Re: Magstar tape drive

Carl:

You really need a library managment system with the media library systems.

Help/Save works great... although it's a bit complex to setup.

david

At 06:39 AM 10/31/98 , Carl Galgano wrote:
>I have had my first encounter with a Magstar Media Tape library.  I have
>never done anything with these before.  I figued out it can run in stand
>alone mode or library mode.  In standalone mode I can do a back up to the
>first tape in the drive, however, what I would like to be able to do is to
>have my back up rotate through the tapes.  (ie taday it would use tape 1,
>tomorrow tape 2, the next day tape 3 , etc. through the 20 tapes and then
>start over.)  Is there a way to address which cartridge is selected to be
>used?
>Any help is apprciated.
>Carl Galgano
>EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
>http://cgalgano.home.mindspring.com
>mailto://cgalgano@ediconsulting.com
>(770) 422-2995
>
>
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