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Release Notes
Product: VolServ® Version 5.2
SNMS Server Operating Systems: IRIX® 6.5.15-6.5.19
Solaris™ 7 and 8 SPARC
Date: November 2003
NOTE: (1) The operating system must always be run in US_English. (2) If you have an
installation of VolServ that is earlier than 3.0 and you want to upgrade to VolServ 5.2,
you must first upgrade to VolServ 3.0 to accommodate the change of the Ingres
database to the Linter database.
Contents
Page Topic Page Topic
1 Purpose of This Release 4 Known Problems
1 New Features and Enhancements 5 Documentation
2 Supported Libraries 5 For VolServ v5.2, all documentation is
3 Fixed Problems
®
(32-bit and 64-bit)
provided in PDF format with the product
distribution CD.
Purpose of This Release
This release adds several new features and enhancements that extend the capabilities of the VolServ
product. It also provides corrections to problems that were encountered in previous releases of VolServ.
New Features and Enhancements
The following features and enhancements are new with this release.
• Media types LTO-2.
• Library support for ADIC i2000 and Scalar 24.
• SGI IRIX support for 6.5.19.
• Linter database upgrade to version 5.9.23.4.1.
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IBM LTO Tape Drive Support
VolServ supports only homogenous IBM LTO drive types within a library. A physical library cannot
contain both LTO-1 and LTO-2 drive types. The LTO drive types within a library are dependent upon the
type of LTO media that the library contains. The following table depicts the media type to drive type
compatibility requirements within a physical library:
LTO-1 Media LTO-2Media LTO-1 and
LTO-2 Media
LTO-1 Drive X
LTO-2 Drive X X X
Supported Libraries
The following libraries are supported in this release.
NOTE: AIT is not currently supported as a pre-defined media type. At this time, an AIT library
must be configured as an 8mm library.
In previous releases of VolServ, AML libraries with AIT-1 and/or AIT-2 drives may have used either one
of the following DAS/AMU drive type designators:
• DC = AIT-1 and/or AIT-2
• DM = AIT-1 and/or AIT-2
In VolServ Release 5.2, due to a change in the AMU software, AML libraries with AIT-1 and/or AIT-2
drives now use the following DAS/AMU drive type designators:
•DC = AIT-3
• DM = AIT-1 and/or AIT-2
Therefore, if you use DC for your AIT-1 and/or AIT-2 drives and you are upgrading to VolServ 5.2, you
will need to reconfigure the drive type designator to DM, otherwise VolServ will interpret DC as an AIT-3
drive.
VolServ 5.2 has been certified with DAS/AMU firmware revision 3.10e which supports AIT-1 and AIT-2
drives. Firmware revision 3.11 and above supports AIT-3, although ADIC has not yet certified this
revision.
Manufacturer Model
ADIC (AMU-attached) • Scalar 1000
•AML/2
•AML/E
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Manufacturer Model
ADIC (SCSI-attached; Solaris 8 and IRIX
6.5.15-6.5.19 only)
ADIC (SDLC-attached; Version 2.x) • Scalar 10K
STK (3480 mediatype only)
Network-attached using Aut omatic
Cartridge System Library Software
(ACSLS) as a library interface.
STK (SCSI-attached; Solaris 8 and IRIX
6.5.15-6.5.19 only)
STK (SCSI-attached; Solaris 8 and IRIX
6.5.15-6.5.19 only)
• Scalar 100
• Scalar 1000
• Scalar 10K
• Scalar i2000
• Silo ACS 4400
• Wolfcreek
ACS 9360
•L180
• L700
Fixed Problems
The following table describes the problems that have been fixed in this release.
Operating
System
Change
Requests
Description
All 12710 VolServ cannot chown library driver on boot, causes ArcDisp to fail.
16386 Mounts that require a media to be ejected from one archive and entered into
another archive fail.
17698 AbbaAMTask core dumps on startup.
21142 Update code to recognize LTO-2 media and drive types for both SCSI and NET
attached libraries.
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Known Problems
The following table describes known problems in this release.
Operating
System
IRIX 4365
All 3669
Change
Requests
(07719)
(07723)
4239
(07717)
4242
(07724)
4323
(11773)
Description
When the operator’s console display goes down, the change archive
parameters cannot be used to redisplay the console.
Workaround: Select the specific library to be reconfigured, select <OK> to bring
down the library, and then select <Done> so the operator’s console for tha t archiv e
will reappear.
Library console does not emit a beep each time status is returned to it.
The vsamlconfig command cannot handle he x numbers for drive slots that are
printed from the AMU.
Workaround: Configure the archive as a Scalar DLC archive.
If changing the AML configuration after init ially configuring the libr ary, the modified
AMU information is unable to be uploaded to VolServ without deleting and
recreating the library.
Workaround: Configure the archive as a Scalar DLC archive.
Mixed media imports do not work for SCSI libraries.
6378
(08529)
6379
(11035)
Unable to mount tapes after recovery of offline robot.
If VolServ is started when the Scalar 1000 or the Scalar 10k archives are offline,
the AMTask will not start.
Workaround: Place the archives in an online state and cycle VolServ to get the
AMTask running.
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Documentation
The most current versions of the VolServ Release Notes and accompanying documentation are available
on the ADIC website (www.adic.com). If you wish to view this documentation, please contact your
VolServ sales representative.
In addition to the VolServ software, the distribution CD contains the VolServ technical documentation in
PDF format. You must have the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader software version 4.0 or later installed on your
PC before you can view the online documentation in PDF format. If you have not already acquired and
installed a copy of Acrobat Reader on your PC, see the http://www.adobe.com web site for a link to the
Adobe web site where Acrobat Reader can be downloaded.
NOTE: To make corrections or comments on the VolServ publications, contact Technical
Publications at techdocs@adic.com.
NOTE: For VolServ v5.2, all documentation is provided in PDF format with the product
distribution CD.
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