Wanda - we're in the same boat - it looks like the PTF that was put up
on April 3 addresses both ACSLS support AND using all 14 slots in the
CAP if you don't use ACSLS. I certainly hope so, anyway! I've just
contacted our IBM Sales Specialist to see if she can unsnarl the V2.1 to
V3.1 server upgrade charges for me.
Tom Kauffman
NIBCO Inc
kauffmant AT nibco DOT com
>----------
>From: Prather, Wanda[SMTP:PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 8:22 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: FW: ADSM V3 and DRM
>
>Hi...
>We also run ADSM V2 on AIX 4.2 with an STK9710 and ADSM Enhanced server (the
>software that lets you run the 9710 via the STK ACSLS server code.)
>
>Things you get using the Enhanced Server code instead of the IBM drivers:
>
>1) Yes, you get to use all the CAP slots.
>
>2) Checkin/checkout works a bit better.
>
>3) Enhanced Server does NOT replace all the ADSM code. It sticks a front
>end onto ADSM which starts some extra processes when ADSM starts, and also
>provides AIX device drivers for the robot and drives. Those extra processes
>work as an interface that somehow turns the ADSM commands into RPC calls to
>ACSLS, which then drives the robot.
>
>4) Because the ADSM to ACSLS communication is via the network, you can have
>ADSM running on a different host than ACSLS, i.e., the 9710 could be
>physically attached to a different host. Some people use might use that
>capability to share the 9710 with other applications.
>
>5) You can have mixed drive types in the 9710 - we have both 3490-compatible
>and DLT drives in the same 9710's.
>
>Our 9710's have always worked great with the 3490 drives. Last year when we
>added the DLT7000's we picked up a lot of problems which have since been
>resolved with microcode patches.
>
>However, at the moment there is NOT a version of ADSM Enhanced server for
>ADSM V3.
>Open Microsystems (the people who provided Enhanced Server) has a new
>product that will work with V3, but you have to spend more money to get it,
>it isn't an upgrade. IBM has said they will provide ADSM direct support for
>ACSLS-driven STK libraries this quarter, but haven't produced anything yet.
>
>
>We would like to drop ACSLS and use the IBM drivers so we can go to V3, but
>I can't deal with having only 1 slot available in the CAP. So we will
>probably sit on V2 for a while until we see whether IBM will really produce
>a driver or not.
>
>Do you know if IBM is planning to fix the problem with only having the 1st
>slot available in the CAP?
>
>===============================================================
>Wanda Prather
>Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
>443-778-8769
>wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu
>
>"Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
> - Scott Adams/Dilbert
>===============================================================
>
>
>
>
>> ----------
>> From: Casey, Mike[SMTP:Mike.Casey AT latimes DOT com]
>> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 1998 3:39 AM
>> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
>> Subject: Re: ADSM V3 and DRM
>>
>> Naveed,
>>
>> We are running ADSM ver 2 on a ver. 4.1.5 AIX platform using an STK9710.
>> When we put the system up last August, IBM had just announced support
>> for the STK9710. We chose not to use the STK available version of ADSM,
>> as we thought it would introduce another layer of code and complicate
>> things. Didn't the STK supplied code completely replace the IBM
>> supplied code of ADSM? What added functionality did you get by using
>> STK code? Is the ACSLS code only available with the STK version of
>> ADSM? We plan on going to ADSM ver 3 soon and would appreciate any
>> insights/problems you have had with the 9710.
>>
>> One particular question:
>>
>> Were you/are you able to use more than the first slot of the STK9710
>> access door?
>>
>> M. Casey
>> Los Angeles Times
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Naveed Mustafa [SMTP:Naveed_Mustafa AT MCKINSEY DOT COM]
>> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 1998 03:04
>> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject: ADSM V3 and DRM
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> We are in a planning phase of upgrading our present ADSM V2
>> environment to
>> ADSM V3.
>>
>> Our present environment is such that we are running ADSM
>> v2.1.0.13 on AIX
>> 4.1.5 server along with enhaced ADSM v2.1.0.13 which required
>> for the STK
>> library model 9710. We have dedicated Solaris machine driving
>> the STK
>> library running ACSLS software v 5.1.1.
>>
>> Our upgrade plan is to install ADSM V3 on a new server running
>> AIX 4.2.
>> Install ACSLS version 5.2 on the new server as well. Since IBM
>> is soon
>> announcing its support for STK 9710 we will not need enhanced
>> ADSM for
>> this.
>>
>> Anyone out there who has done such upgrade and who can assist us
>> in the
>> planning, designing tips and identifying precautionary steps
>> during the
>> upgrade.
>>
>> We are also thinking of getting the ADSM DRM utility along with
>> ADSM V3 as
>> well. Anyone who has worked on the DRM and can give us a review
>> will be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> Naveed.
>>
>
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