Tape drive loaded or not?

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 3:15 am

Hiya all,

I know there are a few topics here covering tape drives.
However, I can't just yet find the right test to check if a tape is inserted in a tapedrive or not.
It's an external SCSI HP Ultrium LTO4 tapedrive, connected to the server running HM.
I can read the WMI data for it, but as far as I can see there's no value for the tape being inserted.

Any ideas?

Thanks!
Kris

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 7:18 am

We cannot find manual for your device.
Do you have manual? Does it say anything about SNMP protocol (usually HP devices/software support SNMP)?

Regards
Alex

Kris · Post by **Kris** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 8:42 am

ermmmm just noticed I typed LTO4

Ofcourse I meant LTO3

It's a HP Ultrium 920 drive...
Still looking for a manual!

Found this so far:
https://h10057.www1.hp.com/ecomcat/hpca ... EH841A.htm

http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/doc ... 492366.pdf

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Feb 21, 2012 2:40 pm

Tried to find some information... looks like software that comes with your device can send SNMP Trap messages and I assume it supports SNMP Get requests as well. But we could not find manual with detailed information.
I think you should ask manufacturer, they know for sure how their own device and software works

Regards
Alex