Below is the message I get when running VSTORE in a job, with a file
equate of FILE=T;DEV=8

THE FOLLOWING REPLIES ARE PENDING:
17:20/#J6249/262/IS "T" ON LDEV#8 (Y/N)?


Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>
> What kind of reply is asked?
>
> I have included the sysgen configuration for the DLT drive in the DLT Robotic
> library.
> io> ld 13
>  LDEV:    13  DEVNAME:                    OUTDEV:        0   MODE:        R
>    ID: DLT7000                            RSIZE:       128   DEVTYPE: TAPE
>  PATH: 44.1.0                             MPETYPE:      24   MPESUBTYPE:  8
> CLASS: TAPE
>
> As you can see, it's similar to yours.
>
> The drive is in a robotic library and the robot feeds in the appropriate tape
> when requested to do so by the backup software.  The only time that I have seen
> a reply pending on this drive is when the tape takes an inordinately long time
> to load.  The backup software has built-in configurable delays so that it waits
> a certain amount of time before it starts to access the tape after it has been
> loaded by the robot.
>
> If you try to access the tape before you get the AVR message at the console,
> you will get the reply as the tape is probably not ready.  Remember, a DLT
> drive can take several minutes to get the tape on-line.
>
> 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:   Sam Knight [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Friday, October 13, 2000 3:53 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Help with Autoreply
>
> I have device 8 which is a DLT7000 on a HP3000-979 configured in sysgen
> as follows:
>
>      io> LD 8
>  LDEV:     8  DEVNAME:                    OUTDEV:        0   MODE:        R
>    ID: DLT7000                            RSIZE:       128   DEVTYPE: TAPE
>  PATH: 10/4/24.1.0                        MPETYPE:      24   MPESUBTYPE:  8
> CLASS: TAPE
>
>      io> LC TAPE
>
> CLASSNAME   MODE    MIN MODE  DCC MODE  # DCC  LDEV
> ---------  -------  --------  --------  -----  ----
> TAPE       default  ncio                0      7, 8,
>
> I did a modify device with mode=autoreply, and when I read a tape it
> still asks for a reply.  I am not sure what the mode on the class tape
> should be.  Both of the sysgen displays are as the system was originally
> set up.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sam Knight, Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Jacksonville University
> Jacksonville, Florida 32211

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Regards,

Sam Knight, Senior Programmer/Analyst
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, Florida 32211