Re: TS2900 tape drive ?

[Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx>]

With SEQ and Loop, unload will cause the current tape to unload and the next
tape to load. Unless you check for an Expiration Date etc on the tapes it
could run on those 7 tapes until you wore out the drive or a tape
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> SO if you defined it as seq/loop on the I5/OS side of things would you
> still
> do a *UNLOAD or *REWIND or  ??
>
> On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Kirk Goins <kirkgoins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Jack, I don't have access right now but you shuld be able to put that
> drive
> > in Seq and Loop modes via the web interface
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Jack Kingsley <iseriesflorida@xxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > We have recently installed one of these devices, currently do not have
> > the
> > > barcode labels on the tapes.  How are the tapes controlled to perform a
> > > round robin once I5/OS commands are used against a loaded tape volume.
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