Define slot 5 as the cleaning tape and it will automatically be skipped.

I also suspect that if you just don't have a tape in slot 5 then the taper
function will skip the slot when it is hunting for the next tape.

Bill


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> [mailto:owner-amanda-users AT amanda DOT org]On Behalf Of Iulian Topliceanu
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 6:50 AM
> To: amanda-users AT amanda DOT org
> Subject: Slot problem
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Dell PowerVault 120T DLT1 Autoloader (7 slots) using chg-scsi.
> Everything works ok till I get to slot 5 which is loaded corectly but the
> picker can't eject it properly so the tape remains in the picker and
> blocks the autloader.
>
> My question is: is there a way to tell the autoloader not to use a
> specific slot (slot 5 in my case) during the backup process? Or if slot 5
> is empty will it be skipped by default and not used anymore in the backup
> process?
>
> Regards,
> Iulian Topliceanu