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. Use the arrow keys to move the highlight cursor to other
. boxes. Press <enter> to choose the option in the highlighted
. box. Or, press the function keys F1-F6 to choose an
. option immediately. Use arrow keys to move to another
. box, then press F1 for help with that option.
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. Use the Setup screen to set the SCSI Host Adapter
. Number and SCSI Target ID for your tape drive.
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. The System Test performs a brief test of the tape drive
. connections, and basic tape drive functions. This menu
. also has options for erasing and retensioning tapes.
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. The File Backup screen will allow you to copy any
. of the files on your hard disk to the backup unit
. tape. You may also create a batch file which you
. can use to simplify your daily backup routine.
. The directory of your first hard disk will
. be displayed on the screen. You will begin by
. tagging the files that need to be backed up.
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. The File Restore screen allows you to restore any of
. the files from your backup tape to your hard disk.
. You can restore any single file, or an entire dataset.
. The directory of the first dataset on the tape will
. automatically be read from the tape and displayed on
. the screen. Use the function keys to skip to later
. datasets or begin the restore process.
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. The Verify program allows you to verify that the
. contents of the tape can be read. Every dataset on
. the tape is read in sequence.
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. This field determines which Host Adapter the software
. will expect the SCSI tape drive to be installed on.
. In most cases there will only be one Host Adapter
. in your PC and it will be Host Adapter #0.
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. The SCSI Logical Unit Number (LUN) is almost always 0.
. Unless you have reason to suspect otherwise leave it
. set to 0.
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. The Target ID will vary from one installation to another.
. This SCSI ID is set by means of jumpers on the tape
. drive mechanism itself, or by an external switch
. with possible settings in the range 0-7. The ID that you
. choose must not be the same as other SCSI devices in your
. PC. This field must match the setting on your tape drive.
. During the installation process you may use the option
. "F5-Display existing SCSI devices" to verify that the tape
. drive and other SCSI devices are installed as expected.
. This option is located inside the "F3-System Test" menu.
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. The standard SCSI manager name is SCSIMGR$. If you know
. that your SCSI manager has some other device name then
. you may change the name in this field. The software will
. attempt to OPEN this device name to communicate with the
. tape drive.
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. To avoid the registration process for now press F10. This
. will by-pass the registration steps and run the software.
.
. To begin the registration press F5. The registration form
. will appear on the screen. Fill in the information then
. follow the prompts to either print out the form or send the
. form to a text file named REGFORM.TXT for printing later.
. Print out the form and mail or fax it to Valitek, Inc.
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. Fill in the registration information, then press F10 to end.
. You may press <ESC> to abort out of the registration process
. but you will be prompted to register again later.
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. To print out the registration form determine which port your
. printer is connected to, then press 1 for LPT1, 2 for LPT2, or
. 3 for LPT3. If you are uncertain then you may press P to
. attempt to print the file to the default printer. If you do
. not have a printer press N. The form will be copied to a text
. file named REGFORM.TXT which can be copied to another PC for
. printing. You may also write the information on paper and FAX
. it to Valitek. Include the words "Warranty Registration" on
. the FAX.
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