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Conference tape::infoserver

Title:InfoServer (Ethernet System Server)
Notice:Much more than just a CD Servere TAPE::
Moderator:TAPE::STONEHAM
Created:Wed Mar 21 1990
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2223
Total number of notes:9773

2198.0. "compatibility with OpenVms" by MLNCSC::ZAGHI () Thu Feb 27 1997 14:32

    Hi,
    
    a customer of mine wants to know if "DEC infoserver client" V3.0 is 
    supported by OpenVms 6.2 (VAX)
    
    Could anyone give me this information ?
    
    Many thanks in advance 
    
    Paolo 
    (CSC, Milan)
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2198.1Use what comes with the OS unless you have problems.WAYLAY::GORDONResident Lightning DesignerThu Feb 27 1997 16:215
	I'm pretty sure the V6.2 code bundled with the OS on VAX is newer than
the V3.0 client code which was primarily for tape support anyway.


					--Doug
2198.2thanksMLNCSC::ZAGHIFri Feb 28 1997 12:576
    Hi Doug,
    
    thanks for your reply
    
    Paolo
    (CSC , Milan)
2198.3More than you wanted to know...WAYLAY::GORDONResident Lightning DesignerFri Feb 28 1997 17:2744
	This is from a mail message I sent today on a suspiciously similar
question I got from InfoServer product management:

On the VAX side:

        InfoServer support for disk services (DADDRIVER) was bundled with
VMS starting with V5.4.  I believe InfoServer engineering released a kit
that supported disk services back to V5.2 sometime after that.  Support for
tape services (MADDRIVER) was added to VMS for V6.0.  An update of the
"client kit" was released which supported tape services back to 5.4 (and
support for pre-V5.4 systems was dropped I think.) Subsequent client kits
were released in step with the InfoServer server releases to fix bugs in
tape support (of which there were many) and that code was also added to the
VMS master pack.  Much of it went into V6.1 and the last of it went into
V6.2.  The last client kit was ESS031.

        The InfoServer V3.2 release notes (dated October 1994) contain the
following section:

        InfoServer Client for OpenVMS

              The distribution compact disc no longer includes an
              InfoServer Client for OpenVMS software kit, as with
              previous releases. This software is incorporated in the
              Version 6.1 and later OpenVMS VAX and OpenVMS AXP operating
              systems. If necessary, Digital's Customer Service Centers
              can provide software patches between OpenVMS releases.

        The software patch (for VAX) was CSCPAT_1128.  To the best of my
knowledge, CSCPAT_1128 has not been updated since sustaining took over the
code but I could be wrong.  The last version I have is CSCPAT_1128016.
CSCPAT_1128 was newer code than any of the ESSxxx kits.


On the Alpha side:

        V1.5 supported disk access only.  V6.1 supported disk & tape.  Geoff
checked in a port of all his changes right before he handed the code over to
sustaining.  Unfortunately, there were a lot of problems in the code and
V6.2 shipped with tape support disabled.  A patch kit, ALPLAD was produced
to ship the fixed code.  That kit (and follow-ons) was produced by VMS
sustaining engineering.  To the best of my knowledge, the last version of
ALPLAD is ALPLAD03.