8mm tape

I do a special backup of a major library every night to 8mm tape as part of
"day end" processing.                    

Right now I can get 18-19 backups before the tape is full.  What I have been
doing is changing the tape after 15 days but that assumes one remembers to
change the tape.

Rather than getting a call at 2:10AM when the third shift cannot sign on to
the system and having to go in just to change the tape, I would like to be
able to determine when the tape is getting "close" to full or what
percentage of full it is.

If anyone has figured this out, I am interested in hearing your solution.

TIA

Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom:
"I love deadlines.  I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they
go flying by."

Dennis Munro    
Badger Mining Corporation
dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com <mailto:dmunro@badgerminingcorp.com> 

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