The exabyte drive is on top of the TCS. Because the drive is used infrequently it is often switched off. Switch on the drive and wait patiently for for both lights to go out (about 2 minutes). Open the drive door and insert tape. Close door and wait for the green light to come on (about 1 minute).
If there are problems loading tape then power cycle the exabyte drive when it is empty and try again. If the problem persists contact any member of the Computing Facilities Group. or send mail to the Computing Facilities Group helpdesk
In the control room find the terminal labelled "TCS console" and shut down the TCS interface program with the command
* finish
Now start the program which allows logins on the terminals
* startmtm
Go to the usual TCS user interface terminal and log in using your initials (xxx in example below)
SI XXX,255,MANAGER
If you used composed your tape using a VAX/VMS system as described in the instructions for writing an exabyte on a VAX/VMS system then you should have accepted the option to have instructions sent to you as a mail message. You will need these instructions. Display the instructions on the nearby sparc terminal or print them out from mail.
If you used composed your tape using a sparc as described in the instructions for writing an exabyte on a unix system the you do not have customised instructions. Please use one tape for each file and the following simple instructions* set pr 0 * * xallocate myfile.cat,in,80 * load copy32 * start > input exab:,80/100 > output myfile.cat > copy *,myfile.cat > end
Do not forget to remove your tape and turn off the exabyte tape drive.
Sign Off the TCS user terminal
* SO
Re-start the TCS on the TCS console terminal using either GO or GODEV as appropriate
* GO INT
or
* GO JKT
as appropriate.
If you have problems with this software consult your Support Astronomer or send mail to the Computing Facilities Group helpdesk .
Gary Mitchell