ADIC Version 5.0 manual Post Installation Topics, Put Linter, Start and Stop Linter

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Installing VolServ

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Installation

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Put Linter in

PATH

Start and Stop Linter

Setting up the VolServ environment includes the following tasks:

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Put Linter in PATH	3-3

Database Maintenance	3-4

Database Recovery	3-6

Media Management	3-6

VolServ uses a Linter Database to store and track information about the archived files, tape drives, and media managed by VolServ. If Linter goes down, VolServ also terminates.

Edit either the .cshrc or .profile file for the root user to add $VS_DIR/linter/bin to the $PATH environment variable.

Step 1.	As the root user, run startlinter to start the	Tasks	PostInstallation
	Linter database processes.	Tasks	PostInstallation
	Linter database processes.
Step 2.	As the root user, run shutlinter to stop the
	Linter database processes.

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