       COMPAQ D                                                          AV-QDKNH-TE  D                                                            July 1999     Dear Save Set Manager Customer:  >  In an effort to provide continuously improved storage manage->  ment software capability to our customers, Compaq offers SaveB  Set Manager (SSMgr) for OpenVMS VAX[TM] and Alpha[TM] Version 1.4
  software.  A  SSMgr is a layered software product that reduces user time spent @  on save set operations by providing capability for offline saveA  set validation, copy, merge, and support for bound disk volumes. B  SSMgr therefore improves productivity by reducing backup windows,@  the number of full backups required, and restore times, without  compromising data integrity.   C  SSMgr for OpenVMS Version 1.4 is Y2K compliant and runs on OpenVMS B  Versions 5.5-2, 6.2, 7.1 and 7.2 on the VAX platform, and OpenVMS1  Versions 6.2, 7.1 and 7.2 on the Alpha platform.   C  If you are installing SSMgr V1.4 on an OpenVMS 7.2 VAX please note ;  that you will not have ODS-5 support and related upgrades.   @  The distinct improvements in functionality in SSMgr Version 1.4   over the previous version, are:  >  1. SSMgr V1.4 supports all operations on ODS-5 disks on Alpha?     systems running Open VMS V7.2. This is the basis of support      for:       o  Long filenames   &     o  Deep rooted directory structure  B     o  Characters from ISO LATIN and UNICODE multinational charac-        ter sets   A     o  "?" as a single character wildcard, in addition to the ex- +        isting "%" single character wildcard     2. Long filename support:A     SSMgr V1.4 supports a "total file specification length" of up 9     to 255 characters, with the following rules applying:   A     o  Length of the filename, file type and separating period(.)         cannot exceed 236  B     o  The version string cannot exceed 6 characters including ";"  >     The "total file specification length" limit in SSMgr V1.3B@     was 85 characters, where the filename and type were together     limited to 39 characters.        ,  3. Deep rooted directory structure support:>     SSMgr V1.4 supports deep rooted directory structure, whichB     means savesets on an ODS-5 disk can be accessed from any level?     provided the "total file specification length" remains less C     than 255 characters. The maximum depth supported by SSMgr V1.3B      was 8 levels only.  &  4. Single character wildcard support:C     SSMgr V1.4 can now recognize "?" as a single character wildcard C     apart from "%" which is the existing single character wildcard. A     "?" can be used in the filename and file type strings but not      in the version string.  C  SSMgr V1.4 also includes bug fixes. Refer to the release notes for   more information on this.    OpenVMS VAX V7.2 Information   ?  Please note that VAX Systems running OpenVMS 7.2 will not sup- B  port ODS-5. SSMgr 1.4 upgrades for related support will hence not-  function on VAX systems running OpenVMS 7.2.     OpenVMS VAX V5.5-2 Information   A  If you are running OpenVMS V5.5-2 on the VAX platform, SSMgr may B  fail due to missing images or incompatibilities with existing im-?  ages. Please refer to the SSMgr Release Notes, Section 4.0, on C  Optional Software Patches for further instructions before attempt- B  ing installation of this product. For your convenience, the patch)  kits have been provided in this release.   @  SSMgr V1.4 will be the last version of SSMgr to support OpenVMS@  V5.5-2. If this is an issue for you, please contact the product	  manager.     Product Support  C  If you need assistance with this product, please call the Customer   Support Center.  1  Thank you for your purchase of Save Set Manager!     Sincerely,     Bryan Cox,   Product Manager,   Save Set Manager,  email: bryan.cox@compaq.com  Phone: (719) 548-2845  @  Copyright 1999 Compaq Computer Corporation 1999. All Rights Re-  served.      #                                   2 