NOTE ON BULK IO
I use the bulk io slots, and to open the side door, you have to bring the
tape library off-line. I find this difficult because the tape operators at
my company have "Forgotten" to exit and bring it back on line. So I have
since disabled the slots, and have an application that they can check them
out and in two at a time.. and this seems to work flawlessly.

Just a word hopefully there is some wisdom here
David Beardsley
Sr. Technical Programmer
Winn Dixie Stores Inc.
WWW.WINNDIXIE.COM <http://WWW.WINNDIXIE.Com>
"Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment."


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   bbullock [mailto:bbullock AT MICRON DOT COM]
                Sent:   Monday, October 26, 1998 1:18 PM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        Re: 3575 library bulk I/O

                  There are 2 things that you have to do to be able to use
the bulk i/o
                slots on the 3494 library. First, your CE will need to
re-teach the library
                so that it will know about the bulk I/O slots. You should
then be able to
                use the "checkout libvol ... rem=bulk"  command to have it
use those slots.
                You can find a note on it in the "Administrators Reference"
(pg 79).

                  Once you have the bulk I/O set up, you can also test it
with this 'mtlib'
                command : "mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -C -V A00001 -v -t FF11".
(this would put
                volume A00001 into the bulk I/O slots). The category for
bulk I/O output is
                FF11.

                  This URL and it's links can help you decipher that mtlib
command:


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                Ben

                        -----Original Message-----
                        From:   Ben Kokenge [SMTP:ben AT EDMS DOT NET]
                        Sent:   Monday, October 26, 1998 9:21 AM
                        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                        Subject:        3575 library bulk I/O

                        I am working with a 3575 (L-18) library.  I would
like to use the
                bulk
                        checkin/checkout door and I can find no
documentation on that.  Can
                        someone please point me in the right direction?  I
am using AIX
                4.2.1
                        ADSM 3.1.0.5 on an H50.

                        Thanks, Ben