In case anybody cares... CAP means Cartridge Access Port, sometimes also 
referred to in library terminology as 'mail-slots'... I agree with Fazil, it's 
always best to use the available CAP to eject / import tapes from / into the 
library... We are lucky to have a library with 12 mail-slots, which works well 
for us since we normally only need to eject / add about 6 tapes a day during 
the week... But for weekends, we load it up with 18 available tapes which can 
take two passes with the 12 available mail slots... But it's not that much of a 
hindrance.. Our library does not seem to lose it's state when we open the door, 
but it does take it 5 to 7 minutes of re-scanning before it comes back online 
after the door is re-closed. I've only had to open the front door as a 'last 
resort' to manually eject tapes from drives a few times....
 

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> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Fazil Saiyed
> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:14 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Library status changes from 'ready' 
> to 'needs attention' when opening the library but does not 
> change back to 'ready' after closing the library
> 
> Hello,
> Unless the Tape withdraw process is extremely lengthy and you 
> only have very limited number of  "CAP" withdraw slots, i 
> recommend sticking with withdrawing tapes via "CAP"
> Thanks
> 
> 
> 
> "Clark, Patti" <clarkp AT OSTI DOT GOV>
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> Re: [Networker] Library status changes from 'ready' to 'needs 
> attention' 
> when opening the library but does not change back to 'ready' 
> after closing the library
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Ronny,
> 
> My old procedures were very similar to what you described.  
> Since one of 
> the v7.X upgrades I've found that I am better off using the 
> NMC interface 
> and disabling the library prior to opening up the library to 
> move tapes in 
> and out.  When finished, I re-enable the library which will 
> go through a 
> hardware and inventory check which it needs to do anyway.  It 
> will take 
> several minutes before the library returns to the "Ready" 
> state.  I am 
> using Linux and Networker v7.3.3.
> 
> Patti Clark
> Sr. Unix System Administrator - RHCT, GSEC
> Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Ronny Egner
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 6:02 AM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] Library status changes from 'ready' to 
> > 'needs attention' when opening the library but does not 
> > change back to 'ready' after closing the library
> > 
> > Dear List,
> > 
> > i am having some trouble with an library. The library is an
> > HP MSL 2024 with 2 LTO-3 drives. It is attached via SCSI to
> > an backup server running Windows 2003 SP2 32-bit and Networker
> > 7.4 SP2.
> > 
> > My problem is that networker seems to have problems 
> > recognizing hardware
> > changes: Once a week we open the library by unlocking the 
> > fron doors and
> > taking out all tapes previous written to. When we open the library
> > networker recognizes this and changes the libraries hardware status
> > from 'ready' to 'needs attention'. After changing the tapes 
> > and closing
> > the library the hardware status stays at 'needs attention' (normal
> > behavior should change the status back to 'ready'). The hardware
> > status only changes to 'ready' if resetted by 'nsrjb -H -E'.
> > 
> > I have opened a call at EMC regarding this problem. EMC 
> > insists on using
> > the cap feature. This might be right but i wont change > 10 
> tapes via
> > exchanging them with an mailslot (i think "cap features" 
> > means "use the
> > mailing slot").
> > 
> > So my question: Does anybody know this problem? I dont see 
> any advance
> > in the EMC case.
> > 
> > I am convinced if i change the operating system to
> > linux everything will work (we have another customer with the same
> > library and networker version on linux where everything works fine).
> > 
> > -- 
> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen
> > 
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