HP e3000 MPE/iX System Software Maintenance Manual (Release C.75.00) (30216-90344)

Appendix E
CD-ROM Resources
Copying Tapes for Distribution
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:SLTCOPY
The SLTCOPY menu is displayed:
Select mode (? = help):
1 Copy tape to disk file
2 Copy disk file to tape
3 Copy tape to tape
Which option do you wish to use < Enter 'E' to exit>?
4. Type 2 in response to the prompt about which option you want to use:
Which option do you wish to use < Enter 'E' to exit>? 2
5. SLTCOPY asks the name of the disk file you want to copy onto tape. In the following example text, the file
name TAPE1R55 is used. In its place, specify the name you assigned to the disk file that you now want to
copy to tape. The file description is then displayed.
Old disk file name? TAPE1R55
Description: File contains tape 1 Release 5.5 CSLT.
Version: 1
Create date: FRI, MAR 25, 1994, 5:58 PM MPE/iX SLT TAPE
Correct [YES]?
[RETURN]
If you press
[RETURN]
in response to “Old disk file name?”, you will return to the main SLTCOPY menu.
6. SLTCOPY then asks for the number of copies. Type the number of copies you are making at this time. (This
number must correspond to the number of tapes you have mounted on tape drives.)
Enter the number of copies (1-9):
You need to have more than one tape drive on the system to make more than one copy at a time. So to
make six tape copies, you need to have six tape drives connected to the system.
7. You will see the following message on the terminal where you ran SLTCOPY:
Reply for COPY1 is needed.
On the system console, you need to reply with the PIN number and the LDEV number of the device to
which you are copying.
Following is an example tape reply performed at the system console.
In the example, the PIN is 74 and the LDEV number is 8.
?15:19/#S2/49/LDEV# FOR “COPY1” ON TAPE (NUM)?
CTRL A
=reply 49,7
Writing tape.
If you are making more than one copy at a time, you need to respond with the LDEV numbers of the rest
of the tape devices as the messages appear. The copies will be named consecutively COPY1, COPY2,
COPY3, etc. up to COPY n where n is the number of copies you are making.
8. When it finishes making the tape, SLTCOPY informs you how long it took to make the tape and provides
other information about the tape. It then redisplays the main SLTCOPY menu.
CPU seconds 238
Elapsed time 7:15
Number of records 9877
Number of tape marks 135
Select mode (? = help)
1 Copy tape to disk file