Autoloader 1/8 & Retrospect

[Tony Pottrell]

Hi all,

In short:

Dell PowerEdge 1600SC, Win2k SP3, Retrospect 5 with latest drivers, HP Autoloader 1/8 with latest drivers.

The manual for the autoloader states that for non-sequential operation it detects whether the B/U software is capable of controlling the loading / unloading of media. Unfortunately it appears as though my copy of Retrospect isn't, is this a known issue?

The support people at Retrospect's website seem a little clueless...

Thanks

[Vladimir Vybiral]

Hello, unfortunatelly I am not really familiar with Restrospect SW, but the Sequential mode is a default setting for 1/8 autoloader. The very first time You issue a command to the robotics, it autoswitches to Random mode. Does this answer Your question? BR, Vladimir

[Tony Pottrell]

No :(

What do you use to send a command to the robotics?

I can use Retrospect to eject the tapes etc but the loader stays in SEQ mode.

[Michael Steele_2]

What are the drive types and is the latest firmware loaded up? This is provided by the tape drive manufacturer and loaded via tape.

Also obtain a copy of LTT for Windows 2000, run and attach for evaluation.

http://h20015.www2.hp.com/en/softwareDownloadIndex.jhtml?lc=en&softitem=co-9548-5&sw_lang=en