Extracting the customer’s administration and options

12. The following message about supported tape drives is displayed:

##### WARNING #####

Only the following tape drives will be supported in CMS R12:

SCSI cartridge tape - 4-8 GB (SLR5)

SCSI 8mm tape - 14 GB

SCSI 4mm or 8mm tape - 20-40 GB

You must use a supported tape drive to continue with the CUE upgrade.

Please enter (q) to quit, any other key to continue:

13.Do one of the following:

If the tape drive you are using is not supported, press q. Restart the extract process after installing a supported tape drive.

If the tape drive you are using is supported, press Enter to continue.

Tip:

If you want to track the progress of the extract from a different XTERM window, or from a remote or local terminal, use the following command:

tail -f /var/tmp/new/var/log/cvuelog

14.The extract process next checks the tape and the tape drive to determine if the tape is defective, write-protected, or not compatible with the tape drive. The following message is displayed:

Testing tape on /dev/rmt/N..

15.One of the following occurs:

If the tape and tape drive are operational, no error messages are displayed and the extract continues with Step 16.

If the tape or tape drive are not operational, messages similar to the following are displayed:

tar: /dev/rmt/N: Permission denied

Tape test failed!! Could not write and then read a file from the tape at /dev/rmt/N.

Check the following items for possible problems: Verify the tape is not write-protected

Verify the correct type of tape is in the tape drive Verify the tape is not defective

/cvue_extract[982]:TAPETESTFAILED:not found

Make sure the tape is not write-protected and is the correct tape for the tape drive. Try cleaning the tape drive or using a different tape and start over with Step 1.

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