I have a simular problem:
We have EPIC/CMS (and EPIC/VSE), and when a mount is requested, it doesn't
notify the operator if a RING is required or not.  So, the operator must
mount the tape & if it is immediately detached, he/she assumes that the RING
is wrong.


At 04:19 PM 3/4/97 -0600, you wrote:
>I'm running a V2 VM server and have a problem with operators who don't
>or can't read the tape mount messages and differentiate between "NO
>RING" or "RING IN".  Is there anything that I can do that will cause the
>server to always request a "RING IN" tape.  Our other backup s/w does
>this.  We trust our s/w not to write when it shouldn't.
>
>Jim Bohnsack
>Raytheon E-Systems
>
>
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