Prepare 4mm DDS Tape using backup script

[jwells1145]

I have a HP SureStore Dat24 dds3 SCSI external. I am running Win 2k Server with dual processors. I need to know how to prepare a tape from my backup script.

 

[crobin1]

Windows 2000 does not have a native way to prepare a tape from the command line, but Windows Server 2003 does.

 

[jwells1145]

Thanks for the reply.

 

[jwells1145]

I have found a way around Windows 2000 server NTBackup. You can use the NT 4.0 ntbackup if you place it in the c:\directory. You also have to copy the ntctl3d.dll to the same directory. When you write you backup script you specify c:\ntbackup instead of ntbackup. In using the NT 4.0 ntbackup you do not need the GUID. Thanks for all the help and hope this helps.

 

[Jump1ng]

Try and put this in a batch file, it should take care of any tape preparing, you will have to change the path to the selection file and probably the device name.

START BATCH FILE
net stop ntmssvc
sleep 60
net start ntmssvc
sleep 60

rsm.exe refresh /lf"HP C5683A SCSI Sequential Device"
sleep 60

for /f "Tokens=1-4 Delims=/ " %%i in ('date /t') do set dt=%%i-%%j-%%k-%%l
for /f "Tokens=1" %%i in ('time /t') do set tm=-%%i
set tm=%tm::=-%
set dtt=%dt%%tm%
C:\WINNT\system32\ntbackup.exe backup systemstate "@C:\backup\BACKUP.bks" /n "backup %dtt%" /d "backup %dtt%" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hcn /m normal /j "%dtt%" /l:s /p "4mm DDS" /UM

rsm.exe eject /PF"backup %dtt% - 1" /astart

STOP BATCH FILE

If you have any queries feel free and ask and I will try and run through the steps thats not working.

/Kim