reading MIC on AIT using mtx and micinfo (from SONY)

Does anyone happen to know how to make use of the MIC information on anAIT tape (AIT5) using mtx?

I found something called micinfo athttp://www.sony.net/Products/storagesolution/documents/download03.html,but it is a lengthy patch to mtx 1.2.11, and I find no updates. A googlesearch for "ait micinfo" turns up no other hits than the link above, andmicinfo all by itself gets a flood of audio stuff. It would seem that apatch of that sort would certainly fail if applied to the currentversion of mtx.

I'm using a SONY LIB162/A5BBLE, which is a 16 tape carousel changer withone AIT5 drive and a barcode reader. I have mtx 1.2.17rel, and it seemsto work just fine. I'm on a Sun E250 running Solaris 9 using the sgendriver. I can move tapes around, get info on the library, etc., usingmtx. It gives me the barcode information in the output. That's cool, butit seems a shame not to use the MIC information as well.

I have also set up the st driver for the tape, and can successfullyaccess that with mt and do ufsdump & ufsrestore.

I'm in the process of configuring amanda, assuming I will usechg-zd-mtx, and will then begin to replace our antiquatedserver-by-server backup system.

If I'm wasting time and this is a dead end for whatever reason, thenperhaps someone could fill me in on why. I'm not sure amanda would evenmake use of the information or where it would plug it in if it did.However, since we're working from open source, it seems it should bepossible.


Thank you,


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