

                            README.TXT
                  Mountain FileSafe for Windows
                         for SCSI Devices
                   Release Notes, Version 6.11


    =============== TABLE OF CONTENTS =======================

1. How to print this file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

2. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

3. System Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3

4. Supported Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
  4.1. Mountain Tape Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  3
  4.2. Qualified Third Party Tape Drives. . . . . . . . . . . .  4
  4.3. Host Adapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4

5. Trouble Shooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
  5.1. CD-ROM Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
  5.2. Temporary Swap Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  4
  5.3. Using Mountain SCSI Adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
  5.4. Diskless Workstations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5

6. General Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
  6.1. Windows Directory & Global Filters . . . . . . . . . . .  5
  6.2. Key Words. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
  6.3. Multi-Drive Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  5
  6.4. DOS Last Accessed Date Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . .  6
  6.5. Location of files required at system startup . . . . . .  6
  6.6. RAM Drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
  6.7. Restoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
  6.8. Help Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
  6.9. Rescue Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  7
  6.10. Network Volume Protection Setup . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
  6.11. Appended Backups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8

7. Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
  7.1. Using SMARTDrive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
  7.2. Librarian Search Speeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8
  7.3. Updating Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  8

8. Distribution File List and Media Type. . . . . . . . . . . .  9
  8.1. Installation Disk(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
  8.2. Boot Drive Root Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
  8.3. Installation Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  9
  8.4. Job Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

  8.5. Windows Directory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

9. System File Modifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
















































1. How to print this file
=========================

This file is a "straight" text file that can be viewed and printed
in a number of ways. The easiest way to print this file is to use
the Windows NOTEPAD program.

2. Introduction
===============

FileSafe for Windows (FSW) offers reliable solutions
to today's most pressing data storage problems. FSW provides a
proven strategy for backing up and restoring your valuable data,
and an easily accessible set of tools to effect that strategy.

Some of the features included in this version are:
      
        - A Librarian for your Media Cartridge Library
        - Easy Job Creation and Scheduling for Backups
        - A complete, ready-to-use Backup/Restore Strategy
        - Automated Disaster Recovery
        - Disk Grooming based on Last Accessed Date

3. System Requirements
======================

        - A 386 or 486 PC System
        - At least 4 MB of total memory
        - DOS 4.01 or greater
        - Windows 3.1 running in 386 Enhanced Mode
        - A SCSI tape drive and a Mountain, Adaptec or ASPI
          compatible SCSI host adapter

4. Supported Hardware
=====================

4.1. Mountain Tape Drives
=========================

FileSafe 7250
FileSafe 7500
FileSafe 71000
FileSafe 72000
FileSafe 1200Plus
FileSafe 1200-4
FileSafe 1400
FileSafe 1400-8
FileSafe 2100



4.2. Qualified Third Party Tape Drives
======================================

DAT tape drives
---------------
Conner/Archive
Hewlett Packard
WangDAT

8mm tape drives
---------------
Exabyte 8200

QIC format tape drives
----------------------
Sankyo 250MB
Tandberg Panther 525MB, 1GB, 2GB
Wangtek 525MB, 1GB, 2GB

4.3. Host Adapters
==================

Mountain SCSI Adapter
Adaptec SCSI Adapters (1510, 1520, 154x, 1640, 174x)
ASPI Compliant SCSI Adapters

5. Trouble Shooting
===================

5.1. CD-ROM Users
=================

If you have a CD-ROM drive that does not have a CD-ROM inserted or
a Music CD is inserted, you may receive a "Sharing Violation"
during installation. You can either insert a data CD and select
"Retry" or you can select "Cancel". If you select "Cancel", the
installation will continue without adverse affects.

5.2. Temporary Swap Files
=========================

If you are using a temporary swap file in Windows and you are
experiencing problems with installation (failures creating
librarian files, or out of disk space errors), ensure that you
have sufficient disk space for the installation operation. Install
uses some temporary files during installation. If Windows needs to
allocate more disk space to the temporary swap file while install
is active and you already have limited disk space, free additional
disk space and retry the installation process.


5.3. Using Mountain SCSI Adapters
=================================

When the Mountain host adapter is NOT set to the default address
of 330, users may experience problems during the "Initial Hardware
Validation Phase" at program startup. Users experiencing this type
of problem should restart the application and when prompted to
perform hardware validation should select "Cancel" and then choose
"Setup" "Device Config" from the FSW main window. Manually set the
base address for the MNS host adapter and run "Check Config".

5.4. Diskless Workstations
==========================

If you are using a diskless workstation booting from a floppy
(A:), you must have a second floppy drive (B:) you can use to
install FileSafe for Windows.

6. General Notes
================

6.1. Windows Directory & Global Filters
=======================================

Some Windows files listed in the Global Filters are explicitly
pathed to \WINDOWS. If you have installed Windows to a different
path other than \WINDOWS, you will need to modify the appropriate
lines in each of the 'Backup', 'Groom', and 'Restore' Global
Filters. Refer to the on-line Help for instructions on how to
modify the Global Filters.

6.2. Key Words
==============

The following words are reserved for FSW use and should not be
used in the naming of Jobs, Media Cartridges or Job Groups:

	RESCUE
	NEW

6.3. Multi-Drive Systems
========================

In Multi-Drive systems the lowest SCSI ID drive is selected for
Import or Identify operations.

Individual drive selection is not supported in this release. Tape
spanning operations between drives is supported however.



6.4. DOS Last Accessed Date Tracking
====================================

FSW can track last accessed dates of files on local DOS disks to
automate file grooming. Disk read activity is tracked by the
LADTRAC program, a TSR invoked at system boot time (from
AUTOEXEC.BAT). Periodically, this disk activity is posted to the
FSW library using the LADMAN program. This happens automatically,
either when running FSW, or occasionally during system startup if
the disk access records have grown large enough.

The LADMAN program can also be invoked directly from DOS, if
desired, to control the LADTRAC TSR. For example, access tracking
of an individual DOS drive C: can be temporarily suspended by
executing LADMAN /D=C:.

IMPORTANT !!! If you intend to run a "disk defragmentation"
utility on a DOS drive which LADTRAC is monitoring, you must first
post all access information to the library, and then disable
tracking on that drive.

For example, suppose you wanted to "optimize" your local C: disk,
and FSW has been configured for last accessed date tracking on C:.

First, execute LADMAN to post all current access data to the
library:

    LADMAN /U=C:

Then, disable further tracking on C:

    LADMAN /D=C:

You may now run your disk optimization software. When it has
finished, you should reactivate access tracking on C: with this
command:

    LADMAN /A=C:
    
6.5. Location of files required at system startup
=================================================

FSW requires the following four files to be present when you start
your system. By default, they are installed to the root directory
of the disk from which your system boots, and CONFIG.SYS and
AUTOEXEC.BAT are modified to call them appropriately:
    
    FSPLMSG.SYS     (The device driver for FileSafe for Windows)
    LADTRAC.EXE     (Used for DOS last accessed date tracking)
    ACCLOAD.EXE     (Used for DOS last accessed date tracking)

    LADMAN.EXE      (Used for DOS last accessed date tracking)

If you would prefer to move these files somewhere else, you may do
so providing you update CONFIG.SYS (for FSPLMSG.SYS) and
AUTOEXEC.BAT (for LADTRAC) accordingly. Make sure that all three
access-tracking files are moved to the same directory, and that
directory is always available during system boot time.

6.6. RAM Drives
===============

FSW does NOT support operations against RAM drives, and does not
normally display them in the File System window. Some third-party
RAM drives may appear as standard disks, however. If you select
them, you may be prompted to supply a unique name for the drive.
After power-down, the name will be lost, and you will be
re-prompted if you select that volume again.

6.7. Restoring
==============

Files from multiple data sets cannot be restored by a single
operation. You must run a restore operation for each drive you
wish to restore.

6.8. Help Files
===============

Extensive on-line Help files are provided. On-line Help contains
detailed information for each feature and option in FileSafe for
Windows. It also includes up-to-date information about product
enhancements that may not be in the manuals.

6.9. Rescue Disk
================

The Rescue disk (usually a floppy) contains a subset of FSW
software, and basic information necessary to restore your last
complete and differential backups on protected drives. You can
restore any "protected" drive using the Rescue disk, but you only
NEED to use it if your Windows or FSW install disk has crashed.

Any backups targeted to the Free Pool Job Group will NOT be
considered for Rescue. Therefore, the Rescue Disk will NOT be
updated.

If you wish to Rescue a drive, first try to bring up Windows and
FSW. If you can do that, just click the Rescue button in the
Toolbar, and proceed from there. If you can't run Windows or FSW,
then insert your Rescue disk into a floppy, and type A: (or B:),

followed by Enter, then type RESCUE, followed by Enter. Follow the
prompts, and you will be able to recover your Windows or FSW
installation drive without having to reinstall either one!

6.10. Network Volume Protection Setup
=====================================

If you are responsible for backing up a network, make sure that
you have logged into all servers, and mapped all volumes, prior to
running FSW. Then, use the Volume Protection option in the Setup
menu to automatically create data protection jobs for your
network.



6.11. Appended Backups
======================

We recommend you do not use this software to append data onto
tapes that have existing data written with an earlier version of
FileSafe for Windows than v6.11, FileSafe for Windows Peer to Peer
v1.11 or FileSafe for DOS earlier than 5.4-SCSI.


7. Performance
==============

7.1. Using SMARTDrive
=====================

The performance of FileSafe for Windows is enhanced by installing
disk caching. SMARTDrive supplied with Windows 3.1 set to at least
1 MByte is recommended.

7.2. Librarian Search Speeds
============================

Librarian search speeds may be improved by identifying whole or
partial path names.

7.3. Updating Librarian
=======================

The first time you back up a volume, the librarian must add a new
record for each file you back up. This may result in a slow
library update. All subsequent updates for the volume will take
substantially less time.




8. Distribution File List and Media Type
========================================

Media Type(s): HC 3 1/2" Floppy Disk(s) are provided.

The following list details all files included on the installation
disk as well as those files installed to the target system.

8.1. Installation Disk(s)
=========================

INSTALL.EXE.............Installation program
DISK.ID.................File containing release title, ID etc
FSW*.00n................Compressed file containing program files
README.TXT..............Readme/Release file (This file)
@7DDE.ADF...............Micro channel configuration file for 
                        the MNS SCSI Adapter

8.2. Boot Drive Root Directory
==============================

FSPLMSG.SYS.............Interface "Pipe" message module
LADTRAC.EXE.............DOS Last Access Date Tracking module
ACCLOAD.EXE.............DOS Last Access Date Tracking Initializer
LADMAN.EXE..............DOS Last Access Date Tracking Utility 

8.3. Installation Directory
===========================

FSPLW.EXE...............Runtime user interface
*.BMP...................Bitmap files
SH20W16.DLL.............Memory manager file
FSPL.INI................FSW configuration file in INI format
SCCHK.EXE...............Hardware Initialization Program
SCENG.EXE...............SCSI Engine
DRIVELST.CFG............Runtime Configuration module
README.TXT..............Readme/Release file (This file)
JSCHED2.EXE.............Scheduler program
JSCHED.INI..............Scheduler INI file
SAMPLE.ALR..............Default Scheduler alarm file
BLANK.ALR...............Blank Scheduler alarm file
JSLOAD.EXE..............Scheduler Utility
JSLOG.EXE...............Scheduler Utility
JSQUE.EXE...............Scheduler Utility
JOBLIB.DLL..............Library utility
JOBEXEC.EXE.............Interface utility to spawn other apps
RESCUE.BAT..............Rescue utility
RESCUTIL.BAT............Rescue utility
RESCSTEP.BAT............Rescue utility
BACKUP.NVR..............Exclude file list

RESTORE.NVR.............Exclude file list
GROOM.NVR...............Exclude file list

8.4. Job Directory
==================

DEFAULT.MDA.............Default library media file
INSTCMPL.JOB............Install volume complete backup
INSTDIFF.JOB............Install volume differential backup
RAD_CMPL.JOB............Default weekly complete compound job
RAD_DIFF.JOB............Default daily differential compound job
RETNSION.JOB............Tape Retension Job

8.5. Windows Directory
======================

LADMAN.PIF..............LADMAN pif file
SCCHK.PIF...............Hardware pif file
SCENG.PIF...............SCSI Engine pif file

9. System File Modifications
============================

AUTOEXEC.BAT........Path statement modified to include the
                    FSW directory
                    Ladtrac command line added

CONFIG.SYS..........FILES   = 30
                    BUFFERS = 40
                    DEVICE  = [BootDrive]:\FSPLMSG.SYS

WIN.INI.............[Windows] Load=[InstallationPath]\JSLOAD.EXE

SYSTEM.INI..........[386ENH]  DMABufferSize=035
                    [386ENH]  WinExclusive=0

PROGMAN.INI.........[Groups]  Group##=C:\[Windows Directory]\FSPLW.GRP














