HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Version 4.5 Release Notes

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Associated DocumentsThe following documents are part of the Archive Backup System documentationset:• HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Installation Guide• HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Guide to Operations• HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS Command Reference Guide• Quick Reference Guide to Configure ABS/MDMSThe Quick Reference Guide to Configure ABS/MDMS is intended for all thenovice users of HP Archive Backup System for OpenVMS.vi
1 IntroductionThis document describes the enhancement, known problems, restrictions, anderrors found in the Archive Backup System (ABS) software and documentation.• ABS Version 4.5 uses the Media, Management and Device Services (MDMS)server to manage policies (saves, restores, archives, and environments). Formore information on using the new database, see the MDMS sections in therelease notes.NoteBefore upgrading from V3.x, HP recommends that you perform an ABSSHOW object/FULL/ OUT=filename on all your ABS objects. This isuseful for comparison of the objects after the upgrade and the conversion.• This release of ABS/MDMS includes ABS$DATA_COLLECTION.COMcommand procedure. An utility used to gather the system related information.This reduces the initial interaction effort to gather the system relatedinformation from you and the Field Engineers when a problem is filed.This command procedure is located in the ABS$ROOT:[SYSTEM] directory.• During the upgrade to Version 4.5 from V3.x, the MDMS database filesare copied to files named MDMS$DATABASE_LOCATION:MDMS$*_DB.DAT_COPY. The ABS policy engine configuration file is alsorenamed to ABS$SYSTEM:ABS$POLICY_CONFIG.DAT_OLD and theABS$SYSTEM:ABS$EXT_*.COM files are renamed to ABS$EXT_*.COM_OLD. These files are used if you remove the Version 4.5 files. For moreinformation on removing Version 4.5 files, see "How to Remove Version 4.5ABS/MDMS Files".• ABS Version 4.0 did NOT allow a rolling upgrade on the servers or clients.This is because the policy engine has been moved to the MDMS server, so allnodes must use the same mechanism to talk to the database server. If youare on an ABS V4.x stream, you can use the rolling upgrade option.• The MDMS Version 4.5 server provides the scheduling of save and restorerequests. For more information on the scheduling options, see the MDMSsections of the release notes.• If you are upgrading from V3.x, the DECscheduler scheduling option will beconverted to SCHEDULER during the installation. Jobs will be submitted toDECscheduler using the MDMS$SYSTEM:MDMS$EXT_SCHEDULER.COMcommand procedure.NoteBecause of this change, the SCHEDULER option will not work if you donot have a license for DECscheduler. If you are using the DECschedulerfor flexibility of scheduling, check the options available in Version 4.5 forthe INTERNAL schedule with custom schedules. It offers very flexiblescheduling.1
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