[Info-vax] MRU (media robot utility) for Itanium?

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In article <MPG.2594919241fddc3f98968d at news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:
>In article <00A962D0.11426752 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  
>@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> 
>> In article <00A962B5.A64FAC90 at SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>, winston at SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) writes:
>> >VMS 8.31H1 (and soon 8.4).  I need the ROBOT utility to control the tape
>> >drive so I can move my backups from the slower old Alpha to the Itanium
>> >machine.
>> >
>> >Where can I download MRU?  I was long ago able to find it for Alpha via
>> >Google, but I can't even find *that* page anymore.
>> 
>> Good luck.  I'll bet it wasn't ported.  You could give AESTing it try.
>
>No, it has been ported.  I'm not certain, but I think the same kit files
>(ROBOT018.A, .B, .C and .D) work with VMSINSTAL on all 3 platforms.  I
>have a copy on disk that I just installed on an I64 rx2660 last week.
>
>I think I loaded it from an Alpha LP CD, but I might have downloaded
>it from somewhere at HP/Compaq/DEC.  V1.8 appears to be the current 
>version, though it is about 5 years old.
>
>I don't remember where it hides on the LP CDs, but I think it is in a
>separate subdirectory under one or more of the Backup-related layered 
>products (Saveset Manager [SAVESET*...], Storage Library System 
>[SLSG*...], Data Cartridge Server Component [DCSC*...], or Archive 
>Backup System [ABS*...]) where the precise directory name depends on
>the version involved.

OK.  I have v1.8 on Alpha but I'm no certain where to find an IA64 
version for install.

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