I would also point out to the original issuer of this discussion that if having more than 10 tapes is a problem, you can upgrade to a 30 slot I/O station, just like on the 3494.
David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/17/02 09:28AM >>> At 20:02 -0600 12/16/02, Mark Stapleton wrote: >Try this sequence instead (for <=10 tapes): I don't see why that sequence is an improvement over the one Matthew was complaining about. It requires the same number of actions (too many). It is true that in either sequence, you have sixty minutes to reply, so that you can "leisurely stroll" instead of "run", but that's really not the point. >If you're loading >10 tapes: >1. Leisurely stroll to the library, open it up, place all tapes directly >into empty slots into the library. >Even easier--there's no request to reply to. Yeah, but it requires taking the library offline while the tapes are loaded; sort of defeats the purpose of having a bulk entry door. I guess I've been spoiled by working with an ACSLS library that automatically recognizes the tapes in the bulk entry door and inserts them into the library without additional intervention, instead of waiting for a bunch of commands, then putting one tape away, totally mangling the next (see earlier post), and leaving the others in the door so that the operators mistakenly think they are ejected DR tapes and send them to the offsite storage facility. -- Matt Simpson -- OS/390 Support 219 McVey Hall -- (859) 257-2900 x300 University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mainframe -- An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies serving billions of obsolete customers and making huge obsolete profits for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice as fast as last year's. "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following annotations on 12/17/2002 03:56:11 PM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ==============================================================================
