Is the tape library set to random / automatic mode? It will need to be in
random mode in order to facilitate the automatic loading of cartridges

Regards







Dennis Knee <dknee AT NAZARENE DOT ORG> on 27/03/2000 19:06:38

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Subject:  Re: Tape libraries help




Andy Yeung wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>     I 'm new in ADSM. I 'm using ADSM Version 3.1 on
> windows NT. I can schedule backup using a HP tape
> library to backup, when
> one tape is full , it can change to another tape to
> continuous backup.
>     But I need to backup using tape 1 to 6 for monday to
> saturday, one tape for one day. I don't know how to set
> it , any idea for it,
> please help me.
> Thank you.
>
> Regards,
> Andy

If you only have one tape drive (mount point) available you will probably
have to checkout the used tape and then checkin the tape for the next day.
You will probably need more than six tapes, as you would not go back and
re-use tape 1 every Monday. If at all possible you need at least 2 mount
points so you can do tape reclaim operations, which is how you reclaim
fragmented tapes.
--
Dennis Knee
Dennis Knee
Information Technology
Church of the Nazarene