We have installed a Luminex virtual tape system. My question isn't how
to make it work. It seems to be doing fine. The only problem and the
reason for my question is that I have the virtual tapes defined as 3490C
tapes. My quandary is the fact that I have the virtual tapes defined as
the
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We have installed a Luminex virtual tape system. My question isn't how
to make it work. It seems to be doing fine. The only
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You VM:Backup System Programmer is correct ... the higher density
media will always be preferenced in the volser list sent to VM:Tape.
The simplest thing I can think to do is use a VM:Tape COMMAND EXIT that
swaps
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We have installed a Luminex virtual tape system. My question isn't how=20
to make it work. It seems to be doing fine. The only problem and the=20
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Steve--That wasn't the answer I wanted to hear but is the type I
expected. We don't use VM:Tape, just VM:Backup. A work-around I've
thought
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==Can the Luminex virtual tapes be defined as a higher density than the
==real 3590's?
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==PS: What is the purpose
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Steve--That wasn't the answer I wanted to hear but is the type I
expected. We don't use VM:Tape, just VM:Backup. A work-around I've
thought of is to do the backups, which happen in the middle of the
night, in 2 separate runs. First a backup spec
