onbar + autochanger + ISM

I see from the news archives several persons have asked how to use an auto-changer with Informix Storage Manager and ontape or onbar. But I do not see useful answers. The auto changer is HP Surestore E Autoloader 818 which has 8 DLT tape capacity. ISM manual clearly states it has no functionality to support any kind of auto changer. Steven wrote to David: I have successfully used Informix's ISM package with a tape drive that had autochanger. I modified the scripts and configuration slightly to call a shell script which was responsible for changing tapes whenever the tape filled. Since ISM is a layer around a brain damaged Legato, I used some of Legato's documentation to determine how to get my script to runwhen the tape filled. Does this mean that ISM is actually by Legato and the Legato scripts were modified? I understand Legato does support auto-changers. Any hints as to how to use command line statements to facilitate the changing of tapes when using onbar might be useful to me. -- Robert.Lopez@Philips.com Assembly and Test Organization, Philips Semiconductors Mail Stop 20, 9201 Pan American Fwy. N.E., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 USA [P: (505)822-7112 F: x7237]

In article <jc67l3283i1.fsf@abqato.abq.sc.philips.com>, lopez@abqato.abq.sc.philips.com wrote: > I see from the news archives several persons have asked how to use > an auto-changer with Informix Storage Manager and ontape or onbar. > But I do not see useful answers. > > The auto changer is HP Surestore E Autoloader 818 which has 8 > DLT tape capacity. > > ISM manual clearly states it has no functionality to support any > kind of auto changer. > > Steven wrote to David: > > I have successfully used Informix's ISM package with a tape drive that > had autochanger. I modified the scripts and configuration slightly to > call a shell script which was responsible for changing tapes whenever > the tape filled. Since ISM is a layer around a brain damaged Legato, I > used some of Legato's documentation to determine how to get my script > to runwhen the tape filled. > > Does this mean that ISM is actually by Legato and the Legato scripts > were modified? I understand Legato does support auto-changers. > Right you are !! ISM is Legato Networker. You will find the Legato binarys under $INFORMIXDIR/bin/nsr* Try to figure out how to use this binaries to work with auto-changers > Any hints as to how to use command line statements to facilitate the > changing of tapes when using onbar might be useful to me. > -- > Robert.Lopez@Philips.com > Assembly and Test Organization, Philips Semiconductors > Mail Stop 20, 9201 Pan American Fwy. N.E., > Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113 USA [P: (505)822-7112 F: x7237] > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/