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Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:32 PM
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Subject: Re: 3584 library loading
At 15:54 -0500 12/17/02, David Longo wrote:
I would also point out to the original issuer of this discussion that
if having more than 10 tapes is a problem, you can
, 2002 9:01 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 3584 library loading
I've built a simple perl script that I run after filling the I/O station. It
issues the checkin command, looks for and responds to the 'reply nnn'
message, and then updates the status of each tape as it checks in to
readwrite
At 20:02 -0600 12/16/02, Mark Stapleton wrote:
Try this sequence instead (for =10 tapes):
I don't see why that sequence is an improvement over the one Matthew
was complaining about. It requires the same number of actions (too
many). It is true that in either sequence, you have sixty minutes to
I would also point out to the original issuer of this discussion that
if having more than 10 tapes is a problem, you can upgrade to a 30
slot I/O station, just like on the 3494.
David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH 321.434.5536
At 20:02 -0600 12/16/02, Mark Stapleton wrote:
If you're loading 10 tapes:
1. Leisurely stroll to the library, open it up, place all tapes directly
into empty slots into the library.
Even easier--there's no request to reply to.
Yeah, but it requires taking the library offline while the tapes are
... Is that called a paradox or a conundrum?
I would call that a Catch-22.
Hot Diggety! Matthew Glanville was rumored to have written:
But, I have found bulk loading tapes with the door open on the 3584 is a
problem when tapes are in the drives. I had to figure out which slots NOT
to put tapes into because those are the slots that the tapes in the drives
use. When
