Considerations

   ODS-5 is being introduced primarily to provide enhanced file
   sharing capabilities for users of Advanced Server for OpenVMS 7.2
   (formerly known as PATHWORKS for OpenVMS), as well as DCOM and
   JAVA applications.

   System managers must understand the impact of an ODS-5
   environment before enabling it for general users. It is essential
   that system managers perform the following steps before enabling
   ODS-5:

   o  Review all ODS-5 restrictions.

   o  Understand the support levels for different OpenVMS
      applications.

   o  Segregate applications that do not support ODS-5 or have not
      been tested with ODS-5 names or volumes.

                                  NOTE

      It is recommended that you enable ODS-5 disks in a
      homogeneous OpenVMS Version 7.2 (and later) Alpha cluster
      only.
 

Additional information available:

Mixed-Version_Support           Mixed-Architecture_Support      Network_Support
Application_Support             User_Support