Preface, Audience, Prerequisites – Sun Microsystems SUN STORAGETEK VSM GUI User Manual

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Preface

The Virtual Storage Manager Graphical User Interface (VSM GUI) is a Web-based GUI

which communicates with the Sun StorageTek MVS HTTP server to provide a point-

and-click alternative interface to the mainframe VTCS commands and utilities.

Audience

This guide is for Sun StorageTek or customer personnel who are responsible for

installing and configuring the VSM GUI.

Prerequisites

To perform the tasks described in this guide, you should already understand the

following:

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MVS or OS/390 operating system

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JES2 or JES3

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System Modification Program Extended (SMP/E)

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Nearline Control Solution (NCS)

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Virtual Tape Control System (VTCS)

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PC hardware, operating systems, and Internet browsers.

What’s New in this Release

VSM GUI 6.2.0 is graphical interface that supports all VTCS 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 commands

and functions. No other VTCS releases are supported. Refer to the VTCS 6.0, 6.1, and

6.2 documentation for details about “what’s new” for a specific release of VTCS.