Summary: DLT 4700 tape library diagnostics

From: Tony Tran <tonytran1_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jun 27 2001 - 01:15:32 EDT
Thanks to:
Doug Otto <doug.otto@npawest.com>
Lynette Bellini <lynette@software.umn.edu>
Ronald Loftin <reloftin@syr.edu>
Aaron La <aaron_la@hotmail.com>

Aaron suggests to go to Quantum.com and download the
DLT tools for Window (for Win98) (run via a  PC).
This method is only good if you have a PC connected
to the DLT4700 (via a SCSI card). Also, DLT tool
is a relatively short test, not a comprehensive test
(ie burn-in) used to exercise the robotic tape library
Ronald Loftin suggests to get a program from the
following website:
http://www.crewes.ucalgary.ca/~henry/shuffle
Lynette suggests a program called  STCTL at:
http://www.cs.pdx.edu/~eric/stctl
Doug Otto mentioned that Veritas Netbackup has a
program called robtest that will do tape library
diagnostics  (Note: netbackup is not cheap)
Sun might add this function in the future release of 
SunVTS (according to a diag engineer from the SunVTS
team. Currently SunVTS (4.2, 4.3), while very
comprehensive in nature, only tests the tape drive,
*not* exercises the robotic tape library.
Tony

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