Jackie,
I've been in manual mode many times when my accessor is broken.  The drive
display will ask for a tape number and also display the home cell location.
Good luck.
Mary Vraspir
West Teleservices
Omaha,NE

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Jackie Balboni [SMTP:JBALBONI AT OCEANSPRAY DOT COM]
        Sent:   Thursday, June 24, 1999 10:07 AM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Disaster Recovery and the 3494

        Well we are going to do it . A disaster recovery. I have read till I
am blue and I think I have it down (on paper).
        The one thing that puzzles me is we have a 3494 library with 4
drives.

        If I make my device configuration say manual and I enter my restore
database command to PIT. How will I get the database tape into the 3494?
Will it just suck it in if I put it in the door?