HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90317)

260 AppendixE

CD-ROM Resources

Copying Tapes for Distribution

This Appendix describes how to use the SLTCOPY tool that allows you to copy CSLTs for

distribution to other sites. SLTCOPY is intended only for copying CSLT/STORE tapes

generated by HPINSTAL.

This Appendix comprises the following parts:

• Copying the CSLT from Tape to Tape

• Copying the CSLT from Tape to Disk

• Copying the CSLT from Disk to Tape

• Copying to or from Remote Files

• Copying to or from Remote Tape Drives

• Overriding Defaults

Refer to Appendix H , “Error Messages and Warnings,” for a description of error messages

that may occur while using SLTCOPY.

Considerations

You can use SLTCOPY to copy from tape directly to half-inch magnetic tape or DDS tape, or

you can copy to a disk ﬁle that can later be copied to tape. If you have multiple tape drives

conﬁgured to your system, you can make multiple copies simultaneously (up to nine).

Copying from tape to disk then from disk to tape is useful if you need to make more CSLT

copies than the number of tape drives available on your system.

You can set up tapes drives to be used with SLTCOPY using the AUTOREPLY option so they

reply automatically to tape requests. To do this, you must set up a ﬁle equation for the

master tape (MASTER) or the copy (COPY

) to point to a speciﬁc LDEV number (where the

tape will be mounted) that is conﬁgured with AUTOREPLY.

Accessing SLTCOPY

You normally do not need to speciﬁcally install SLTCOPY to use it. It is automatically

installed in the INSTALL.SYS group when you prepare to run HPINSTAL. If SLTCOPY is

unavailable on your system, you can install it by mounting the current CD-ROM disks and

running the SETUP script:

:SETUP.INSTUTIL

SLTCOPY and other programs and ﬁles are copied into the INSTALL.SYS group. This takes

approximately 10 minutes. You will see a series of messages and ﬁnally the message:

SETUP IS COMPLETE

You can then run SLTCOPY.