ADIC DAS V3.10E User Manual
The ADIC
Distributed AML Server
DAS V3.10E
Release Notes
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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