Corvus systems Mirror server User manual

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CORVUS

SYSTEMS

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MIRROR

SERVER

MANAGER'S

GUIDE

LIMITED

WARRANTY

Corvus

warrants

its

hardware

products

against

defects

in

materials

and

workmanship

for

a

period

of

180

days

from

the

date

of

purchase

from

any

authorized

Corvus

Systems

dealer.

If

Corvus

receives

notice

of

such

defects

during

the

warranty

period,

Corvus

will,

at

its

option,

either

repair

or

replace

the

hardware

products

which

prove

to

be

defective.

Repairs

will

be

performed

and

defective

parts

replaced

with

either

new

or

reconditioned

parts.

Corvus

software

and

firmware

products

which

are

designed

by

Corvus

for

use

with

a

hardware

product,

when

properly

installed

on

that

hardware

product,

are

warranted

not

to

fail

to

execute

their

programming

instructions

due

to

defects

in

materials

and

workmanship

for

a

period

of

180

days.

If

Corvus

receives

notice

of

such

defects

during

the

warranty

period,

Corvus

does

not

warrant

that

the

operation

of

the

software,

firmware

or

hardware

shall

be

uninterrupted

or

error

free.

Limited

Warranty

service

may

be

obtained

by

delivering

the

product

during

the

180

day

warranty

period

to

Corvus

Systems

with

proof

of

purchase

date.

YOU

MUST

CONTACT

CORVUS

CUSTOMER

SERVICE

TO

OBTAIN

A

"RETURN

AUTHORIZATION

CODE"

PRIOR

TO

RETURNING

THE

PRODUCT.

THE

RAC

(RETURN

AUTHORIZATION

CODE)

NUMBER

ISSUED

BY

CORVUS

CUSTOMER

SERVICE

MUST

APPEAR

ON

THE

EXTERIOR

OF

THE

SHIPPING

CONTAINER.

ONLY

ORIGINAL

OR

EQUIVALENT

SHIPPING

MATERIALS

MUST

BE

USED.

If

this

product

is

delivered

by

mail,

you

agree

to

insure

the

product

or

assume

the

risk

of

loss

or

damage

in

transit,

to

prepay

shipping

charges

to

the

warranty

service

location

and

to

use

the

original

shipping

container.

Contact

Corvus

systems

or

write

to

Corvus

customer

Service,

2100

Corvus

Drive,

San

Jose,

CA,

95124

prior

to

shipping

equipment.

ALL

EXPRESS

AND

IMPLIED

WARRANTIES

FOR

THIS

PRODUCT,

INCLUDING

THE

WARRANTIES

OF

MERCHANTABILITY

AND

FITNESS

FOR

A

PARTICULAR

PURPOSE,

ARE

LIMITED IN

DURATION

TO

A

PERIOD

OF

180

DAYS

FROM

DATE

OF

PURCHASE,

AND

NO

WARRANTIES,

WHETHER

EXPRESS

OR

IMPLIED,

WILL

APPLY

AFTER

THIS

PERIOD.

SOME

STATES

DO

NOT

ALLOW

LIMITATIONS

ON

HOW

LONG

AN

IMPLIED

WARRANTY

LASTS,

SO

THE

ABOVE

LIMITATIONS

MAY

NOT

APPLY

TO

YOU.

IF

THIS

PRODUCT

IS

NOT

IN

GOOD

WORKING

ORDER

AS

WARRANTED

ABOVE,

YOUR

SOLE

REMEDY

SHALL

BE

REPAIR

OR

REPLACEMENT

AS

PROVIDED

ABOVE.

IN

NO

EVENT

WILL

CORVUS

SYSTEMS

BE

LIABLE

TO

YOU

FOR

ANY

DAMAGES,

INCLUDING

ANY

LOST

PROFITS,

LOST

SAVINGS

OR

OTHER

INCIDENTAL

OR

CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES

ARISING

OUT

OF

THE

USE

OF

OR

INABILITY

TO

USE

SUCH

PRODUCT,

EVEN

IF

CORVUS

SYSTEMS

OR

AN

AUTHORIZED

CORVUS

SYSTEMS

DEALER

HAS

BEEN

ADVISED

OF

THE

POSSIBILITY

OF

SUCH

DAMAGES,

OR

FOR

ANY

CLAIM

BY

ANY

OTHER

PARTY.

SOME

STATES

DO

NOT

ALLOW

THE

EXCLUSION

OR

LIMITATION

OF

INCIDENTAL

OR

CONSEQUENTIAL

DAMAGES

FOR

CONSUMER

PRODUCTS,

SO

THE

ABOVE

LIMITATIONS

OR

EXCLUSIONS

MAY

NOT

APPLY

TO

YOU.

THIS

WARRANTY

GIVES

YOU

SPECIFIC

LEGAL

RIGHTS,

AND

YOU

MAY

ALSO

HAVE

OTHER

RIGHTS

WHICH

MAY

VARY

FROM

STATE

TO

STATE.

Part

Number:

Release

Date:

Revision:

A

7100-06601-01

September

1984

MIRROR

SERVER

MANAGER'S

GUIDE

FCC

WARNING

This

equipment

has

been

tested

with

a

Class

A

computing

device

and

has

been

found

to

comply

with

Part

15

of

FCC

Rules.

Operation

in

a

residential

area

may

cause

unacceptable

interference

to

radio

and

TV

reception

requiring

the

operator

to

take

whatever

steps

are

necessary

to

correct

the

interference.

NOTICE

Corvus

systems,

Inc.

reserves

the

right

to

make

changes

in

the

product

described

in

this

manual

at

any

time

without

notice.

Revised

manuals

will

be

published

as

needed

and

may

be

purchased

from

authorized

Corvus

Systems

dealers.

This

manual

is

copyrighted.

All

rights

reserved.

This

document

may

not,

in

whole,

or

in

part

be

copied,

photocopied,

reproduced,

translated

or

reduced

to

any

electronic

medium

or

machine

readable

form

without

prior

consent

in

writing

from:

Corvus

Systems,

Inc.

2100

Corvus

Drive

San

Jose,

CA.

95124

Telephone:

{408)

559-7000

TELEX:

278976

{c)

Copyright

1984

by

Corvus

Systems,

Inc.

All

rights

reserved.

IBM

{R)

is

a

trademark

of

International

Business

Machines,

Corp.

MS(TM)-DOS

is

a

trademark

of

Microsoft

Corporation.

CP/M

(R)

is

a

trademark

of

Digital

Research

Inc.

Corvus

Systems

(TM),

Corvus

Concept

(TM),

Transporter

(TM),

Omninet

(TM),

LogiCalc

(TM), EdWord (TM),

The

Bank (TM),

Bank

Tape

(TM),

OmniDrive

(TM), ISYS (TM),

Constellation

(R),

and

Mirror

(R)

are

trademarks

of

Corvus

Systems,

Inc.

Mirror

(R),

U.S.

Patent

#4,380,047

International

patents

pending

Corvus

Concept

(TM),

patent

pending

Omninet

{TM),

patent

pending

Mirror

Server

Manaqer

Guide

TABLB

01'

CONTENTS

iii

Gettinq

Started

• • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • • • •• • • • •• • • • • • l

How

This

Guide

is

Orqanized

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••

l

Hardware

and

Software

Required

••••••••••••••••••••••••

2

Preparing

the

VCR

• • • •• • • • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • • •• • • •• • • • • • • •• 4

Usaqe

• • • • •• • • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • • • • •• • • • • •• • 5

Chapter

1:

Installinq

the

Hardware

and

Software

•••••••••

7

Installinq

a

Network

Tap Box 7

connectinq

the

Mirror

Server

to

the

Network

•••••••••••

10

Connectinq

the

VCR

to

the

Mirror

server

•••••••••••••••

14

Copyinq

the

Software

to

the

Drive

•••••••••••••••••••••

16

Copyinq

the

Boot

Diskette

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

19

Chapter

z:

overview

of

Network

Backup

•••••••••••••••••••

21

Chapter

31

Creatinq

a

Transfer

Tabla

••••••••••••••••••••

25

Building

a

Table

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

25

Drive

Transfer

• • • •• • •• • • • • •• • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • • • •• • • • •

27

Volume

Transfer

• • • •• • • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • • • • • •• • • • • • 28

Block

Transfer

• • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • • • • •• • • • • • • 28

Listinq

a

Table

• • • • •• • •• • • • •• • • • •• • •• • • • • • •• • • • • • • • •• •

29

Savinq

a

Table

• • •• • • • •• • • •• • • •• • • • •• • • • •• • • • • •• • • • • • •• 30

Table

of

Contents

7100-05279

Mirror

Server

Manager

Guide

iv

Chapter

4:

Backing

Up

Data

•••••••••••••••••••••••••••.••

33

Backing

Up

to

a

Tape

..••••••.•.••••••..•••••••••••••••

35

Verifying

a

Backup

. • • • • . . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

39

Chapter

s:

Restoring

Data

• • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • •

45

Chapter

6:

Identifying

a

Tape

••••••.••••••••••••••••••••

51

Identifying

a

Tape

Image

••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

51

Listing

a

Tape

directory

option

and

the

identify

tape

image

option.

Chapter

7 shows

in

a

step-by-step

sample

session

how

to

back

up

and

restore

information.

Appendix

A

explains

several

error

messages

and

the

procedures

to

correct

the

errors.

Appendix

B

explains

how

to

change

the

fuse

on

the

Mirror

Server.

HARDWARE

AND

SOFTWARB

RBQUJ:RBD

Only

the

system

manager

should

use

the

Mirror

Server.

To

install

the

Mirror

Server,

the

system

manager

will

need

the

following

equipment:

a

video

cassette

recorder,

a

Mirror

Server,

and

a

computer

connected

to

an

Omninet

network

that

is

running

Constellation

II

software.

To

add

the

Mirror

Server

to

an

Omninet

network,

use

these

items:

o

Mirror

Server

o Power

cord

o

Network

tap

box

o Tap

cable

o

Three-foot

video

cable

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Started

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Guide

3

cHRVUS

Omnlnet

M•"e,,'3,.,,,.

.!

.!.

,

Mirror

Server

Power

Cord

Network

Tap

Box

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Started

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Server

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'0/,_--

~'

---

,-

Tap

Cable

Video

Cable

To

install

the

Mirror

server

software,

use

these

diskettes:

o

constellation

II

Mirror

server

Software

Volume

1:

Boot

Diskette

o

Constellation

II

Mirror

Server

Software

Volume

2:

Update

Diskette

PRBPARilfG

TBB

VCR

4

This

quide

assumes

that

you

are

familiar

with

your

video

cassette

recorder.

There

are

several

requirements

concerninq

your

VCR

when

usinq

it

with

a

Mirror

Server.

Always

use

the

same

video

cassette

recorder

to

back

up

and

restore

data.

Never

use

a

battery

operated

VCR;

if

the

VCR

has

the

battery

option,

use

a

standard

wall

outlet.

To

avoid

errors,

use

hiqh-quality

tape.

Also,

follow

the

manufacturer's

recommended

maintenance

schedule

for

cleaninq

the

recorder's

heads.

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Started

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Server

Manager

Guide

5

Use

a

recorder

without

the

color

enhancement

feature

or

turn

this

feature

off

when

using

the

Mirror

Server.

Always

make

sure

the

VCR

tracking

switch

is

set

to

the

center

position.

Below

is

a

chart

showing

how

the

VCR

switches

should

be

set

for

the

Panasonic

NV

8200.

Of

course,

VCR

settings

will

vary

from

recorder

to

recorder.

Refer

to

your

VCR

manual

to

set

the

switches

to

the

equivalent

positions.

USAGE

Power

•••••.••••••.••••.

ON

TV/VTR

•••••••••••••••••

VTR

Audio

Monitor

•••••..••.

MIX

Timer

.•

,

•.••••.

,

•••••••

OFF

Tape

Memory

••••••••••••

OFF

Input

••••••••••••.•••••

LINE

Audio

Limiter

.••••••••.

OFF

Play

Speed

••.•••.•.••••

Midway

between

Slow

and

Fast

Audio

Level

••••••.••••.

MINIMUM

Tracking

••.••••••••••••

At

FIX

oval

Throughout

this

guide,

type

means

to

enter

two

or

more

characters

on

the

keyboard.

Type

all

words,

symbols,

spaces

and

punctuation

to

the

right

of

the

word

type

exactly

as

shown.

Do

not

add

or

leave

out

punctuation

marks

at

the

end

of

a

statement.

Example:

Type

DIR C:

Do

not

type

the

spaces

between

type

and

the

first

character

to

its

right.

Enter

characters

in

either

upper

or

lower

case.

Throughout

this

guide,

press

means

to

enter

a

single

character

or

symbol

on

the

keyboard.

When

a

keytop

symbol

is

used,

press

the

key

to

which

it

refers.

Do

not

type

out

each

letter

of

the

word

in

the

keytop

symbol.

Examples:

Press

Y

Press

[RETURN]

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When

the

command

press

or

type

applies

to

information

supplied

by

you,

enter

the

information

indicated.

Examples:

'l'Jp•

the

filename.

Presa

the

slot

number.

6

To

exit

a

Mirror

proqram

option,

press

[ESC]

to

return

to

the

Gettinq

Started

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Server

Manager

Guide

7

INSTALLING

THE

HARDWARE

AND

SOFTWARE

1

To

use

the

Mirror

Server

backup

interface

system

on

an

omninet

local

area

network,

you

must

install

the

Mirror

server

hardware

and

copy

the

Mirror

server

software

to

a

network

disk

system.

Once

installed,

the

Mirror

Server

provides

an

efficient

way

to

back

up

the

data

on

network

disk

systems.

Installing

the

Mirror

Server

hardware

involves

three

steps.

First,

install

a

network

tap

for

the

Mirror

Server.

Second,

connect

the

Mirror

Server

to

the

network.

Third,

connect

a

video

cassette

recorder

to

the

Mirror

Server.

Installing

the

Mirror

server

software

involves

two

steps.

First

copy

the

software

from

the

update

diskette

supplied

with

the

Mirror

Server

to

a

network

disk

system.

Second,

make a

copy

of

the

Mirror

Server

boot

diskette.

The

software

will

be

copied

to

a

system

volume

that

was

created

during

system

generation.

The

volume

name

will

vary

depending

on

the

computer

type,

but

the

last

three

letters

of

the

volume

will

be

SYS.

For

example,

if

using

the

Mirror

Server

with

an

IBM

(R)

Personal

Computer,

the

system

volume

is

IBMSYS.

The

boot

diskette

must

be

duplicated

before

use.

The

diskette

supplied

by

Corvus

is

write-protected,

but

the

program

needs

to

write

to

the

floppy

that

is

used.

Copy

the

supplied

diskette

to

a

blank

diskette

and

store

the

original.

Run

the

program

from

the

duplicate

floppy.

Disk

servers

on

the

network

must

be

updated

to

ROM

version

DSD9B

or

later

before

installing

the

Mirror

Server.

The

disk

servers

need

to

be

updated,

or

data

may

be

lost

during

Mirror

backup.

To

update

a

disk

server,

contact

the

Corvus

Customer

Service

department

or

your

local

Corvus

dealer.

Chapter

1

7100-06601-01

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Server

Manager

Guide

IKSTALLIKG

A'llBTWOIUt

TAP

BOX

The

first

step

in

setting

up

a

Mirror

server

is

to

install

a

network

tap

box

for

it.

Follow

the

steps

below.

1.

Turn

off

all

network

equipment.

The

network

cannot

be

used

when

installing

hardware.

2.

Decide

where

to

place

the

Mirror

server.

Choose a

spot

within

15

feet

(4.5

m)

of

the

Omninet

trunk

cable

with

enough

space

for

both

the

Mirror

Server

and

the

VCR.

3.

Remove

tbe

insulation

from

the

omninet

cable.

8

Find

the

point

on

the

Omninet

cable

closest

to

where

the

server

will

be

placed.

Use a

knife

to

cut

through

the

outer

insulation

of

the

cable.

Remove

about

2

inches

(5

cm)

of

this

insulation,

but

do

not

cut

the

inner

wires

or

remove

their

insulation.

If

the

wires

are

accidentally

cut,

they

can

be

repaired.

To

repair

the

wires,

refer

to

steps

4

through

8

in

the

section

"Extending

the

Omninet

Cable"

of

the

OmniDrive

Setup

Instructions.

After

completing

steps

4

through

a,

go

to

the

"Connecting

the

Mirror

server

to

the

Network,"

in

this

chapter.

Inner

Wires

of

Omninet

Cable

Chapter

1

7100-06601-01

Mirror

Server

Manager

Guide

4.

Open a

tap

box.

s.

PUt

the

cable

wires

into

the tap

box.

9

In

one

of

the tap

box

halves

are

two

wire

guides.

Push

the

black

wire

from

the

Omninet

cable

into

the

BLACK

wire

guide

and

the

red

wire

into

the

RED

wire

guide.

6.

Close

the

tap

box.

Cable

Wires

in

Tap

Box

Make

sure

none

of

the

colored

or

stripped

portion

of

the

wires

is

visible

when

the

tap

box

is

closed.

Chapter

l

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Server

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Guide

10

How

Tap

Box

Closes

This

completes

installinq

a

network

tap

box.

Go

to

the

to

learn

how

to

connect

the

Mirror

Server

to

the

Omninet

network.

CONNECTING

THE

MIRROR SERVER

TO

THE

NETWORK

The

second

step

in

settinq

up

a

Mirror

Server

is

to

connect

it

to

the

network.

Follow

the

steps

below.

1.

Unpack

the

Mirror

Sarver.

Sava

the

packinq

materials

to

use

when

transportinq

the

Mirror

Server.

2.

sat

the

network

address.

Face

the

back

panel

of

the

Mirror

server.

In

the

upper

riqht

hand

corner

of

the

back

panel

is

a

switch

unit.

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Switch

Unit

on

Mirror

Server

Back

Panel

Choose

an

address

from

O

to

63

for

the

Mirror

Server.

The

address

must

be

different

from

the

addresses

of

all

other

devices

on

the

network.

Use a

pen

to

set

the

address

on

the

switches.

The

table

below

shows

the

switch

settings

for

each

address.

Set

switches

7

and

8 down.

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3.

Address Switch Setting Address Switch Setting

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Address Switch Setting Address Switch Setting

.&.

=switch

up

• =switch down

Mirror

Server

Addresses

and

switch

settings

connect

the

tap

cable

to

the

Mirror

server.

To

the

right

of

the

switch

unit

on

the

back

panel

of

the

Mirror

server

is

a

three-pronged

plug

marked

TAP.

Plug

the

three-slot

connector

end

of

the

tap

cable

into

this

plug.

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