RE: AIT tape bar codes

[Stephen Jones]

I've heard that an "advanced library module" is in the works.

I can't wait!  We have lots of customers waiting for that.

Hurry up Dantz!  :)

Steve


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Subject: Re: AIT tape bar codes


Hello Ben,

The current versions of Retrospect for the Macintosh do not support the
barcode capability of various tape library's that are on the market.

Perhaps sometime in the future the good people at Dantz ( Craig are you
listening ? ) will add some of these library functions to the Retrospect for
Work Groups or possibly as an accessory pack that can be purchased
separately.


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on 11/30/00 10:55, Ben Lawson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I've just setup a LaCie 15 tape AIT2 library (750 GB native capacity) with
> Retrospect 4.3 and ADK 1.8. Finally I can do a full 220 GB backup without
> having to manually change tapes (usually).
>
> The loading mechanism (a "Treefrog" I think) has a built-in bar code
reader
> and scans each tape when looking for the next tape. Our tapes are not
> currently bar coded and Retrospect loads each tape when looking for a
blank
> tape. Can Retrospect make use of bar codes? Currently our tapes are not
bar
> coded, but if it reduces the wear and tear then we'll do it...



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Re: AIT tape bar codes

[Bob Edmiston]

Hello Ben,

The current versions of Retrospect for the Macintosh do not support the
barcode capability of various tape library's that are on the market.

Perhaps sometime in the future the good people at Dantz ( Craig are you
listening ? ) will add some of these library functions to the Retrospect for
Work Groups or possibly as an accessory pack that can be purchased
separately.


   ++

R o b e r t   T .  E d m i s t o n
Macintosh ® / Telecomm Systems Administration
N E C  R e s e a r c h  I n s t i t u t e  I n c.
I n f o r m a t i o n  T e c h n o l o g y  S e r v i c e s
http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/edmiston/
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
609/ 951-2511 V o i c e / F a x
609/ 951-2925 F a x
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on 11/30/00 10:55, Ben Lawson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I've just setup a LaCie 15 tape AIT2 library (750 GB native capacity) with
> Retrospect 4.3 and ADK 1.8. Finally I can do a full 220 GB backup without
> having to manually change tapes (usually).
> 
> The loading mechanism (a "Treefrog" I think) has a built-in bar code reader
> and scans each tape when looking for the next tape. Our tapes are not
> currently bar coded and Retrospect loads each tape when looking for a blank
> tape. Can Retrospect make use of bar codes? Currently our tapes are not bar
> coded, but if it reduces the wear and tear then we'll do it...



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AIT tape bar codes

[Ben Lawson]

I've just setup a LaCie 15 tape AIT2 library (750 GB native capacity) with
Retrospect 4.3 and ADK 1.8. Finally I can do a full 220 GB backup without
having to manually change tapes (usually).

The loading mechanism (a "Treefrog" I think) has a built-in bar code reader
and scans each tape when looking for the next tape. Our tapes are not
currently bar coded and Retrospect loads each tape when looking for a blank
tape. Can Retrospect make use of bar codes? Currently our tapes are not bar
coded, but if it reduces the wear and tear then we'll do it...

By the way, this new tape library replaces a problematic AIT2 tape drive
directly attached to our G3 ASIP 6.3 file server. We found that the server
was frequently crashing during backup. Now Retrospect runs on my G4
workstation over 100 Mb ethernet. As a bonus, we're getting 250 MB/minute now
instead of about 200 MB/min! Go figure.

Thanks,
Ben



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