Specifications

Chapter 2. System Training
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How Do I Care for the Tapes?
Keep tapes clean and dry and in a comfortable temperature range (40-80 degrees
Fahrenheit). Do not store near electrical wiring or magnetic fields. Do not leave
in a car or in direct sunlight. Even a fire-proof safe is not reliable--the tape may
not catch fire but the heat of the a fire could melt it or distort the data. Store the
latest tape out of the building, preferably in a safety deposit box or other safe
place. You might want to make arrangements to drop the daily tape in your
bank’s night deposit so they can store it in your safety deposit box the next day.
You would then need to stop by the bank to pick up your next daily tape so you can
make your backup on the next tape.
The tape cartridges are designed to perform up to 5,000 reads and writes. They
have quite a healthy lifespan but you may encounter a bad tape once in a while or
it might get damaged from a faulty or dirty tape drive. Tapes cannot be repaired.
This is one reason why you rotate tapes and make more than one tape at fiscally
important dates (month end and year end).
Backup Procedures (using “BACKUP” job)
1 At the system monitor, make sure you are on task 1.
2 Sign on with the manager password.
3 Put the next sequenced tape into the tape drive and shut the tape drive door.
4 From the
Dimensions Main Menu on the computer, select 7 for Day End/Month End/Year
End
.
5 Select 1 for
Day End.
6 Select 1 for
Automatic Day End.
7 The computer displays:
DS08525 Job Stream Driver DIM 10 DATA Date mm/dd/yy
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1. Input Parameters
Projects to Execute (Max=20) _________
Time to Begin
If no time is entered, project(s) will begin immediately.
Enter BACKUP and press Enter.
8 Press Enter again 4 more times.
9 The backup process begins automatically.
10 After the backup is finished, check the tapelog that is printed to make sure it has
no errors. Also, write the current date on the label of the tape you used.