Quantum SCALAR DISTRIBUTED LIBRARY CONTROLLER User Manual

Scalar Distributed Library Controller

Release Notes

Document Number: 6-00335-04

Version 2.5

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Scalar DLC Release Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Pre-Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Scalar DLC Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Basic Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Library Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Operating mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Remove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Modify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

General Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Post-Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Enhancements in Scalar DLC Ver. 2.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Resolved Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Known Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Scalar DLC

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Scalar DLC

Scalar DLC Release Notes

These release notes cover the release of Scalar Distributed Library Controller1, Version 2.5. If
questions arise about any of these notes, contact the ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC).

Pre-Installation Checklist

The Scalar DLC system requirements depend both on the library used and on the system solution
as well. Ensure that the person who will install the software has the rights of local admin on all
appropriate computers, or domain admin if the Scalar DLC must be installed under domain account.
Check whether all the PCI slots and network adapters function correctly.

Collect the following parameters.

Parameter Basic Node 1 Node 2 Cluster

IP Address

Net Mask

DNS Server

WINS

PC Name

Domain

Domain ID

Parameter Value

Scalar DLC user account: name

Scalar DLC user account: password

Scalar DLC home folder

Scalar DLC Database name

Database compact schedule

Database backup schedule

Scalar DLC email address

Contact email address

SMTP (mail) server

SMTP port

a

b

a. The Scalar DLC parameters must be identical on both Cluster nodes.
b. The Scalar DLC name and password values must be set according to the corporative security standards.

1. Scalar Distributed Library Controller is a trademark of ADIC. Throughout the remainder of this document, we refer
to the Scalar Distributed Library Controller software as Scalar Distributed Library Controller or as Scalar DLC.

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Scalar DLC

Scalar DLC Solutions

According to the customer requirements, the Scalar DLC can provide a basic (standard) solution or
a cluster (failover) solution. Select the solution and system configuration to match the library used
by the customer.

Library Scalar DLC Solution

Scalar 1000 Basic, Cluster

Scalar 10K Basic, Cluster

Scalar 10K DA Cluster (Basic is possible only as an exception)

Basic Solution

The Scalar DLC Basic (standard) solution keeps all Scalar DLC components (server, database) on
a single PC that is connected to the library and both client(s). The client can work with the library
when the Scalar DLC software is started and the library is online.

The Scalar DLC standard solution requires a single PC, the library, and the interface cables to
provide the connection between PC (Scalar DLC host) and library.

For the requirements and installation instructions, refer to Scalar DLC Installation Guide, Setting Up
the Basic Solution section.

Cluster Solution

The Scalar DLC Cluster (failover) solution is provided for clients using the Microsoft Cluster service.
This solution allows the user to have a shared disk with the Scalar DLC database and two hosts
containing the installed components of Scalar DLC software; for redundancy reasons, one host is
online and the other is offline. If an error occurs and the online Scalar DLC host goes offline, the
other host will immediately go online so the user will not notice there has been a problem with the
host. The customer engineer can work on the problem host without stopping the work of Scalar DLC
software.

The Scalar DLC failover solution requires two identical PCs, a RAID system, the library, and the
interface cables to provide the connections between PCs (Scalar DLC hosts), RAID (shared
database), and library.

For the requirements and installation instructions, refer to Scalar DLC Installation Guide, “Setting
Up the Cluster Solution” section.

Hardware Requirements

The Scalar DLC system requirements are summarized in the following list:

Required:

®

• PC that meets Microsoft
are required for the Cluster solution):

• 800 MHZ or faster Inter Pentium TM or equivalent CPU (minimum 4 free PC slots in

chassis).

PC 2000 System Design Guide Specifications (two identical PC

• 256K L2 Cache.

• 512 MB RAM.

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