Hi,

I can't quite understand this.

Several people have stated that this option should be available as a patch
to 5.5 and part of FOS on 6.5.

We're on 6.5, and trying to store to disk yields:

STORING TO A DISK FILE IS NOT AVAILABLE ON YOUR VERSION OF
STORE.  YOU MUST PURCHASE TURBOSTORE/iX 7x24 TRUE-ONLINE BACKUP
TO GET THIS FUNCTIONALITY (S/R 822)

Perhaps it was the restore-from-disk option that came with 6.5?

Anyway - the question is rather academic, since we have been using
disk-to-disk backups with Orbit's Backup software since the Garage Days ...
well almost :-)

But still it would be nice to know the real truth behind this: When came
this option as a patch - and when was it made part of the FOS?


Mange hilsner / With kind regards

Hans (still clinging to on-topics, though it seems to be quite hard these
days)



-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Duane Percox
Sent: 28. juli 2004 22:30
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: When did store to disk file get implemented?

Tom Brandt writes:

>It was available in TurboStore a while before that, but you
>had to pay for it.
>
>>Craig Lalley wrote:
>>IIRC,
>>
>>Store to disc came as a patch on MPE/iX 6.0,
>>It was incorporated into the FOS in 6.5.

It came with the 7x24 true on-line backup option of t-store
and we got it with patches for our non-7x24 version of
t-store starting back in the 5.5 days. Before the patch if you
tried to do a store-2-disc you got an error message that
said you needed to have the 7x24 version to store-2-disc.

BTW, for those debating the need for user groups, meetings,
gatherings, meeting of the minds, etc:

This functionality was made available due to discussions that occurred
at an Interex function for MPE users: IPROF. I think it was the
last IPROF before it morphed into Solutions Symposium.

During a roundtable with many CSY/HP'ers present there was a general
question raised about making store-2-disc generally available
since it was difficult to get a dependable file packaging methodology
for electronic xfer given all the hassles with 'mover'. The thought
from the floor was that if HP made the store-2-disc feature part
of store that we could forget about 'mover' and have a dependable
packaging methodology that all could use.

To CSY/HP's credit they took this input and 'made it so'. It has been
a welcome addition to the MPE toolkit over the last number of years.

duane percox

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