Re: TAPESIZE question.

If your tape drive correctly detects EOT, then you can use TAPESIZE set to zero (0) and ontape will respond to the end-of-tape response. However, if the drive does not correctly detect EOT then the archive will fail when it hits end of tape and receives an IO error instead. In that case, you will have to set TAPESIZE to something less than the actual capacity of the tape to avoid the error. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kern Doe <kern_doe@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Informix gurus, > If I do not know the capacity of the tape, how do I specify TAPESIZE so > that > whatever the maximum size of the tape can be used? I'm running with > 9.40.FC5XS > on HP11.11? > > Is it "TAPESIZE=." ? > > Thanks in advance for any inputs. > Kern -- > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --14dae9340979bf2ebb04b9bbde03

Thank you Art and Joerg, this is "LTO" tape, whatever that means... ________________________________ From: Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:47 PM Subject: Re: TAPESIZE question. [26354] If your tape drive correctly detects EOT, then you can use TAPESIZE set to zero (0) and ontape will respond to the end-of-tape response. However, if the drive does not correctly detect EOT then the archive will fail when it hits end of tape and receives an IO error instead. In that case, you will have to set TAPESIZE to something less than the actual capacity of the tape to avoid the error. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kern Doe <kern_doe@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Informix gurus, > If I do not know the capacity of the tape, how do I specify TAPESIZE so > that > whatever the maximum size of the tape can be used? I'm running with > 9.40.FC5XS > on HP11.11? > > Is it "TAPESIZE=." ? > > Thanks in advance for any inputs. > Kern -- > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --14dae9340979bf2ebb04b9bbde03 ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.

LTO capacity is 400 - 800GB. The tapes should have the capacity on the cartridge. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Kern Doe <kern_doe@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thank you Art and Joerg, this is "LTO" tape, whatever that means... > > ________________________________ > From: Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> > To: ids@iiug.org > Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:47 PM > Subject: Re: TAPESIZE question. [26354] > > If your tape drive correctly detects EOT, then you can use TAPESIZE set to > zero (0) and ontape will respond to the end-of-tape response. However, if > the drive does not correctly detect EOT then the archive will fail when it > hits end of tape and receives an IO error instead. In that case, you will > have to set TAPESIZE to something less than the actual capacity of the tape > to avoid the error. > > Art > > Art S. Kagel > Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) > Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ > > Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions > and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any > other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, > implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of > other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor > those of the entities themselves. > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kern Doe <kern_doe@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Hello Informix gurus, > > If I do not know the capacity of the tape, how do I specify TAPESIZE so > > that > > whatever the maximum size of the tape can be used? I'm running with > > 9.40.FC5XS > > on HP11.11? > > > > Is it "TAPESIZE=." ? > > > > Thanks in advance for any inputs. > > Kern -- > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************************* > > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > > > --14dae9340979bf2ebb04b9bbde03 > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --20cf3026697aba89d804b9bc1646

Usually the subtype of the LTO is mentioned on the tape, sometimes the sizes too. LTO sizes are listed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTO_tapes Mit freundlichen Grüßen Joerg Volz ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Kern Doe [mailto:kern_doe@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:00 PM To: ids@iiug.org; art.kagel@gmail.com; Joerg Volz Subject: Re: TAPESIZE question. [26354] Thank you Art and Joerg, this is "LTO" tape, whatever that means... ________________________________ From: Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> To: ids@iiug.org Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 3:47 PM Subject: Re: TAPESIZE question. [26354] If your tape drive correctly detects EOT, then you can use TAPESIZE set to zero (0) and ontape will respond to the end-of-tape response. However, if the drive does not correctly detect EOT then the archive will fail when it hits end of tape and receives an IO error instead. In that case, you will have to set TAPESIZE to something less than the actual capacity of the tape to avoid the error. Art Art S. Kagel Advanced DataTools (www.advancedatatools.com) Blog: http://informix-myview.blogspot.com/ Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Advanced DataTools, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly, implicitly, or by inference. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:43 PM, Kern Doe <kern_doe@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello Informix gurus, > If I do not know the capacity of the tape, how do I specify TAPESIZE so > that > whatever the maximum size of the tape can be used? I'm running with > 9.40.FC5XS > on HP11.11? > > Is it "TAPESIZE=." ? > > Thanks in advance for any inputs. > Kern -- > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > --14dae9340979bf2ebb04b9bbde03 ******************************************************************************* Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. IT Handel und Beratung Jörg Volz Bernhard-Früh-Str. 7 77855 Achern GERMANY Tel: +49 (0)7841-681651 Fax: +49 (0)7841-681654 Mobil: +49 (0)170-2989757 VAT-ID: DE201383541 http://www.it-volz.de