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- LANtastic NOS 4.0 Technical Bulletin:
- Maynard MaynStream for DOS v3.1
- 9.6.91 JAG
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- Overview
- Maynard Electronics, Inc. MaynStream for DOS v3.1 was tested using the
- MaynStream 1300 DAT (2 GB) drive utilizing a Maynard 16 bit SCSI interface
- card. Since the software interacts directly with the tape drive hardware, each
- computer on the LAN which will be backed up must be configured as a server.
- The general procedure is for the machine with the tape drive attached to login
- to each server and backup the server's files to the local tape drive.
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- Installation
- Follow the manufacturer's instructions for installing the tape drive hardware
- and software. The tape backup machine may be configured as a LANtastic
- workstation or server, depending on the user's preference. Once the drive and
- software is installed, you must configure it for the LAN. To do this, start the
- TMENU program, select the "Configuration" menu, choose "H/W Options," then
- "Network Type," and set the type to IBM PC Network.
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- Program Execution
- The tape backup software can be run from the command line, the menu
- interface (TMENU) or the automatic backup TSR (AUTOBACK). Note that
- TMENU requires 512K of free base RAM to run without errors. All backups
- should be done as file-by-file backups, image backups are not possible on
- network drives. Drives on servers that are to be backed up must be NET USEd
- before running the backup software. If the backup is configured to wait for open
- files to close before backing them up, it is recommended that the network
- control directory (\LANTASTI.NET by default) on each server be excluded from
- the backup. See the MaynStream documentation for instructions regarding
- excluding directories from the backup. If the backup is configured to skip open
- files, it is not necessary to exclude the servers' network control directories.
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- The MaynStream IsleLAN interface is currently incompatible with LANtastic NOS
- v4.0. This bulletin will be updated once the incompatibilities have been
- resolved.
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- Conclusion
- Maynard Electronics, Inc. MaynStream for DOS v3.1 is compatible with
- LANtastic NOS v4.0 with the exception of the IsleLAN interface.
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- ARTISOFT, Inc. makes no warranties as to the completeness or accuracy of this
- document. LANtastic is a trademark of ARTISOFT, Inc. MaynStream and Maynard
- are registered trademarks of Maynard Electronics, Inc.
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