On Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 10:09:07AM -0500, Albert Eddie Contractor AFRPA CIO/IT 
wrote:
> We bought a SCALAR 100 last year, took us forever to get the thing
> running well.
> 
> When the SCALAR 100 was purchased (before I got here) they bought the 1
> slot mailbox. Bordering on worthless. I know they sell a 12 Slot mailbox
> the cost for that thing is like $10k.
> 
> I think it is crazy to sell it for that much, but the alternative is to
> open the door and perform the massive tape swaps manually.
> 
> The problem with the manual tape swap is every time I have opened that
> door, I ended up with a service call where they ended up replacing LTO2
> drives. Yes I know that doesn't make sense, but we are a 100% repair
> rate every time I open the door.
> 
> The other option is to live near the scalar 100 and swap tapes out
> almost all day. Needless to say I don't want to do that.
> 
> Any thoughts beyond the obvious SPEND THE $10k?

This is EXACTLY my config :)..and ive been living with it for close to 3 years.

And ive NEVER had to call a service techie.

My procedure is this

 1) Use the panel to set the box offline
 2) unlock and open the ADIC 100
 3) Remove the Tape magazines
 4) eject any tape in the drive
 5) insert new magazines
 6) close and lock the ADIC 100
 7) Put the adic online through the panel
 8) wait until the ADIC is finished with it's checks
 9) on the controlling server I enter 'nsrjb -Hv' and then 'nsrjb -Iv' 
(Hardware reset and Inventory scan)
10) I start up the main networker application and go Media->Inventory (all 
slots)

Finished, it's now ready to rock'n roll.

And if you want to buy reasonably priced ADIC accessories, try Ebay , Ive 
bought a couple of things there for my 
ADIC.

Good luck man :D

-- 
Per Kristiansen
per AT gathering DOT org

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