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Subject: More OPCOM...
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Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 23:57:00 EST
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>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.