DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET.UUCP (02/20/87)
At the tail end of her message of Wed, 18 Feb 87 16:57 EST, Ruth Milner <SYSRUTH@UTORPHYS.BITNET> mentions: > While we're on the subject of OPCOM and REPLY, does anyone out there know > how to find out which username is enabled as which operator (OPER1, OPER2, > etc.)? I have a similar query; our primary user area is in a separate building from the machine room, so we would like users to leave their tapes with us and request them to be mounted when necessary. Now, doesn't this sound reasonable: - when an operator is on duty, have them REPLY/ENABLE=TAPES and /DISABLE same when they leave. We don't leave any accounts logged in at the machine room when nobody's there. - instruct users to do a MOUNT/ASSIST/COMMENT=... etc By my reasoning, if there is no terminal that has TAPES enabled on the system, shouldn't that user get some sort of error message? And when the operator is there and has enabled TAPES, they will get the request and mount the tape? I tested the theory and it didn't seem to work... process requesting the mount went into a wait state. Did I miss something? I'm assuming someone's tried the same gambit... any advice? aTdHvAaNnKcSe, Denis W. Haskin Manager, Technical Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DHASKIN@CLARKU.BITNET Office of Information Systems (617)793-7193 Clark University 950 Main Street Worcester MA 01610 "Anyone who _moves_ before Most Holy comes back out will spend the rest of eternity sipping lava through an iron straw." - Cerebus
McGuire_Ed@GRINNELL.MAILNET.UUCP (03/02/87)
>By my reasoning, if there is no terminal that has TAPES enabled on the system, >shouldn't that user get some sort of error message? And when the operator >is there and has enabled TAPES, they will get the request and mount the >tape? I remember playing with this in the past. It seems to me that I eventually found that there _was_ a terminal with TAPES enabled. I believe it was the system console on a different cluster node. The only thing I'm not certain of is that it was the TAPES operator being queried. It _may_ have been another operator class. Ed McGuire Grinnell College MCGUIRE@GRIN2.BITNET
BMW6957@TAMCHEM.BITNET.UUCP (03/03/87)
>By my reasoning, if there is no terminal that has TAPES enabled on the system, >shouldn't that user get some sort of error message? And when the operator >is there and has enabled TAPES, they will get the request and mount the >tape? I belive that at one time, MOUNT used to send requests to CENTRAL as well as TAPES, but I just tried it under VMS 4.5 and that turns out not to be the case (maybe my memory has finally gone). In any event, I normally run with NO operator terminals enabled (I'm not in a cluster environment). The users don't actually get a error message, but rather the following two informational messages: %MOUNT-I-OPRQST, Please mount volume ______ in device _____ . %MOUNT-I-NOOPR, no operator available to service request. after which MOUNT waits for the user to mount the proper tape. The user can cancel with a control-Y. Brad Wilson Chemistry Dept. Texas A&M Univ.