Use of tape stackers in 6.0
Posted in 1994
Hello, we are interested in getting a specific piece of information in regard to 6.0's onarchive utility. Although we've seen 10 pages or so of the new manual, it is still not clear whether or not the onarchive utility will enable us to make use of a tape stacking mechanism, i.e. a magazine that holds 10 tapes. According to the faxed pages we saw, onarchive does support unattended operations but indicates that what it does when it comes to the end of a tape is look for another device. This is not sufficient. What we would need is the ability to run some os commands which would determine where the magazine was (slot number) and then move it down to the next slot (on the same device). Is this possible with Informix's 6.0 product. Many thanks for answers, clues, etc.... -- Scott F. Ford, DBA / Unix SA | sford@wvus.org bps (Benefit Panel Services) | elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!wvus!sford 888 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1400 | Voice: (213) 489-2694 Los Angeles, CA. 90017 | FAX: (213) 489-7973 "...The bozone layer: shielding the rest of the solar system from the earth's harmful effects...."