> But taking an automatic inventory for the > occasional dropped cart or drive malfunction just isn't acceptable.
I guess my libraries are more slot-dependent than yours -- if they're shared between mainframe and non-mainframe systems, the slot numbers matter a lot more (the non-mainframe systems tend to refer to volumes by slot number). I absolutely need to know what is in what slot, reliably, every time. I've been pretty fortunate in not experiencing very many dropped cartridges (regular PM is a good thing), and so far, the drives have been pretty good about not misfiring. I've only had one auto-inventory this year, so I guess I'm doing better than average. I guess we have differing usage patterns. I find the auto-inventory useful. I can see where it would retard things in a different setup, but hey, that's why there's a enable/disable feature, right? -- db
