Release Notes

Product: VolServ® Version 5.1

Operating Systems: IRIX® 6.5.15-6.5.17

Solaris7 and 8 SPARC® (32-bit and 64-bit) Date: December 30, 2002

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 5.1, you must first upgrade to VolServ 3.0 to accommodate the change of the Ingres database to the Linter database.

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Purpose of This Release

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Changes to the Installing VolServ Guide

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New Features and Enhancements

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Upgrade Instructions

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Fixed Problems

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Documentation

2Known Problems

3Supported Libraries

4Installation Instructions

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.

CAUTION: To ensure the integrity of your archive configurations, contact ADIC Technical Assistance Center (ATAC) for instructions on using the archive conversion utilities.

Archive conversion utilities for converting ADIC Scalar 1K libraries from AMU front-end to SCSI-attached.

Archive conversion utilities for converting ADIC AML libraries from the AML command interface to the DAS interface.

Media types 9940 and SDLT (220 drives only).

Library support for Storage Tek (STK) L180 and L700 SCSI-attached libraries.

Enhancement of library support for the ADIC Scalar 1K and 10K libraries.

VolServ Version 5.1 — 6-00572-01

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