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daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Fri Dec 15 17:39:34 1995
To: Mike Barker <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>, athena-backup@MIT.EDU, vrt@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Dec 1995 17:30:18 EST."
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Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 17:39:26 EST
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
>> >> 21) The system shall be able to describe the system
>>
>> huh?
>>
>> this was in the initial requirements doc--the idea was that you should
>> be able to ask the backup system what volumes/tapedrives/etc. it
>> "believes" there are--what is its "view of the world"?
>>
>> this is to allow you to compare with the actual reality. for example,
>> if the system thinks there are one too many or one too few
>> tapedrives--we have a problem. Or if it thinks there is an active
>> tape when observation shows there isn't one...
Hmmm, I think it should be re-worded to be clearer then... Perhaps:
The system should be able to describe it's current state and
configuration.
Does that sound reasonable?
Jonathon
