Re: Select a tape in a TS2900 magazine programmatically -- MIDRANGE-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

You’re looking for Media and Storage Extensions (no longer extra $$). With that you’ll be able to write a tape handler. You can of course do it yourself but the trick is the registry point for tape handlers.

Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Nov 22, 2024, at 11:38 AM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm looking at revising our homegrown backup process. We have a TS2900 LTO7 autoloader/drive. The web GUI works great for moving a tape to and from the magazine and drive. I'd like to do the same thing in a program.

I looked at the APIs for tape, and while I can use QTARTLBL to get the volume ID of the tape in the drive, I don't see a way to move tapes from the magazine to the drive. I know that BRMS does it, but I can't find the appropriate API.

My budget is $0.00 and whatever time I can find while eating lunch at my desk. BRMS is not an option.

Thanks!

--
--buck

http://wiki.midrange.com
Your updates make it better!

--
This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list
To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l
or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.

Please contact support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for any subscription related questions.

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.