John,


YES it will prompt you but did you infact take the tape out
or did you just -- (press <RETURN> to continue) --  
It always wants to that and in fact in my scripts I usually redirect
input to the command, piping it an <CR> automatically.  I believe that 
with your command if you just hit <cr> each time it asks for it the
robot will place the next tape in the next slot.



John_Wang AT enron DOT net wrote:
> 
> Hmmm
> 
> Curiouser and curiouser.   I left out the -rc1 arguments and this is what
> happened:
> #4 amazon:/ > /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmchange -res -m 000057 -mt 8mm -e ;\
> /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmchange -res -m 000062 -mt 8mm -e ;\
> /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmchange -res -m 000070 -mt 8mm -e
> 
>         remove 000057 from mailslot of robot 0 now
> 
>         remove 000057 from mailslot of robot 0 now
>         (press <RETURN> to continue)
> 
>         remove 000062 from mailslot of robot 0 now
> 
>         remove 000062 from mailslot of robot 0 now
>         (press <RETURN> to continue)
> 
>         remove 000070 from mailslot of robot 0 now
> 
>         remove 000070 from mailslot of robot 0 now
>         (press <RETURN> to continue)
> 
> As you can see, it's still prompting me after each tape rather than filling up
> the slots in the mail drawer.   Any ideas?
> 
> Regards,
> John I Wang
> Sr. Systems Engineer
> Steverson Information Professionals
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> John,
> 
> I think you need to drop the "-rc1 0" part of the command
> You are basically telling vmchange to put each tape in the
> slot.  The robot is smart enough to know that that slot has
> been used and will automatically go to the next one.
> 
> Here is the command I use:
> 
> $media_type="dlt"
> foreach $media_id (000123 000124 000125 ...)
> 
>            vmchange -res -m $media_id -mt $media_type -v OFFSITE -e
> 
> end
> 
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