Actually, MPE is pretty basic when it comes to tape handling.  It is nowhere
near as sophisticated as UNIX or NT/2000.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Wayne R. Boyer
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:47 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Tape to tape copy

In a message dated 7/22/02 11:19:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:


> Hope this sheds some light :)
>
>

It sheds a lot of light.  I've always considered MPE to be pretty smart
about
multiple reel/volume/tape/media backups.  Tom Emerson recently was studying
how these kinds of issues work in a non-MPE world (Linux) but I think that
we
have more questions than answers.  Anybody know more about the non-MPE world
and how this all occurs properly (wouldn't want to quietly or otherwise
loose
any data!).

Wayne boyer

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