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

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In article <MPG.2594c55e8ca5c48298968e at news.giganews.com>, John Santos <john at egh.com> writes:
>In article <00A962E1.4086161E at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  
>@SendSpamHere.ORG says...> 
>> 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.
>
>That means you must have ROBOT018.A and ROBOT018.C.  .A contains the
>KITINSTAL.COM, documentation, header files and sources.  .C contains
>the Alpha .EXE and .OLB files.  ROBOT018.B should be there too, it
>has the VAX .EXE and .OLB files.  And ROBOT018.D contains the IA64
>..EXE and .OLB files.
>
>They did it *right*.  One kit for all 3 architectures, common source.

I'll check.  Last ConDist, IIRC, are circa 2005 or 2006.

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