3 ACSLS GUI

Introduced in ACSLS 8.0, the Web-based ACSLS Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides a graphical console for manipulating and monitoring library operations and for the administration and operation of logical libraries. Refer to the online help for procedures and detailed information for using the GUI.

The GUI provides:

• An alternative library console with greatly expanded flexibility and ease of use. It provides most of the operations that are available in the legacy cmd_proc (exceptions are shown under System Operations Excluded in the ACSLS 8.5 GUI).

• Logical library support.

  For more information about logical libraries, refer to About Logical Libraries.

• For library administration and operation. It provides the ability to perform most legacy cmd_proc operations, along with new operations related to logical library management.

• Real-time monitoring of tape library components.

• A tree browser to navigate physical and logical configuration.

• Real time alerts that are visible from each screen.

  An alert informs you of conditions that might result in damage to hardware, corruption of data, or corruption of application software. It always precedes the information to which it pertains.

• The ability to filter volume and drive displays with user-specified criteria.

• User-customized views of system events and system logs.

• Online help.

To create, manage, or delete logical libraries, you must use the ACSLS Graphical User Interface (GUI). The GUI is automatically included in the ACSLS 8.5 installation package. For more information on logical libraries, refer to Logical Library Support.