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Tape I/O
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Several tape drives (1/2 inch, QIC, 8mm Exabyte, DAT) are available on the
UNIX system. They can be accessed from any UNIX workstation on the
network. Which tapes are available and their locations are listed in
URL http://www.eso.org/it/tapes.html. The step by step procedure is as follows:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>1.
<DD>Login on a UNIX workstation.
<DT>2.
<DD>Run MIDAS with <B>inmidas</B>.
<DT>3.
<DD>Mount your tape on a drive connected (see below). If
you want to write on the tape remember to enable writing.
<DT>4.
<DD>Use the <TT>intape</TT> and <TT>outtape</TT> commands to access the tape unit
using the logical device name <I>e.g.</I> <B>tape0</B>. or the
physical device name <I>e.g.</I> <B>/dev/nrst0</B> or <B> ws1:/dev/nrst0</B> for a tape unit on remote host <B>ws1</B>. Since the
recording density for UNIX tape units is defined by their name, the
device name will overrule the density given on the command line! Some
1/2 inch drives require the density to be set manually on the
drive as well. During reading the tape drive will itself sense the
tape density used. Thus, the generic tape name can normally be given
when reading.
<DT>5.
<DD>Dismount your tape from the drive so that others can use it.
<DT>6.
<DD>Logout from MIDAS with <B>bye</B> and from the workstation.
</DL>
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Concerning the usage of tape media please note the folowing:
<DL COMPACT>
<DT>1.
<DD>Tape drives can be selected from any host in the same domain. To get
access to drives in other domains you need to have another account
with the same name in the remote domain.
<DT>2.
<DD>Tape devices have to be accessed via theirs system names;
<DT>3.
<DD>New tapes are from factory write enable.
<DT>4.
<DD>Tapes can be obtained from the helpdesk, room 220/1, 2nd floor.
<DT>5.
<DD>The MIDAS error <TT>Permision denied</TT> occurs when the given tape
is write protected (check remarks below) or when it is allocated to
another user (use <TT>deallocate</TT> command)
<DT>6.
<DD>Concerning 1/2 inch tapes:
<UL>
<LI>Support is limited and may be discontinued soon.
<LI>For each 1/2 tape drive can be accessed in two densities:
high (6250 bpi) and medium (1600 bpi). The mode that is used to
access the data depends on the device name.
<LI>1/2 inch magtape drives have to be set to enable remote density
selection: with the drive OFF-LINE press the button
DENSITY until LED "REMOTE DEN" comes on. The device name used
with the command ``INTAPE/MIDAS'' will actually set the density.
<LI>1/2 inch magtape drives can <I>read</I> tapes of any density
if the drive is set with "REMOTE DEN" on. That is, for reading
there is no difference between, e.g. tape2, tape2h, and tape2m.
<LI>1/2 inch tapes are write enable when they are mounted with the
write enable ring and the LED "WRITE ENBL" comes on.
</UL> <DT>7.
<DD>Concerning 8mm tapes:
<UL>
<LI>8mm-High drives can also read 8mm-Low density tapes, but
not vice versa.
<LI>The 8mm tape is write enable when the red switch in front
of the tape is in "REC" position.
</UL> <DT>8.
<DD>Concerning QIC tapes:
<UL>
<LI>QIC-150 drives can only write on high density tapes DC600XTD or
DC6150 however they can read QIC-24 low density tapes DC300XL
or DC600A.
<LI>QIC-24 drives use only low density tapes DC300XL or DC600A.
<LI>QIC tapes are write protected when the round switch in the tape
points to the "SAVE" position; write enable otherwise.
</UL> <DT>9.
<DD>Concerning DAT tapes:
<UL>
<LI>DDS drives use Sony 60/90/120 min.
<LI>DAT tapes are write enable when the swith in front of the
tape closes the hole.
<LI>An up to date list of available tape drives is posted on the
bulletin board in the user room.
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