FATMEN
                                   

                               Distributed
                     File and Tape Management System
                                   

                               Version 1.84
                                   

                        Application Software Group
                     Computing and Networks Division
                                  



                         CERN Geneva, Switzerland
                                  

Preface

                                 Overview
                                  

Introduction

The FATMEN model

The FATMEN File Catalogue

File Catalogue Structure Overview

                                 Tutorial
                                  

A tutorial introduction to FATMEN

                                User Guide
                                  

Introduction to the FATMEN File System User Interface

The FATMEN Fortran callable interface routines

The FATMEN interactive interface

                            Installation Guide
                                  

General hints

Installing FATMEN

Remote access to the FATMEN catalogue

Distribution of catalogue updates

The Program FATSEND

Installing VAXTAP for tape access on VAX/VMS systems

The VM FATMEN service machines

Restoring the RZ files from ORACLE or SQL/DS

The FATMEN code

Monitoring information

                                Appendices
                                  

The fatcat server

Catalogue recovery

CHEOPS interface

CHEOPS interface to the FATMEN system

Security issues

TMS at CERN

Summary of the FATMEN system

Bibliography