MRU (media robot utility) for Itanium?

VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium machine. Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. -- Alan

In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes: >VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape >drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium >machine. > >Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via >Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. Good luck. I'll bet it wasn't ported. You could give AESTing it try. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes: >> VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape >> drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium >> machine. >> >> Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via >> Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. > > Good luck. I'll bet it wasn't ported. You could give AESTing it try. Anything in that category should be released as open-source so that (perhaps, the few) customers who rely on it have some recourse without expense to HP (the main reason put forward for not porting). Of course we all have a fair idea of the chances of that happening spontaneously. Any stirrers with any clout out there? It's not without some precedents it seems.

In article <00A962D0.11426752@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG says...> > In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes: > >VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape > >drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium > >machine. > > > >Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via > >Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. > > Good luck. I'll bet it wasn't ported. You could give AESTing it try. No, it has been ported. I'm not certain, but I think the same kit files (ROBOT018.A, .B, .C and .D) work with VMSINSTAL on all 3 platforms. I have a copy on disk that I just installed on an I64 rx2660 last week. I think I loaded it from an Alpha LP CD, but I might have downloaded it from somewhere at HP/Compaq/DEC. V1.8 appears to be the current version, though it is about 5 years old. I don't remember where it hides on the LP CDs, but I think it is in a separate subdirectory under one or more of the Backup-related layered products (Saveset Manager [SAVESET*...], Storage Library System [SLSG*...], Data Cartridge Server Component [DCSC*...], or Archive Backup System [ABS*...]) where the precise directory name depends on the version involved. -- John Santos Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.

In article <MPG.2594919241fddc3f98968d@news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john@egh.com> writes: >In article <00A962D0.11426752@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- >@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> >> In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes: >> >VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape >> >drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium >> >machine. >> > >> >Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via >> >Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. >> >> Good luck. I'll bet it wasn't ported. You could give AESTing it try. > >No, it has been ported. I'm not certain, but I think the same kit files >(ROBOT018.A, .B, .C and .D) work with VMSINSTAL on all 3 platforms. I >have a copy on disk that I just installed on an I64 rx2660 last week. > >I think I loaded it from an Alpha LP CD, but I might have downloaded >it from somewhere at HP/Compaq/DEC. V1.8 appears to be the current >version, though it is about 5 years old. > >I don't remember where it hides on the LP CDs, but I think it is in a >separate subdirectory under one or more of the Backup-related layered >products (Saveset Manager [SAVESET*...], Storage Library System >[SLSG*...], Data Cartridge Server Component [DCSC*...], or Archive >Backup System [ABS*...]) where the precise directory name depends on >the version involved. OK. I have v1.8 on Alpha but I'm no certain where to find an IA64 version for install. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote: > VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape > drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium > machine. > > Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via > Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. > I found this link: http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/storage/mrupage.html It may not be a direct download link, but the claim to be able to help. Tim.

In article <00A962E1.4086161E@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG says...> > In article <MPG.2594919241fddc3f98968d@news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john@egh.com> writes: > >In article <00A962D0.11426752@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- > >@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> > >> In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes: > >> >VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape > >> >drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium > >> >machine. > >> > > >> >Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via > >> >Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. > >> > >> Good luck. I'll bet it wasn't ported. You could give AESTing it try. > > > >No, it has been ported. I'm not certain, but I think the same kit files > >(ROBOT018.A, .B, .C and .D) work with VMSINSTAL on all 3 platforms. I > >have a copy on disk that I just installed on an I64 rx2660 last week. > > > >I think I loaded it from an Alpha LP CD, but I might have downloaded > >it from somewhere at HP/Compaq/DEC. V1.8 appears to be the current > >version, though it is about 5 years old. > > > >I don't remember where it hides on the LP CDs, but I think it is in a > >separate subdirectory under one or more of the Backup-related layered > >products (Saveset Manager [SAVESET*...], Storage Library System > >[SLSG*...], Data Cartridge Server Component [DCSC*...], or Archive > >Backup System [ABS*...]) where the precise directory name depends on > >the version involved. > > OK. I have v1.8 on Alpha but I'm no certain where to find an IA64 > version for install. That means you must have ROBOT018.A and ROBOT018.C. .A contains the KITINSTAL.COM, documentation, header files and sources. .C contains the Alpha .EXE and .OLB files. ROBOT018.B should be there too, it has the VAX .EXE and .OLB files. And ROBOT018.D contains the IA64 ..EXE and .OLB files. They did it *right*. One kit for all 3 architectures, common source. -- John Santos Evans Griffiths & Hart, Inc.

Alan, you should find the MRU kit in the [ABSnnn] product directory of a recent OpenVMS I64 or Alpha LP CD. There you'll find the ROBOTE02018 (ROBOT V1.8 ECO 2) savesets, which seem to be the most current version. Volker.

On 18 Dec, 07:43, Volker Halle <volker_ha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Alan, > > you should find the MRU kit in the [ABSnnn] product directory of a > recent OpenVMS I64 or Alpha LP CD. There you'll find the ROBOTE02018 > (ROBOT V1.8 ECO 2) savesets, which seem to be the most current > version. > > Volker. V1.8B is the latest version. I hope the OP does have a licence for this software. Part number BA445AA is the per core licence for Itainium. I think if you order that you get the kit too. As Volker said it's also available in the ABS directories of the Condist

In article <MPG.2594c55e8ca5c48298968e@news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john@egh.com> writes: >In article <00A962E1.4086161E@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- >@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> >> In article <MPG.2594919241fddc3f98968d@news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john@egh.com> writes: >> >In article <00A962D0.11426752@SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman- >> >@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> >> >> In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston@SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes: >> >> >VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4). I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape >> >> >drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium >> >> >machine. >> >> > >> >> >Where can I download MRU? I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via >> >> >Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore. >> >> >> >> Good luck. I'll bet it wasn't ported. You could give AESTing it try. >> > >> >No, it has been ported. I'm not certain, but I think the same kit files >> >(ROBOT018.A, .B, .C and .D) work with VMSINSTAL on all 3 platforms. I >> >have a copy on disk that I just installed on an I64 rx2660 last week. >> > >> >I think I loaded it from an Alpha LP CD, but I might have downloaded >> >it from somewhere at HP/Compaq/DEC. V1.8 appears to be the current >> >version, though it is about 5 years old. >> > >> >I don't remember where it hides on the LP CDs, but I think it is in a >> >separate subdirectory under one or more of the Backup-related layered >> >products (Saveset Manager [SAVESET*...], Storage Library System >> >[SLSG*...], Data Cartridge Server Component [DCSC*...], or Archive >> >Backup System [ABS*...]) where the precise directory name depends on >> >the version involved. >> >> OK. I have v1.8 on Alpha but I'm no certain where to find an IA64 >> version for install. > >That means you must have ROBOT018.A and ROBOT018.C. .A contains the >KITINSTAL.COM, documentation, header files and sources. .C contains >the Alpha .EXE and .OLB files. ROBOT018.B should be there too, it >has the VAX .EXE and .OLB files. And ROBOT018.D contains the IA64 >..EXE and .OLB files. > >They did it *right*. One kit for all 3 architectures, common source. I'll check. Last ConDist, IIRC, are circa 2005 or 2006. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG http://www.quirkfactory.com/popart/asskey/eqn2.png "Well my son, life is like a beanstalk, isn't it?"

On 18 Dec, 09:01, IanMiller <g...@uk2.net> wrote: > On 18 Dec, 07:43, Volker Halle <volker_ha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > Alan, > > > you should find the MRU kit in the [ABSnnn] product directory of a > > recent OpenVMS I64 or Alpha LP CD. There you'll find the ROBOTE02018 > > (ROBOT V1.8 ECO 2) savesets, which seem to be the most current > > version. > > > Volker. > > V1.8B is the latest version. > > I hope the OP does have a licence for this software. Part number > BA445AA is the per core licence for Itainium. I think if you order > that you get the kit too. > As Volker said it's also available in the ABS directories of the > Condist I thought ABS was chargable but MRU was free? Steve

On Dec 18, 6:23=A0pm, Steve <etmsr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 18 Dec, 09:01, IanMiller <g...@uk2.net> wrote: > > > > > On 18 Dec, 07:43, Volker Halle <volker_ha...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Alan, > > > > you should find the MRU kit in the [ABSnnn] product directory of a > > > recent OpenVMS I64 or Alpha LP CD. There you'll find the ROBOTE02018 > > > (ROBOT V1.8 ECO 2) savesets, which seem to be the most current > > > version. > > > > Volker. > > > V1.8B is the latest version. > > > I hope the OP does have a licence for this software. Part number > > BA445AA is the per core licence for Itainium. I think if you order > > that you get the kit too. > > As Volker said it's also available in the ABS directories of the > > Condist > > I thought ABS was chargable but MRU was free? > > Steve I think ABS includes MRU. That part number was if you just want MRU