hp jukebox problems

[Mark Stewart]

I have a hp jukebox and I'm trying to restore archived files from the optical disks. The problem is, the machine they were backed up from no longer exists and nothing seems to let me restore these files to an alternate location. Can anyone suggest a way around this? I am running DallasTools software, hp-ux 10.x, and have an HP SureStore Optical 100st. Thanks!

[Rita C Workman]

I believe on Juke boxes you can use the following commands to copy or transfer files:

cpio
cp
dd
uucp

You can copy from one optical disk to another optical disk (since the optical disks are mounted with mount points), and by such you can copy to a file system on a hard drive as well.

Just a thought,
Rita

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi MArk

Essentially on Juke boc the write commands cannot be diffenrent , but I think more is dependant on the software used to archive the data . We have AMASS from ADIC and changing the drive from one machine to another mad us loose data since the database was not clsoed properly .So I have serious doubts since you would need to reconfigure the drive back in that software before using it.

Manoj Srivastava

[Mark Stewart]

nevermind.. spent an hour with DallasTools tech support and got it figred out. Had to do it using their software using a very specific command from the command line. Turns out you can't access double sided optical disks by just mounting them. You have to use the software that created the archives, from what I gathered. Thanks!