Unfortunately, out of the box a DDS autoloader will be a little difficult to
use with only TURBOSTORE.  What you need to do is place it in sequential mode
and manually load the first tape.   The only way that TURBOSTORE can use an
autoloader is in sequential mode.

The only one product on the HP e3000 that can use an autoloader (or any DLT
library for that matter) in random mode, is our product.

In your case, after the initial CSLT is created, the tape is unloaded and put
offline but since by default the autoloader is in random mode, it is not
ejected and the next one loaded.  Placing it in sequential mode should do the
trick.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
(800) 323-8863  (281) 288-7438         Fax: (281) 355-6879
denys at hicomp.com                             www.hicomp.com


-----Original Message-----
From:   Larry Barnes [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Tuesday, April 25, 2000 4:48 PM
To:     [log in to unmask]
Subject:        997/400 & DDS-3 AUTOLOADERS

I have an HP DDS-3 Autoloader attached to a 997/400 box.  I am trying to create
a cslt tape that includes the directory and all files on the system.
It appears that I can create a cslt tape with out any problems but when I
include the store option the job failes with the message "tape error".
I then got suspicious and tried to just do a store @[log in to unmask]@ and it failed.  I'm
trying desperately to get the box up and running and I'm going nowhere fast.
Does anyone out there use the DDS-3 autoload drives?  If so did you encounter
any of these problems, and how did you fix them.
I do have support working on the issue but we are both stumped at this point.
Any help would be appreciated.
Larry B.
Mitek Corp.