SOFTPAQ NUMBER: SP10572 PART NUMBER: N/A FILE NAME: Cqhsutl.dll, Cpqmhost.dll TITLE: Fix Compaq Insight Host Agent Memory Leak Caused by SNA Server 4.0 VERSION: 1.0 LANGUAGE: English CATEGORY: Fix DIVISIONS: Systems PRODUCTS AFFECTED: Compaq servers configured with Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 and Version 4.23 Rev B (or earlier) of Compaq Insight Agents for Microsoft Windows NT OPERATING SYSTEM: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION: N/A PREREQUISITES: Microsoft Service Pack 4 or higher EFFECTIVE DATE: July 7, 1999 ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION ALLOWED: Yes SOFTPAQ UTILITY VERSION: 2.X SUPERSEDES: N/A DESCRIPTION: This Softpaq unpacks the files needed to patch the following Compaq Insight Host Agent DLLs: Cqhstutl.dll Cpqmhost.dll This corrects a memory leak issue on the Insight Host Agent (CQMGHOST.EXE) caused when Microsoft NT 4.0 loses file handles (memory) when closing the performance registry. NOTE: This SoftPaq resolves the memory leak by leaving the performance registry open. This, in turn, can cause problems with systems that have magneto optical or IDE PDCD drives installed. When either of these devices are present, Windows NT holds the file handle open indefinitely when CQMGHOST opens it to obtain the root directory system name of the drive. This results in the inability to perform operations on open files on that drive, such as formatting the disk and ejecting the medium out of the drive. To work around this issue, if a magneto optical or IDE PDCD drive is detected on the system, this fix closes the performance registry. It will do this ONLY if either of those devices are detected on the system. Therefore, the optical drive or IDE PDCD drive must be removed from the system, or the memory leak will persist. HOW TO USE: 1. Install Compaq Insight Agents Version 4.23 Rev B (SP6236). 2. Stop SNMP service. 3. Download the SoftPaq to a temporary, empty directory on your hard drive. The file downloaded is a self-extracting executable with a filename based on the SoftPaq Number above. 4. Execute the downloaded file and follow the on-screen instructions. Enter "Y" to confirm the unpacking of files into this temporary directory. 5. From this temporary directory: Copy Cqhsutl.dll into %systemroot%\system32 Copy Cpqmhost.dll into %systemroot%\system32\cpqmgmt\cqmghost 6. Start SNMP service and Insight Agent services. 7. After the fix has been applied successfully, you may delete the self-extracting file downloaded in step 3 if you wish. Copyright 1999, Compaq Computer Corporation. All rights reserved. Product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies