> Hi!
> We'd like to buy a HP DAT Jukebox HP C1550A consisting of a HP DAT drive HP
> C1533A and 6 tape slots. Since AFS 3.4 it is possible to use the AFS backup
> together with jukeboxes by using the MOUNT and UNMOUNT commands. They call a
> user definable shell script which should change the tape.
> However, our local dealers tell that there is no way to change the tape in an
> easy way. Instead, they need to develop a special driver software which tells
> the drive to change the tapes. This will cost a few hundred US $.
> Does anyone knows, if the software delivered together with the tape drive can
> handle tape change requests (e.g. through a special /dev/xxx)? Is there
> software delivered with the tape? Has anyone sucessfully used this jukebox to
> make AFS backups?
> Thanks,
> Till
Which platform do you have your tape drive connected to? I have
written a driver for the jukebox that works great with Solaris 2.x.
It will not work with SunOS.
The driver will allow you to select any of the six tapes, and it will
let you query which tapes are present in the magazine.
I am currently using two of these jukeboxes to back up about 100GB of
AFS storage.
Kevin Hildebrand
University of Maryland, College Park
Project Glue Systems Developer
