You cannot do a remote reboot using the dial-in modem, but you can do a remote
reboot from a web console. I have purchased a few but I cannot remember how much
they were... probably about $500 - $600. Any VAR should be able to sell you one.
They are not plug-and-play because someone needs to configure the black box with
an IP address. I usually pay for HP installation.

Concerning the tape drives I thought the autoreply command was embedded in the
backup JCL. I am familiar with sysgen but I am not aware you can make a
configuration change in sysgen for autoreply on a tape drive. Please send me the
configuration command.

>>> EBEN YONG <[log in to unmask]> 02/14 10:31 PM >>>
Hello,

Has anyone ever heard of situations where tape drives that are configured to
AUTOREPLY unexpectedly stop auto-replying, and begin instead requiring
reply's?

Our shop has a couple of DLT8000's which occasionally stop AUTOREPLYing.
This forces us to deal with the hassle of going back into SYSGEN and
reconfiguring them to AUTOREPLY, and then finding the time to take the
system down and reboot.

This leads me to my next question.  Has anyone here ever remote-rebooted
their HP3000 by just using a dial-up modem connection?  I heard somewhere
that HP has ways of accomplishing this entirely by remote administration,
but is this possible for endusers like me?

Thanks for any feedback,

Eben Yong
Health Plan of San Mateo