validation of $1$DGA2015:[USERS.][EZAMORA.PATCHES]DEC-AXPVMS-
VMS83A_MANAGE-V0400--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1 succeeded
The following product has been selected:
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0 Patch (remedial update)
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Configuration phase starting ...
You will be asked to choose options, if any, for each selected product and for
any products that may be installed to satisfy software dependency requirements.
Configuring DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0: OpenVMS V8.3 MANAGE V4.0
Recovery data will be saved which will allow you to un-install
this kit. In the past, kit installations provided some level
of recovery capability by renaming all replaced files to
file_name.ext_OLD. If you wish, you can continue to do this.
Note that this will triple the disk space required for
this kit - one for the installed files, once for the saved
recovery data and once for the file_name.ext_OLD files.
Do you wish to have replaced files renamed
to file_name.ext_OLD [NO] ?:
Files will not be renamed
* This product does not have any configuration options.
<< System Disk Backup >>
This kit will make functional changes to your system.
Before installing this kit you should make a backup
copy of your system disk. If you do not make a copy
of your system disk you will not be able to restore
your system to a pre-kit installation state.
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Installing this patch kit requires a reboot.
Hewlett Packard strongly recommends that you reboot your
system immediately after installation of this kit. The
images in this kit will not fully take effect until the
system is rebooted. However, if you do not re-boot
immediately after kit installation, the system may become
unstable and may not function as expected.
If you have other nodes in your VMS cluster, they must also
be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it
is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster
at this time, a rolling re-boot (kit installation and reboot
on one node at a time) may be performed.
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Execution phase starting ...
The following product will be installed to destination:
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0 DISK$SOURCESYS:[VMS$COMMON.]
*** KIT WILL NOT BE INSTALLED ***
In order to install the VMS83A_MANAGE-V0400 kit, you must have
the VMS83A_PCSI-V0200,VMS83A_SYS-V1900 and VMS83A_UPDATE-V1300 (or later) kits
installed. Installed kits can be verified with a
PROD SHO HISTORY command.
Kits can be downloaded from the world wide web at:
http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do Kits are also available via FTP from:
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/ Installation aborting.
Portion done: 0%
Recovery pass starting ...
Recovery pass concluded
%PCSI-E-S_OPFAIL, operation failed
%PCSIUI-E-ABORT, operation terminated due to an unrecoverable error condition
SOURCE> RUN VMS83A_SYS-V1900.ZIPEXE
UnZipSFX 5.42 of 14 January 2001, by Info-ZIP (Zip-Bugs@lists.wku.edu).
inflating: dec-axpvms-vms83a_sys-v1900--4.pcsi$compressed
inflating: dec-axpvms-vms83a_sys-v1900--4.pcsi$compressed_esw
SOURCE> PROD INSTALL *SYS*
Performing product kit validation of signed kits ...
%PCSI-I-VALPASSED, validation of $1$DGA2015:[USERS.][EZAMORA.PATCHES]DEC-AXPVMS-
VMS83A_SYS-V1900--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1 succeeded
The following product has been selected:
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V19.0 Patch (remedial update)
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Configuration phase starting ...
You will be asked to choose options, if any, for each selected product and for
any products that may be installed to satisfy software dependency requirements.
Configuring DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V19.0: OpenVMS V8.3 SYS V19.0
Recovery data will be saved which will allow you to un-install
this kit. In the past, kit installations provided some level
of recovery capability by renaming all replaced files to
file_name.ext_OLD. If you wish, you can continue to do this.
Note that this will triple the disk space required for
this kit - one for the installed files, once for the saved
recovery data and once for the file_name.ext_OLD files.
Do you wish to have replaced files renamed
to file_name.ext_OLD [NO] ?:
Files will not be renamed
* This product does not have any configuration options.
<< System Disk Backup >>
This kit will make functional changes to your system.
Before installing this kit you should make a backup
copy of your system disk. If you do not make a copy
of your system disk you will not be able to restore
your system to a pre-kit installation state.
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Installing this patch kit requires a reboot.
Hewlett Packard strongly recommends that you reboot your
system immediately after installation of this kit. The
images in this kit will not fully take effect until the
system is rebooted. However, if you do not re-boot
immediately after kit installation, the system may become
unstable and may not function as expected.
If you have other nodes in your VMS cluster, they must also
be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it
is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster
at this time, a rolling re-boot (kit installation and reboot
on one node at a time) may be performed.
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Execution phase starting ...
The following product will be installed to destination:
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V19.0 DISK$SOURCESYS:[VMS$COMMON.]
%PCSI-I-RETAIN, file [SYS$LDR]SYS$CLUSTER.STB was not replaced because file from
kit has lower generation number
%PCSI-I-RETAIN, file [SYS$LDR]SYS$CLUSTER_MON.EXE was not replaced because file
from kit has lower generation number
%PCSI-I-RETAIN, file [SYS$LDR]SYS$CLUSTER_MON.STB was not replaced because file
from kit has lower generation number
Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%
The following product has been installed (and a recovery data set created):
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V19.0 Patch (maintenance update)
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_SYS V19.0: OpenVMS V8.3 SYS V19.0
VMS83A_SYS-V1900 Release notes available
Release notes for the VMS83A_SYS-V1900 kit are available
at SYS$COMMON:[000000.SYSHLP]
SOURCE> PROD INSTALL *MANAGE*
Performing product kit validation of signed kits ...
%PCSI-I-VALPASSED, validation of $1$DGA2015:[USERS.][EZAMORA.PATCHES]DEC-AXPVMS-
VMS83A_MANAGE-V0400--4.PCSI$COMPRESSED;1 succeeded
The following product has been selected:
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0 Patch (remedial update)
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Configuration phase starting ...
You will be asked to choose options, if any, for each selected product and for
any products that may be installed to satisfy software dependency requirements.
Configuring DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0: OpenVMS V8.3 MANAGE V4.0
Recovery data will be saved which will allow you to un-install
this kit. In the past, kit installations provided some level
of recovery capability by renaming all replaced files to
file_name.ext_OLD. If you wish, you can continue to do this.
Note that this will triple the disk space required for
this kit - one for the installed files, once for the saved
recovery data and once for the file_name.ext_OLD files.
Do you wish to have replaced files renamed
to file_name.ext_OLD [NO] ?:
Files will not be renamed
* This product does not have any configuration options.
<< System Disk Backup >>
This kit will make functional changes to your system.
Before installing this kit you should make a backup
copy of your system disk. If you do not make a copy
of your system disk you will not be able to restore
your system to a pre-kit installation state.
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Installing this patch kit requires a reboot.
Hewlett Packard strongly recommends that you reboot your
system immediately after installation of this kit. The
images in this kit will not fully take effect until the
system is rebooted. However, if you do not re-boot
immediately after kit installation, the system may become
unstable and may not function as expected.
If you have other nodes in your VMS cluster, they must also
be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s). If it
is not possible or convenient to reboot the entire cluster
at this time, a rolling re-boot (kit installation and reboot
on one node at a time) may be performed.
Do you want to continue? [YES]
Execution phase starting ...
The following product will be installed to destination:
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0 DISK$SOURCESYS:[VMS$COMMON.]
Portion done: 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...80%...90%...100%
The following product has been installed (and a recovery data set created):
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0 Patch (maintenance update)
DEC AXPVMS VMS83A_MANAGE V4.0: OpenVMS V8.3 MANAGE V4.0
VMS83A_MANAGE-V0400 Release notes available
Release notes for the VMS83A_MANAGE-V0400 kit are available
at SYS$COMMON:[000000.SYSHLP]
SOURCE>
