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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Knight [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 2:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Help with Autoreply
>
>
> 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
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Sam Knight, Senior Programmer/Analyst
> Jacksonville University
> Jacksonville, Florida 32211
>