Ontape command and auto loading tape device

can anyone offer any advice ? we've got an DDS2 4mm auto loader SCSI tape device on our AIX 4.2.1.0 server. we are running informix dynamic server 7.24UC3 problem is the backup routine is not 'moving' on to the next tape in our auto loader. we are running this ontape command , 'ontape -s -L 0' the tape variables in our informix config files are TAPEBLK 1024 , TAPESIZE 8192000 ontape will not rewind, eject the current tape and load next tape for some reason any ideas ? Cheers Noel --

You must use the rewind device. Informix does not rewind manually it just closes the tape device and expects that it will rewind on its own. If your autoloaded can detect the close and auto load the next tape you can just answer the prompt for the next tape as soon as the loader completes the cartridge change. Art S. Kagel Noel O'Brien wrote: > > can anyone offer any advice ? > > we've got an DDS2 4mm auto loader SCSI tape device on > our AIX 4.2.1.0 server. > > we are running informix dynamic server 7.24UC3 > > problem is the backup routine is not 'moving' on to the next tape > in our auto loader. > > we are running this ontape command , 'ontape -s -L 0' > > the tape variables in our informix config files are TAPEBLK 1024 , TAPESIZE > 8192000 > > ontape will not rewind, eject the current tape and load next tape for some > reason > > any ideas ? > > Cheers > > Noel > > --