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Re: DDS back online after :STORE
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:31:15 -0400
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Actually it is Jeff Kell who is having the problem, not me.

At 11:32 AM 10/25/2005, Francois Desrochers wrote:
>Tom,
>
>We have run into something similar where the DEVCTRL/ONLINE utility 
>terminated properly but the tape was not back online immediately. Vstore 
>would start but assumed there was no tape mounted and ready. We ended up 
>writing a short command file that looped for a few minutes until SHOWDEV 
>showed that tape was ready e.g. "@7     AVAIL@(Nolabel)@1600@" pattern in 
>Qedit. I can send you a copy if needed but it requires Qedit. I'm sure you 
>could write one with something else.
>
>So, the job would do:
>
>    :ONLINE 7
>    :DEV7OK
>    :VSTORE
>
>Hope this helps.

--
Tom Brandt
Northtech Systems, Inc.
130 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1343
http://www.northtech.com/

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