[Info-vax] MSL4048 and FC LT07

[pcoviello at gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 1:38:16 PM UTC-4, pcov... at gmail.com wrote:
> On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 1:31:43 PM UTC-4, pcov... at gmail.com wrote:
> > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 1:14:22 PM UTC-4, Jim wrote:
> > > On Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 12:29:26 PM UTC-4, pcov... at gmail.com wrote:
> > > > we just installed a LT07 tape unit into a MSL4048 as tape drive 2. 
> > > > the other 3 drives are all LT04.  with the LT04 once a tape was dismounted 
> > > > through VMS it would mount the next tape.  with the LT07 it doesn't do that.
> > > > would this be a VMS parameter?  and /unload doesn't make a difference.
> > > > 
> > > > pc
> > > 
> > > Have not used the 4048 but on others from the same family this behavior is typically controlled via "Command View" operating on the MSL unit - check out "Library Information" page and the "Library Mode" value. You might want something like "Automatic, Sequential" though other values can provide similar behavior.
> > > 
> > > The VMS mount utility can not issue the library commands required to load a tape.
> > 
> > I know I have the same settings as the LTO4, sequential, automatic I'll check on.
> > 
> > thanks
> 
> 
> and I may have found the answer I'm going to change it and see if that works...  it's currently drive 1 which is an LTO4 and I'm going to change it to 2 the LTO7...
> 
> Library LUN Hosted By Drive	Library LUN Hosted By Drive configures which drive will be the “Master” drive. The “master” drive is the drive that will provide a SCSI LUN address for the library controller and will communicate the SCSI data to and from library controller through that drive. Only one drive may be selected to host the library.



that wasn't it either (sigh)