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Software Components 2-17

10 Oct 1996

DAS allows client systems to request actions on selected

media within the AML system. DAS performs the following

requested actions:

• mounts media in a drive

• dismounts media from a drive

• inserts media into the library

• ejects media from the library

Requirements to support DAS software are platform

dependent.

Archive Management Software

Support

Operating in the OS/2 environment, AMU software consists

of five proprietary operational processes and two proprietary

utility processes. The task of each of the seven processes are

listed below:

• Communication with host computer, robot control,

Quadro Tower control, and Hexa Tower control

• Management of the library catalog using Source Query

Language (SQL) database

• Kernel logic converts host commands into control

commands

• User interface for operator requests

• Log and trace connection

• Database backup facility

• Remote file transfer

In normal (Automatic) operating mode, the host computer

directs the AML/J and the AMU software operates

transparently. Usually, commands are only input at the AMU

console through the Graphical User Interface (GUI) for direct

operator intervention.

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