User guide

Introduction

read-only hard disk on the server. This way, no new tools,

TSRs, or programs need to be learned by your network users

to utilize networked CD-ROMs. DOS drive letters can be set

up by the system administrator, or they can be done by your

users. Drive mappings can be set up in your system login

script, AUTOEXEC.BAT file, through Windows File

Manager’s network interface, or they can be typed at the DOS

command line. An even better system for providing your us-

ers easy access to mounted CD-ROMs is SmartLaunch, a

DiscView PRO feature described below.

The DiscView PRO interface and Server Component software

provide additional features, such as:

1. Automatic volume configuration: All new CD-ROM discs

will be configured automatically as members of the

CDROMS Volume Set when they are inserted into a drive.

The Automatic Volume Configuration feature is enabled

by default. DiscView permits disabling this feature.

2. Automatic mounting: The CDROMS Volume Set is auto-

matically mounted by default when the DiscView Server

Components load.

3. Dynamic volume sets: Having volume sets allows you to

mount multiple CD-ROMs as subdirectories under one

network volume (CDROMS, by default). This saves server

memory and saves your users from having to map a large

number of DOS drive letters to many network volumes.

Only one DOS drive letter mapping is required to access

many, even hundreds, of CD-ROMs.

Dynamic volume sets allow the mounting and dismount-

ing of volume sets or individual members of volume sets,

while part or all of the set is mounted.

4. Dynamic security: You can change the security or configu-

ration of CD-ROM volumes or volume sets while the CD

or set is mounted.

5. Cache control: DiscView PRO allows the DiscView man-

ager to set the size of the read cache on a fileserver. You

can also reserve server cache, thus restricting the server

components from using the reserved memory. This allows

you to maintain controlled performance loading on the

server (NetWare only).

6. FastCD: Gives you the capability of creating virtual CDs

on a fileserver by caching the entire CD to the hard disk.

A virtual CD makes it possible for you to run CD applica-

tions faster, or use a CD without having it loaded in a CD-

ROM drive.