At 03:43 PM 98/03/09 -0500, you wrote:
...snip
>And another thing...
>
>Is there *any way* with a plain old FOS Backup to use two tape drives; i.e.
>when tape in drive 1 fills up, start using the tape in a second drive?
>
>I already *know* the third party products and Turbostore can do it, and I
>know I could run two separate STOREs with different filesets -one to each
>drive- just looking for another option.
>

:file t1;dev=7
:file t2;dev=8

to store files to 7 then 8 after eot is reached on 7

:store fileset;;(*t1,*t2);show;......

to store files to 7 and 8 concurrently,

:store fileset;;(*t1),(*t2);show;......

I believe with both of these options, both tapes drives must be of the same
type.



---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gilles Schipper
GSA Inc.
HP3000 & HP9000 System Administration Specialists
300 John Street, Box 87651   Thornhill, ON Canada L3T 7R4
Voice: 905.889.3000     Fax: 905.889.3001
Internet:  [log in to unmask]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------