The ADIC
Distributed AML Server
DAS V3.10E
Release Notes
Copyright Notice
© Copyright ADIC 2001
The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice.
This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. All rights are
reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another
language without prior written consent of ADIC.
ADIC shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages
(including lost profits) in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material
whether based on warranty, contract, or other legal theory.
All trademarks within this document are the property of their respective owners.
Copyright Notice (Europe)
© Copyright ADIC Europe 2001
All rights reserved. No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any
means, without prior written permission of ADIC Europe, ZAC des Basses Auges, 1 rue Alfred de
Vigny, 78112 Fourqueux, FRANCE.
ADIC Europe assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this document, and
retains the right to make changes to these specifications and descriptions at any time, without
notice.
This publication may describe designs for which patents are pending, or have been granted. By
publishing this information, ADIC Europe conveys no license under any patent or any other right.
ADIC Europe makes no representation or warranty with respect to the contents of this document
and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular
purpose. Further, ADIC Europe reserves the right to revise or change this publication without
obligation on the part of ADIC Europe to notify any person or organization of such revision of
change.
Every effort has been made to acknowledge trademarks and their owners. Trademarked names are
used solely for identification or exemplary purposes, any omission is unintentional.
ADIC and ADIC Europe are trademarks of Advanced Digital Information Corporation.
ADIC ADIC Europe ADIC Germany Beteiligungs GmbH, KG
Tel.: +1 303-705-3900 ZAC des Basses Auges Eschenstraße 3
Fax: +1-303-792-2465 1, rue Alfred de Vigny D-89558 Böhmenkirch, Germany
ATAC: 1-800-827-3822 78112 Fourqueux, France Tel:+00.800.9999.3822
www.adic.com Tel.: +33.1.3087.5300
Fax: +33.1.3087.5301
Document number: 603108 Rev A
Published: 21 Dec 2001 Printed in the USA
ADIC CORPORATE • 11431 WILLOWS ROAD, NE • REDMOND, WASHINGTON, USA • 1-800-336-1233
ADIC • 8560 UPLAND DRIVE• PARKER, COLORADO, USA • 1-800-827-3822
ADIC • 10 BROWN ROAD • ITHACA, NEW YORK, USA • 1-607-266-4000
Contents
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Update from UNIX Server DAS 1.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Update from UNIX Server DAS 1.2x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Update from OS/2 Server DAS 1.30x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Update from OS/2 Server DAS 3.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Update from OS/2 Server DAS 3.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DAS Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DAS Server Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DAS Server Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
ACI Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
ACI Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
New Features in Version 3.10E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Additional commands in dasadmin 3.10E : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PR89 - "'view' at only one drive at once". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PR78 (ET40571) - "Command display foreign does not exist". . . . . . . . . 13
PR94 - "Multiple pinvt with dasadmin must be available". . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PR75 - "DAS doesn't have an interface to return EIF configuration" . . . 13
PR92 - "Inventory by volser with DAS". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PR83 - "Real command cancellation in DAS is required". . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A new command "listd4" is added. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ET38054 - "Enhancement in set_scratch command". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
External table for mapping between AMU and DAS mediatypes.. . . . . 14
New Features in Version 3.10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
ACI debug logging into a file.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Shared access to drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
New Features in Version 3.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Up- and Down compatibility of DAS to ACI: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Extended mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
ACI timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Improved error handling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Improved logging of scratch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
New Features in Version 3.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DAS 3.01.2 Fixpack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Corrections in DAS 3.10E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Addressed Problem Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Corrections in DAS 3.10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Addressed Problem Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Corrections in DAS 3.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Generic mount fixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unload Trap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Switch-Command Processing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Correction of the killamu command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Correction of the cancel command. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Addressed Problem Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Corrections in DAS 3.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Addressed Problem Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Generic DAS Server Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Generic ACI Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Addressed Problem Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Addressed Change Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Known Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
iv Contents
603108 Rev A
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes
This release note covers the Version 3.10 release of the DAS
software. For questions about any of these notes, call the
ADIC Technical Assistance Center at the appropriate number:
• USA 1.800.827.3822
• Europe/Africa +00.800.9999.3822
Requirements
The diskette of this DAS server and client version contains a
complete version of DAS V3.1, and replaces previously
installed versions of DAS software.
Three diskettes are delivered with this version. One contains
the OS/2 DAS Server and the OS/2 DAS client, and the other
two contain the clients (ACI) for UNIX or NT platforms.
The following software releases are required:
Table 1 Software Release Requirements
Software Version
IBM OS/2 OS/2 Warp 3.0 or higher
IBM TCP/IP for OS/2 TCP/IP for OS/2 3.0 or higher
IBM DATABASE 2 DB/2 2.1.1 or higher
AMU 3.02 or higher
Client interfaces from earlier ACI revision levels are also
maintained and supported.
See Table 2 for a list of all platforms ACI 3.1 can run on.
Table 2 Platforms for ACI 3.1
Platform Version
AIX 4.2.1
AIX 4.3.1
AIX 4.3.3
HPUX 10.2 32 bit
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 5
Table 2 Platforms for ACI 3.1
Platform Version
HPUX 11.0 32 bit
IRIX 5.3 32 bit
IRIX 6.4 (static) 32 bit
IRIX 6.4 (dynamic) 32 bit
IRIX 6.5 (static) 32 bit
IRIX 6.5 (dynamic) 32 bit
IRIX 6.5.5 (static) 32 bit
IRIX 6.5.5 (dynamic) 32 bit
Linux Red Hat 6.1 (dynamic) 32 bit
Microsoft Windows
4.0
NT/Windows 2000
OS/2 Warp Connect 3.0, 4.0
OSF1 4.0 (static) 32 bit
Reliant Unix 5.44 (dynamic) 32 bit
Reliant Unix 5.45 (dynamic) 32 bit
Solaris 2.51 (dynamic) 32 bit
Solaris 2.6 (dynamic) 32 bit
Solaris 7.0 (dynamic) 32 bit
See Table 3 for a list of supported media types.
Table 3 Supported Media Types
Type Descri ption AMU DAS Type
3480 1/2 inch Tape (different length available) C0 3480
3490 1/2 inch Tape (different length available) C0 3480
3490 E 1/2 inch Tape C0 3480
3490E D-3 1/2 inch Tape (STK - Redwood) C0 3490
6 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Table 3 Supported Media Types
Type Description AMU DAS Type
3590 1/2 inch Tape (NTP => New Tape
C2 3590
Product)
4MM-60M Digital Audio Tape (DAT) V2 4MM
4MM-90M Digital Audio Tape (DAT) V2 4MM
4MM-120M Digital Audio Tape (DAT) V2 4MM
4MM-125M Digital Audio Tape (DAT) V2 4MM
8MM 8 mm Tape (different lengths available) V1 8MM
8MM-112M 8 mm Tape 112 minutes V1 8MM
8MM-160M 8 mm Tape 160 minutes V1 8MM
8MM-54M 8 mm Tape 54 minutes V1 8MM
Audio -
Standard Audio Cassette VA AUDIO-TAPE
cassette
BetaCAM-
Analog Tape Format V9 BETACAML
Large
BetaCAM-
Analog Tape Format V8 BETACAM
Small
CD-Caddy CD with enclosure C6 CD
D1-M D1 medium tape V4 D2
D1-S D1 small tape V3 D2
D2-M D2 medium tape V4 D2
D2-S D2 small tape V3 D2
Digital
Digital Tape Format (like DTF-L) V9 BETACAML
BetaCAMLarge
Digital
Digital Tape Format (like DTF-S) V8 BETACAM
BetaCAMSmall
DLT Tape III XTDigital Linear Tape C1 DECDLT
DLT
Digital Linear Tape C1 DECDLT
CompacTape
-III
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 7
Table 3 Supported Media Types
Type D escription AMU DAS Type
DLT
CompacTape
-IV
DTF-L DTF-Large tape, (Digital Tape Format) V7 DTF
DTF-S DTF-Small tape, (Digital Tape) V6 DTF
LTO LTO Ultrium C3 LTO
OD-512 Optical Disk 5 1/2 O1 OD-Thick
OD-R Optical Disk 5 1/2 O0 OD-Thin
SD-3 1/2 inch Tape (STK-Redwood) C0 3480
S-VHS Super - Video Home Service V0 VHS
Sony AIT 8 mm Tape (different lengths available) V1 SONY_AIT
TRAVAN
TR-1
TARVAN T R -2Streamer Tape V5 TRAVAN
TARVAN T R -3Streamer Tape V5 TRAVAN
Digital Linear Tape C1 DECDLT
Streamer Tape V5 TRAVAN
TARVAN T R -4Streamer Tape V5 TRAVAN
VHS Video Home Service V0 VHS
DVCM DVD VB DVCM
DVCL DVD VB DVCL
8 Release Notes
Updates
Updating any of these products should be performed by
authorized and trained personnel.
603108 Rev A
Update from UNIX Server DAS 1.x
The update from UNIX DAS 1.x to DAS/2 3.1 should be
performed by trained customer personnel. The update requires
that the UNIX host DAS server is replaced with OS/2 DAS server
software (AMU controller). AMU configuration changes, as well as
client DAS_SERVER environment variable changes, are necessary.
The AMU configured DAS host is no longer required.
Update from UNIX Server DAS 1.2x
The update from UNIX DAS 1.2x to DAS/2 3.1 should be
performed by trained customer personnel. The update
requires AMU configuration changes. The AMU configured
DAS host is no longer required.
Update from OS/2 Server DAS 1.30x
The update from UNIX DAS 1.30x to DAS/2 3.1 should be
performed by trained customer personnel. The update does
not require AMU configuration changes.
Update from OS/2 Server DAS 3.01
The update from UNIX DAS 3.01 to DAS/2 3.1 should be
performed by trained customer personnel. The update does
not require AMU configuration changes.
Update from OS/2 Server DAS 3.02
The update from UNIX DAS 3.02 to DAS/2 3.1 should be
performed by trained customer personnel. The update does
not require AMU configuration changes.
DAS Installation and Configuration
Installation and configuration of the DAS products should be
performed by authorized and trained personnel.
DAS Server Installation
Perform the following steps to install DAS:
Step 1 Press <Ctrl> + <TAB> to determine if the DAS
Server is running.
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 9
The task list appears. If DAS is running, stop all
operations via DAS commands.
Step 2 Open an OS/2-window and change to directory
c:\das\bin. Type cd c:\das\bin then
<ENTER>
Step 3 Stop the DAS Server by typing dasadmin
shutdown.
Step 4 Insert the DAS diskette into drive A: of the AMU
computer.
Step 5 Change to drive A:. Type A: then <ENTER>
Step 6 Type dasfinst then <ENTER>
Step 7 Decide which feature of the installation program to
install. Type the corresponding installation option
number.
Step 8 Follow the instructions of the installation program.
Step 9 If DAS is being updated, do not reboot the PC or re-
configure DAS, or
For a new installation, continue with the DAS
Server Configuration and then reboot the PC.
DAS Server Configuration
For more detailed information about DAS, refer to the DAS
Administration Guide. Follow the steps for the DAS Server
configuration.
Step 1 For DUALDAS, the environment variable
DAS_SERVER must be specified with the hostname
or IP-address from one of the AMU-PC and,
separated by a comma, the hostname or IP-address
from the other AMU-PC.
Example: DAS_SERVER=activehostname,
passivehostname, or;
DAS_SERVER=passivehostname, activehostname
Step 2 Ensure that the hostnames from the DAS Server
and DAS Clients are set in the hosts file.
10 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Step 3 Configure the clientstatements in the DAS config file.
Step 4 If necessary, configure the drive to volser
attachments in the DAS config file.
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 11
It is possible to configure in the DAS configuration
file a relation between drives and volsers in the
following syntax:
DriveToVol drive = DriveName,
volsers =( (Volserrange1)|(Volser),
(Volserrange2)|(Volser)) ,...)
For each drive that needs an attachment, a
DriveToVol statement must be configured as above.
This means that only the specified volsers can be
mounted into drive Drive1
When no relation for a drive in the configuration
file exists, each volume of the correct type can be
mounted into the drive.
The statement is optional.
Step 5 If using DUALDAS, ensure that the port 5000 is not
being used by another application. If the port is in
use, change the port in the Server statement of the
DAS config file.
ACI Installation
Perform the following steps to install ACI on the UNIX
platforms.
Step 1 Copy the ACI tar file in the directory c:\das of
the AMU PC
Step 2 Step 2 Copy the tar file to the client host using FTP.
Step 3 Step 3 Unpack the tar file using telnet or directly at
the UNIX host
12 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
ACI Configuration
• Set the environment variable DAS_SERVER correctly. If
using DUALDAS, the variable contains both DAS Server
• Set the DAS_CLIENT environment variable correctly
• Set the ACI_MEDIA_TYPE environment variable
correctly.
New Features in Version 3.10E
DAS 3.10E is required for AMU 3.10E.
The following is a list of new features in this release of the
DAS.
Additional commands in dasadmin 3.10E :
• email (supported only in SDLC systems)
• snmp (supported only in SDLC systems)
PR89 - "'view' at only one drive at once"
There is an additional parameter in listd, listd2, listd3
commands:
dasadmin listd [clientname] [-d drivename]
If "-d" was specified then information will be shown only for
this drive.
PR78 (ET40571) - "Command display foreign
does not exist".
A new command "listf" was introduced to display foreign
volsers.
PR94 - "Multiple pinvt with dasadmin must be
available".
In previous versions only one "pinvt" dasadmin command
could be executed per all dasadmin sessions. Now several
"pinvt" commands can be issued.
PR75 - "DAS doesn't have an interface to return
EIF configuration"
A new dasadmin command "eif_conf" was introduced in DAS
3.10E to display these logical ranges.
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 13
PR92 - "Inventory by volser with DAS".
A new dasadmin command "VolserInventory" was
introduced in DAS 3.10E to have ability to inventory only one
volser.
PR83 - "Real command cancellation in DAS is
required".
There are two enhancements:
• DAS stores expiration information about all its
commands. After a timeout expires, DAS wipes this
command from its queue. In DAS 3.10E it will also send a
cancellation command (PRGE) to AMU in order to purge
this command from the AMU queue.
• A new command "list2" was introduced in DAS 3.10E to
display enhanced information about its list of commands.
A new command "listd4" is added
This enhancement provides information about a drive's serial
numbers.
ET38054 - "Enhancement in set_scratch
command".
A new command "scr_set_range" is introduced in DAS 3.10E.
This command can be used to add more then one volser to the
scratch pool.
External table for mapping between AMU and
DAS mediatypes.
In DAS 3.10E default mapping between AMU and DAS
mediatypes can changed (to work with new media types with
ISVs who don’t have linked the actual ACI
New Features in Version 3.10A
The following is a list of new features in this release of the
DAS.
ACI debug logging into a file.
It is possible to access and perform debug logging at standard
output or in a file.
ACI debugging is configurable via the environment variable:
14 Release Notes
ACI_DEBUG_FILE
603108 Rev A
Shared access to drives.
A client can allocate a drive in SHARED_ACCESS mode. This
allows multiple Clients to access the drive.
The drivestatus command now has new key words EXUP and
SHARED_ACCESS.
• Enter EXUP as a key word for the clientname to show all
drives which are allocated in EXUP mode.
• Enter SHARED_ACCESS as a key word for the
clientname to show all drives which are allocated in the
SHARED_ACCESS mode
New Features in Version 3.02
The following is a list of new features in Version 3.02 DAS.
Up- and Down compatibility of DAS to ACI:
This means that ACI can now run with an older version of the
DAS Server. This is not possible with version of ACI < 3.02. In
order for ACI 3.02 to talk with DAS 3.x, no special options
need to be considered. However, for ACI 3.02 to talk with DAS
1.3x, the environment variable ‘SERVERVERSION‘ needs to
be set to ‘1.3‘ on the system.
Extended mode
An extended mode is implemented, in addition to basis and
complete. In this mode you can use the following commands:
• drive status,
• drive status2,
•drive status3
• volser status
•query version
• query volsrange
• get volser to side
• get volser to drive
•view
• keep
•mount
In order to get this mode to follow, configure the statement of
the configuration file of DAS in the client:
requests = extended,
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 15
ACI timeout
The timeout for some commands was set too short. This is
corrected now.
Improved error handling
Extend the error mapping between DAS and AMU.
Add following AMU errors:
• AMU_INF_DUAL_DUMMY_1333
• AMU_ERR_DRV_HWFAULT
Improved logging of scratch
• The ‘scratch get‘ lists the found volser in the log.
• All scratch commands are listed separately in case of the
‘received message‘ and the ‘end message‘.
16 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
New Features in Version 3.01
The following is a list of new features in Version 3.01 DAS.
• A new drivestatus command gives the physical status of
a drive.
• ACI function aci_drivestatus3
• dasadmin command listd3
• Support of the SONY AIT media (sony_ait).
• New server configuration parameter that configures
which DAS commands should not write log messages.
• Currently this is only possible for the drivestatus
commands (listd, listd2 and listd3).
• Switch the barcode reading by the robot either ON or OFF.
•ACI function aci_barcode
• dasadmin command barcode
• Completely shutdown the AMU PC Computer shutdown.
• ACI function aci_killamu
• dasadmin command killamu
• Support for the CLEANMANAGER in the AMU 3.0.
Clean Drives:
• ACI function aci_cleandrive
• dasadmin command clean
• Mount a cleantape from a cleanpool to a drive
• Insert cleantapes from IE facility to a cleanpool
• Eject cleantapes from a cleanpool to IE facility
• New insert command that returns more information
about inserted tapes.
Insert Cleantapes.
•ACI function aci_insert2
• dasadmin command insert2
• New eject command that returns more information about
ejected tapes
Eject Cleantapes:
• ACI function aci_ejectcl
• dasadmin command ejectcl
Eject2:
• ACI function aci_eject2
• dasadmin command eject2
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 17
• Switch the passive AMU and DAS to the active AMU and
DAS.
Switch the AMU:
• ACI function aci_switch
• dasadmin command switch
• Set the drives force UP and DOWN.
• Support HICAP.
• Support DUAL DAS as a redundant interface for Unix to
Hosts interface that use TCP/IP.
• Support a command to flip a volume from side A to B or
side B to A in a drive.
Flip volumes:
•ACI function aci_flip
• dasadmin command flip
• Support volser attachment to either side A or side B
Get volser attachment to either side:
• ACI function aci_getvolsertoside
• dasadmin command getvoltoside
• Support a new drive access to allocate a drive with
exclusive status.
Get volser to drive attachment:
• ACI function aci_getvolsertodrive
• dasadmin command getvolsertodrive
Exclusive driveaccess:
• ACI function aci_driveaccess
• dasadmin command allocd
• Support a command to allocate volsers.
Volseraccess:
• ACI function aci_volseraccess
• dasadmin command allocv
Volserstatus:
• ACI function aci_volserstatus
• dasadmin command istv
• Support the possibility to define a volser attachment to a
drive in the config file.
• Support Log ID (1 .. 9999) for mount and dismount.
18 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
• Support a Server Statement in the configuration file to
configure:
• Port for DUALDAS
•Retry for dismount
• Timeout for mount and dismount
• Timeout for insert and eject
It is possible to configure a server statement in the following
syntax in the DAS configuration file:
server dualdas_port = port number,
retry_keep = retry number,
timeout_move = timeout value,
timeout_ei = timeout value
Parameter Value
dualdas_port port number (5000)
retry_keep retry number (xx .. yy)
timeout_move timeout move (xx .. yy) in seconds for
mounts and dismounts.
timeout_ie timeout move (xx .. yy) in seconds for insert
or eject requests.
For each change of the timeout value, also set the timeout in
the environment variable at the aci to the same value.
timeout_move ACI_TIMEOUT_MOVE environment
variable.
timeout_ei ACI_TIMEOUT_EI environment variable.
• If the error AMU_ERR_MEDIATYPEMISMATCH comes
up, the eject returns ENOMATCH.
• If the error AMU_ERR_MEDIATYPEMISMATCH comes
up, the insert returns ENOMATCH.
• Additional return values:
ESWITCHINPROGRESSA request was issued during a
switch
EHICAPINUSE A request was issued during a
HICAP request
ENOPOOL The specified cleanpool doesn’t exist
EAREAFULL The eject area is full (eject cleantapes)
ENODOUBLESIDE The volser does not have two sides
EEXUP The drive is EXUP for another client
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 19
EPROBDEV The robot has a problem with
handling the device
ECOORDINATE One or more coordinates are wrong
EAREAEMPTY Area that is to be ejected is already
empty.
EBARCODE Barcode read error.
EUPDOWN Client tried to allocate volsers that
are already allocated.
EDATABASE There was an error during reading
and writing of the database.
ENOROBOT The robot is not configured.
EINVALIDDEV The device is invalid.
DAS 3.01.2 Fixpack
The following improvements have been made to DAS version
3.01 through the introduction of the Fixpack:
• Improved error mapping between AMU and DAS. See
Table 4.
Table 4 Error Mapping
Error Code Define Statement d_error
1331 AMU_INF_DUAL_DUMMY_1331 EAMUCOMM
1332 AMU_INF_DUAL_DUMMT_1332 ESWITCHINPROG
• Improved logging regarding DUAL DAS and DUAL
AMU
• Improved logging regarding scratch handling
• Support of two additional notifications from AMU
• NTFY1336: Switching ADS failed
DAS starts roll back and does not continue the switch
process
• NTFY1337: Device (robot, tower) not ready, but
switching succeeded
DAS continues the switch process
20 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Corrections in DAS 3.10E
Addressed Problem Logs
Table 5 Problems solved with DAS 3.10E
Ticket
Number
ET60330 "Cleanpool with 16 chars doesn't work". There is a
bug with incorrect setting of field value in AMU
telegram, which will be fixed.
In dasadmin "scr_insert" command another aci
function with a larger buffer size for volsers can
be used. The old aci function (aci_insert()) might
have a problem with large EIF and double-sided
(optical) volsers.
ET56507 "DAS/ACI timeout to 1st server when network is
down". The ability of preliminary testing of
connection with DAS server has been added. If
DAS/2 and ACI clients will be started with the
PORT_PING=<port> environment variable set
then this ability will be activated.
ET33777 "Eject has limited number of volsers".
"eject2" command in dasadmin has a limited buffer
size for volsers (100 bytes).
Now the "eject3" command is similar to "eject2" but
has a buffer size of 512 bytes.
Description
PR97 "Mount failed after issued PINVT". There is a bug
PR82 "DAS:allocv: The manual says that a check of the
21 Dec 2001
in the DAS code, related to improper handling of
RPC task number. Will be fixed.
"Scr_set command works wrong". There is a bug
causing improper handling of media types in the
"scr_set" branch. This prohibited users from
inserting cartridges in scratch pool if the use count
of cartridges was not equal to zero.
Volser in the given range will be made as to one is
available or mounted". DAS doesn't check the
availability of the requested volser and could
return a positive answer for a mounted volser. Will
be fixed.
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 21
Table 5 Problems solved with DAS 3.10E
Ticket
Number
Description
ET85105 "Multiple problem with scr_insert dasadmin
command". There is a bug in the DAS insert
command handler, which leads to a buffer
overflow. In addition, the aci_insert() function has
a limitation on buffer size (approx. 1 Kbyte).
Operating a large EIF (mailbox) with optical (twosided) volser this function could encounter
problems. Now aci_insert2() function will be
introduced (in ACI 3.10E) to fix this issue.
ET84186 "Improper DAS reaction on mount used drive".
There is an old check for "mount while cleaning"
condition, which is wrong.
DualDAS issues. There are several issues related
with Dual DAS system. There are errors in
transferring control information between active
and passive DASes
ET60326 "Scratch volumes are possible in more then one
pool".
"scr_set” doesn't create pool information in
database. Will be added.
ET60325 "select of scratch volumes doesn't check
information in database".
Will be fixed in DAS 3.10E.
22 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Corrections in DAS 3.10A
Addressed Problem Logs
Table 6 Problems solved with DAS 3.1A
Ticket
Number
- ET51731 A client named ‚AMU' has access to a drive which
is allocated from ‚AMUCLIENT'
Output of ‚dasadmin ld' shows ‚clientname EXUP'
as clientname instead of only the clientname
Scr_set possible for DTF large medium
- ET56697 Trap at das2 if a '-' was used as volserrange in the
volser allocation command (allocv)
Release of LogHandles in ExitList
Possible to run two aci_function in one process
under OS/2.
Changes in socket termination.
Wrong error codes in response of eject2 for some
volsers. Each volser has now the correct error
code.
No check of media type during the view command
Wrong response at the command scap with
parameter ‚-v' if the volserrange was not found
Description
- ET58331 DAS trap with insert2 if cleanpool is longer than
- ET61441 Show command does not show all ranges if the
21 Dec 2001
16 characters
Scap command with parameter ‚-v' removed a
volser range which was placed in the middle of the
list.
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 23
Corrections in DAS 3.02
Generic mount fixes
- DAS does not choose a drive which is in the keep process
- Add action for NTFY 1311
Unload Trap
Sometimes DAS received a Trap during unload.
Switch-Command Processing
Improved Switch handling between DAS and AMU:
DAS reads some more notifications from the AMU in case of
an switch.
• AMU_INF_DUAL_DUMMY_1337
• AMU_INF_DUAL_DUMMY_1336
Improved Switching of DAS: Sometimes DAS was still in
SwitchMode even though the switch successfully ended.
Improved logging of switch
Some log-messages were added in order to enable a better
analysis.
Correction of the killamu command
Fixed wrong behavior of Killamu.
It was the source of an incorrect ABBA/2 command, resulting
in wrong behavior
Correction of the cancel command
The Cancel command was fixed. Earlier, it was not able to find
the request to cancel.
24 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Addressed Problem Logs
Table 7 Problems which solved with DAS 3.02
Ticket Number Description
ET36960 Cleaning failed during generic mount
ET30625 System error SYS3175 during unload
ET34707 Problems with generic mounts and
cleaning
ET36164 command killamu does not work
properly
ET39953 System error SYS3175
ET39997 listd display wrong data
ET40138
ET40182
ET42411 eject2 does not display help informations
ET49149 Wrong positive returncode during eject
Switch does not work properly
Corrections in DAS 3.01
Addressed Problem Logs
Special characters in the hostname pr 3825
ENOMATCH error is returned instead of Error
ENOVOLUME error when the media type is wrong in the
view command pr 3827\
Generic DAS Server Changes
During startup, an error is reported if the environment
HOSTNAME environment variable is not defined on OS/2.
Generic ACI Changes
None
Addressed Problem Logs
None
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 25
Addressed Change Requests
The following group of functions were added to provide
information about a single drive. Refer to the DAS Interface
Guide for detailed explanations of the functions.
• aci_drivestatus_one()
• aci_drivestatus2_one()
• aci_drivestatus3_one()
The following function was added to provide information
about a single drive’s serial number. Refer to the DAS Interface
Guide for detailed explanations of the functions.
• aci_drivestatus4_one()
The following group of functions were added to enable large
volser range processing. Refer to the DAS Interface Guide for
detailed explanations of the functions.
• aci_eject3()
• aci_eject3_complete()
The following function was added to provide information
about foreign volsers. Refer to the DAS Interface Guide for
detailed explanations of the functions.
• aci_list_foreign()
The following function was added to provide information
about foreign volsers. Refer to the DAS Interface Guide for
detailed explanations of the functions.
•aci_eif_conf()
The following function was added to provide information
about logical ranges within the Import/Export facility. Refer
to the DAS Interface Guide for detailed explanations of the
functions.
• aci_volser_inventory()
The following function was added to provide enhanced
information about request executions. Refer to the DAS
Interface Guide for detailed explanations of the functions.
•aci_list2()
The following group of functions were added to send email
and snmp messages (suppported only by the Scalar DLC
software). Refer to the DAS Interface Guide for detailed
explanations of the functions.
•aci_email()
•aci_snmp()
26 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Known Problems
Table 8 Known Problems in DAS 3.021
Problem
Number
Description
switch: If the communication between
DAS of the active and passive AMU is
interrupted, the new passive DAS works
not correct and returned always with
SWITCHINPROG.
21 Dec 2001
Version 3.10E DAS Release Notes 27
28 Release Notes
603108 Rev A
Loading...