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IIII TO: OpenVMS distribution DATE: 10 March 1997
/....\ OpenVMS Ambassadors FROM: Mike Johnson/Janis Horn
/ :..: \ DEPT: OFST Eng/OFST Bus. Mgmt
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STAR::HORN
SUBJECT: Announcing the Spiralog File System V1.2 for OpenVMS Alpha V7.1
AVAILABILITY
The OpenVMS File Systems Technology (OFST) Program is pleased to announce the
availability of Spiralog Version 1.2. First Customer Ship (FCS) is March 14th
and the internal network kits are now up on AVOLUB. Congratulations to the
Spiralog V1.2 team for pulling this maintenance release together so quickly
and efficiently.
WHAT'S NEW IN SPIRALOG VERSION 1.2?
o Compatibility with OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1 (Gryphon)
o GETDVI's MEDIA_TYPE and MEDIA_NAME item codes no longer return
null strings for Spiralog volumes. MEDIA_TYPE now returns the
string "FS" and MEDIA_NAME now returns the string "F64" for a
Spiralog volume.
KIT LOCATION
Directory AVOLUB::DISK$SPIRALOG_V12:[SOFTWARE] block size
DEC-AXPVMS-SPIRALOG-V0102--1.PCSI;1 9216
The saveset should be installed using the standard PCSI installation
procedure. There is no Product Authorization Key (PAK) required for
this kit. If you encounter any difficulty copying the kit, please
send mail to Michael Johnson at [email protected].
DOCUMENTATION
Directory AVOLUB::DISK$SPIRALOG_V12:[DOCUMENTATION.TEXT]
INSTALL_GUIDE.TXT;1 43
RELEASE_NOTES.TXT;1 45
SPD.TXT;1 17
Total of 3 files, 105 blocks.
Directory AVOLUB::DISK$SPIRALOG_V12:[DOCUMENTATION.POSTSCRIPT]
COMMANDS_AT_A_GLANCE.PS;1 309
INSTALL_GUIDE.PS;1 123
PROGRAMMERS_GUIDE.PS;1 509
RELEASE_NOTES.PS;1 130
SPD.PS;1 91
SYSTEM_MANAGERS_GUIDE.PS;1 2719
USERS_GUIDE.PS;1 211
Total of 7 files, 4092 blocks.
Directory AVOLUB::DISK$SPIRALOG_V12:[DOCUMENTATION.BOOKREADER]
INSTALL_GUIDE.DECW$BOOK;1 53
PROGRAMMERS_GUIDE.DECW$BOOK;1 320
RELEASE_NOTES.DECW$BOOK;1 63
SPIRALOG_LIBRARY.DECW$BOOKSHELF;1 1
SYSTEM_MANAGERS_GUIDE.DECW$BOOK;1 1282
USERS_GUIDE.DECW$BOOK;1 94
Total of 6 files, 1813 blocks.
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PREREQUISITES
o Operating system: OpenVMS Alpha Version 7.1
o Memory: at least 64 Mbytes
o Disks: redundancy to protect against media errors, for example:
- RAID 5 arrays
- Shadow sets
Minimum capacity 500 Mbytes
FOR MORE INFORMATION
o The internal Spiralog home page, at this URL:
http://avolub.vmse.edo.dec.com/~spiralog/index.html
o The external Spiralog home page is under reconstruction and will be
available late March at this URL:
http://www.openvms.digital.com/openvms/products/spiralog/index.html
o The Spiralog notes conference:
MOVIES::DOLLAR_INFO
CONGRATULATIONS TEAM!
Thanks should go to the following people for their contributions to the
production of the Spiralog V1.2 kit:
Engineering:
Alasdair Baird Mark Howell Mike Johnson
David McNally Kevin Playford Stephen Tweedie
Testing:
Ian Compton Stuart Deans Paul Mosteika
Kevin Robertson
Documentation:
Judy Parsons
Business Management:
Janis Horn Shirin Sherkat-Khameneh
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