[Veritas-bu] robtest poll

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Yes. I think Bob's got it.

We used to have one of these critters (EXB-220) and the manual-ness was 
amazing, including needing such commands as 'initrange'.

Thankfully better robotics and barcoding have made it easier on the 
operator and sysadmin staff here (we now have 2 L700s and 2 L180s).

We do use robtest often, of course:
- When we add a new robot, to determine device name to physical device 
mappings (So-lar-is).
- To move cleaning tapes around.
- To move volumes in and out of the CAP.
- To delay or otherwise tie-up a robot for a period of time (since 
robtest takes robotic control away from NBU procs). This one is most 
infrequently used and probably not very useful at face value...


Cheers!

--Chris




Bob Stump wrote:

>I have not used it  but since it is used with the EXB-210 only......
>
>Here is a link to the EXB-210 and EXB-220 8mm libraries (check out chapter 5)
>http://www.exabyte.com/support/online/documentation/libraries/51080605.pdf
>
>5 INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS WITH RANGE (E7h) 5-1
>5.1 AboutThisCommand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
>. . 5-2
>5.2 WhatYouSendtotheLibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
>. . 5-3
>5.3 EffectsontheCartridge Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
>. . . 5-4
>5.4 HowtheLibraryExecutesThisCommand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
>5.5 CommandStatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
>. . . . 5-10
>
>Use the INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS WITH RANGE (E7h)
>command to update the cartridge inventory for a range of
>cartridges when a manual operation or configuration change has
>affected those cartridges.When you use this command,the library
>checks only the elements in the specified element address range.
>For more information, see Chapter 5.
>
>
>
>
>
>  
>
>>>>"David Chapa" <david.chapa AT adic DOT com> 2/24/2006 12:37 PM >>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>       Hello everyone...I'm curious about a robtest command that has
>been there as far back as I can remember (version 1.6).
>        
>       Once you are in robtest the command is "initrange"
>        
>       How many of you use initrange?  And if you do use it what do you
>use it for?  
>        
>       Any Symantec (Veritas) input is welcomed as well.
>        
>       Thanks very much,
>       David
>        
>
>
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Yes. I think Bob's got it.<br>
<br>
We used to have one of these critters (EXB-220) and the manual-ness was
amazing, including needing such commands as 'initrange'. <br>
<br>
Thankfully better robotics and barcoding have made it easier on the
operator and sysadmin staff here (we now have 2 L700s and 2 L180s).<br>
<br>
We do use robtest often, of course:<br>
- When we add a new robot, to determine device name to physical device
mappings (So-lar-is).<br>
- To move cleaning tapes around.<br>
- To move volumes in and out of the CAP.<br>
- To delay or otherwise tie-up a robot for a period of time (since
robtest takes robotic control away from NBU procs). This one is most
infrequently used and probably not very useful at face value...<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers!<br>
<br>
--Chris <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Bob Stump wrote:<br>
<blockquote cite="mids3ff03b3.036 AT michigan DOT gov" type="cite">
  <pre wrap="">I have not used it  but since it is used with the EXB-210 
only......

Here is a link to the EXB-210 and EXB-220 8mm libraries (check out chapter 5)
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" 
href="http://www.exabyte.com/support/online/documentation/libraries/51080605.pdf";>http://www.exabyte.com/support/online/documentation/libraries/51080605.pdf</a>

5 INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS WITH RANGE (E7h) 5-1
5.1 AboutThisCommand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . 5-2
5.2 WhatYouSendtotheLibrary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. 5-3
5.3 EffectsontheCartridge Inventory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . 5-4
5.4 HowtheLibraryExecutesThisCommand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
5.5 CommandStatus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
. . . 5-10

Use the INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS WITH RANGE (E7h)
command to update the cartridge inventory for a range of
cartridges when a manual operation or configuration change has
affected those cartridges.When you use this command,the library
checks only the elements in the specified element address range.
For more information, see Chapter 5.





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  <pre wrap=""><!---->  Hello everyone...I'm curious about a robtest command 
that has
been there as far back as I can remember (version 1.6).
         
        Once you are in robtest the command is "initrange"
         
        How many of you use initrange?  And if you do use it what do you
use it for?  
         
        Any Symantec (Veritas) input is welcomed as well.
         
        Thanks very much,
        David
         


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