RE: Load Next Tape

["Brendan Bispham" <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We have a product that'll do what you want. It works in Restricted State
and, amongst other things, can send QSYSOPR messages as SMS or e-mail
messages, without bringing up the subsystems or starting any paging
software...

You can find info at http://www.bnbtss.co.uk ...

Brendan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Alan Moulsdale
> Sent: 30 October 2000 10:30
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Load Next Tape
>
>
> I have a situation where I am running a dedicated backup from the console:
> ENDSYS
> SAVSYS
> SAVLIB *NONSYS
> SAVDLO
> SAV
> STRSBS QCTL
>
> If any of the commands fail, the program that I have written starts the
> required subsystems and sends a pager message to the support
> guys. They can
> then come in, fix the problem and restart the backup.
>
> I have one problem, if the save runs out of cartridges the message 'load
> next volume...' is sent and the save waits for it to be answered.
> Because an
> error hasn't occurred, my program does not know it is waiting and so no
> pager message is sent.
>
> This shouldn't be a problem because the device is a 3590 with a cartridge
> stacker, however this weekend the stacker had a hardware failure
> and didn't
> load the next cart and the save hung waiting for a response for
> 10+ hours!!!
>
> Does anybody know a way round this.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Alan
>
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