MS-WNT MRU_V141_ALPHA Media Robot Utility for Windows NT Alpha ECO Summary

TITLE: MS-WNT MRU_V141_ALPHA Media Robot Utility for Windows NT Alpha ECO Summary
 
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2000.  All rights reserved.

Modification Date:  24-MAY-2000
Modification Type:  New Kit

PRODUCT:    Media Robot Utility for WNT Alpha

OP/SYS:     Microsoft Windows NT

SOURCE:     Compaq Computer Corporation

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Kit Name:  MRU_V141_ALPHA
     ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit:  None
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  9121 Blocks
     Kit Applies To:  Media Robot Utility V1.4 
                      Microsoft Windows NT V4.0
     System/Cluster Reboot Necessary:  Information Not Available 
     Rolling Re-boot Supported:  Information Not Available
     Installation Rating:  INSTALL_UNKNOWN

     Kit Dependencies:

       The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
       installation of this kit:

         None 

       In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
       kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:

         None 


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

An ECO kit exists for the Media Robot Utility on Microsoft Windows
NT V4.0 Alpha. This kit addresses the following problems: 

  o  In case of an ESL 9000(multitower) with 3 units of
     ESL9326D, 'read element status'(RES) for SLOTS could not be
     issued. This problem was noticed with respect to the
     "robot find cartridge" command.

     The problem was analysed to occur due to a VMS imposed restriction
     that RES could return data of length 64K or less only.
     In case of the ESL9326D the returned data length would be
     978 X 88 = 86064.

     The fix for this problem involved capturing return values
     larger than the allowed length, in parts and thus
     fitting the RES of the SLOTS within the permitted length.

  o  In case of a multitude of PORTS in use, time taken for
     GUI and CLI commands to execute used to be high because
     of too many RES in use. This problem has been fixed in
     this ECO by the use of a single RES instead of many.

  o   The MRU-UNIX command "robot show drive", showed drives of
      only one unit, as "Available". This problem has been
      fixed in this ECO, all drives will now be "available".

  o  New Features:
     -------------

     New functionality comprises, additional support for the following:

       a) TSL10000
       b) SSL2000
       c) Tru64 UNIX V4.0G
       d) Tru64 Unix V5.0 and 5.0A (with restrictions. For details
          refer refer to Chapter 3 of COMPAQ Media Robot Utility - Guide
          to Installation, Connectivity, and Operation.)


INSTALLATION NOTES:

The images in this kit will not take effect until the system is
rebooted.  If there are other nodes in the VMScluster, they must 
also be rebooted in order to make use of the new image(s).  

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