Hi, I recently installed 5.3 on Red Hat Linux EL 3, upgrading from 5.2.4.0. The config is very small - 15 clients, a disk pool and a tape pool, a 30-slot SCSI library (Spectra Logic 2K) with two Sony AIT drives.
What's cool in 5.3 is that it uses the Linux SG driver to control SCSI devices, which means that you are no longer dependent on any Red Hat or SuSE kernel version. All you need is a distribution with a compatible level of glibc. I did an install on a Debian unstable machine with kernel 2.6.9 to test the library and the drives - works like a charm! My only problem is that the library does not dismount tapes properly (see my post earlier this month), but it was doing that even before the upgrade to 5.3. As was mentioned, the HTTP interface is deprecated in favor of ISC, but if you have 'COMMMETHOD HTTP' and 'HTTPPORT' in your dsmserv.opt, 5.3 will still start, issuing a message that they are deprecated. Dmitri --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message (including any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged. If you have received it by mistake please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message from your system. Any unauthorised use or dissemination of this message in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Please note that e-mails are susceptible to change. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (including its group companies) shall not be liable for the improper or incomplete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt or damage to your system. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (or its group companies) does not guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that this communication is free of viruses, interceptions or interference. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Le pr�sent message (y compris tous les �l�ments attach�s) est confidentiel et est destin� aux seules personnes qu'il vise. Si vous l'avez re�u par erreur, merci de l'indiquer � son exp�diteur par retour et de proc�der � sa destruction dans vos syst�mes. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autoris�e de son contenu, dans sa totalit� ou en partie, est strictement interdite. Merci de noter que les e-mails sont susceptibles d'�tre alt�r�s. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (et les entit�s membres du Groupe ABN AMRO) ne saurait �tre tenu pour responsable ni de la transmission erron�e ou incompl�te des informations contenues dans ce message, ni des d�lais de r�ception ou des dommages caus�s � votre syst�me. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (et les entit�s membres du Groupe ABN AMRO) ne garantit ni que l'int�grit� de la communication ait �t� maintenue ni que cette transmission soit exempte de virus, d'interceptions ou d'interf�rences.
