Re: How to - Make the jukebox go to the next tape.
Posted in 1997
In article <5mi1su$24s@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, Peter Tashkoff
<TASHKOP@kiwi.co.nz> writes
>Hi Folks
>Environment is SOLARIS 2.4
>SPARC 1000E
>Informix 7.14
>Writing ontape to a 5gig jukebox tape drive.
>
>I realise that there are products available on Solaris
>to handle the automatic cycling to the next tape.
>We even have such a product installed, but I am full
>of despair at the prospect that my unix folks will
>ever set it up for me :^( , so I anticipate doing my
>own thing with a shell script . hence my question:
>
>Could anyone please tell me what the characters
>are that I need to send to a Sun tape drive to tell it
>to step to the next tape?
>
>Muchos Gracias
>Peter Tashkoff <tashkop@zespri.co.nz>
>Zespri International Limited
>This posting may not be used by any party to vilify
>another. Standard disclaimers apply.
>
>
I would upgrade to Online 7.2x and use onbar for backups -
talk to Informix..
>
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David Williams