Aix Installations; Mscs Installations; Windows Installations; Open-X Fmt Volume Structure (Fxoto) - HP StorageWorks P9000 User Manual

Figure 6 OPEN-x FMT Volume Structure (FXoto)
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NOTE:
When the mainframe OS is VSE, DFSORT cannot be used after a Data Exchange volume is copied
to another volume. Use the DITTO function for this purpose.

AIX Installations

When installing Data Exchange devices in an AIX environment, the following notes apply:
• When the UserID is not the root, a patch is required.
• AIX V5.1 can be used with 64-bit FAL.
Contact your IBM technical representative for assistance.

MSCS Installations

When installing Data Exchange devices in an MSCSenvironment, you must write signatures on the
Data Exchange volumes before configuring MSCS.
• The MSCS server cannot connect volumes that do not have signatures.
• The volume on which a signature is written cannot be accessed from another server.
• The volume on which a signature is written cannot be shared.
• Only the mainframe and the server that wrote the signature can access the volume that has the
signature.
• Signatures cannot be written to Data Exchange volumes for which the emulation type is 3390-3X,
3390-9X, 3390-LX, 3380-KX, or 3380-3X (X = A, B, C), when the OS server is Windows.
• When configuring MSCS and the server OS is Windows, FXotm and FXmto cannot be started.

Windows Installations

• Service Pack 1 must be installed when MSCS is configured
• A signature is not necessary for the MSCS configuration. A Write Error will occur if a signature
is attempted.
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