All actions of ROBAR and all reactions of the archive system are logged in the file robar.trace. Statistics can then be generated from this robar.tracefile (see section "ROBAR statistics").
Extract from a trace file (ABBA interface).
Example
RSV1057 Trace file (ROBAR <ver>) created at : <date> <time>
<070628150356> RSV1055 ROBAR session started
with EKS status 0, Configuration file test_sdlc_lto
<070628150400> <--MAN : H 1 SSS100 START <S100,ACOM, ,ffff,1, ,
,vvvvvv, ,aaaaaaaa,bbbbbbbb,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150400> -->ROB : H 1 SSS100 START <S100,ACOM, , ,1, , ,
, , , ,28/150400>
<070628150400> <--ROB : H 1 SSS100 START <S100,ACOM,P,M701,1, ,
,V03.11, ,501A ,NOTREADY,28/150400>
<070628150400> -->CFG : AMU = ACTIVE ——————————— (1)
<070628150400> -->CON : HD0 DDS100 ALLP
% ROB0045 AMU-STATUS IS >ACTIVE< ———————————— (2)
<070628150400> -->CFG : ROB1 = ON
<070628150400> <--MAN : H SSS101 START <S101,ULK , ,ffff,1, ,
,vvvvvv,ss,00000000, ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150400> -->ROB : H SSS101 START <S101,ULK , , ,1, , ,
, ,00000000, ,28/150400>
<070628150400> <--ROB : H SSS101 START <S101,ULK ,N,N401,1, , ,
, ,00000000, ,28/150400>
<070628150400> <--MAN : H SSS102 START <S102,ULK , ,ffff,1, ,
,vvvvvv,ss,0000TF01, ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150400> -->ROB : H SSS102 START <S102,ULK , , ,1, , ,
, ,0000TF01, ,28/150400>
<070628150400> <--ROB : H SSS102 START <S102,ULK ,N,N401,1, , ,
, ,0000TF01, ,28/150400>
<070628150400> <--MAN : H SSS103 START <S103,ULK , ,ffff,1, ,
,vvvvvv,ss,0000TG01, ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150400> -->ROB : H SSS103 START <S103,ULK , , ,1, , ,
, ,0000TG01, ,28/150400>
<070628150401> <--ROB : H SSS103 START <S103,ULK ,N,N401,1, , ,
, ,0000TG01, ,28/150400>
<070628150401> <--MAN : H SSS104 START <S104,ULK , ,ffff,1, ,
,vvvvvv,ss,0000TH01, ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150401> -->ROB : H SSS104 START <S104,ULK , , ,1, , ,
, ,0000TH01, ,28/150401>
<070628150401> <--ROB : H SSS104 START <S104,ULK ,P, ,1,1,
,FREI00,0L,0000TH01, ,28/150401>
<070628150401> <--MAN : H SSS105 START <S105,ULK , ,ffff,1, ,
,vvvvvv,ss,0000TI01, ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150401> -->ROB : H SSS105 START <S105,ULK , , ,1, , ,
, ,0000TI01, ,28/150401>
<070628150401> <--ROB : H SSS105 START <S105,ULK ,P, ,1,1,
,FREI00,0L,0000TI01, ,28/150401> ——————————————————————————————— (3)
<070628150401> <--MAN : H SSS106 START <S106,AUTO, ,ffff,1,r, ,
, , , ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150401> -->ROB : H SSS106 START <S106,AUTO, , ,1, , ,
, , , ,28/150401>
<070628150401> <--ROB : H SSS106 START <S106,AUTO,P, ,1, , ,
, , , ,28/150401>
<070628150401> <--MAN : H 1 SSS107 START <S107,ROSA, ,ffff,1,1, ,
, , , ,uuuuuuuuu>
<070628150401> -->ROB : H 1 SSS107 START <S107,ROSA, , ,1,1, ,
, , , ,28/150401>
<070628150401> <--ROB : H 1 SSS107 START <S107,ROSA,P, ,1,1,
,V03.11, ,501A ,NOTREADY,28/150401> ——————————————————————————————— (4)
(1) | Communication with the archive system is started ( |
(2) | The “active” status of the archive system is reported to the BS2000 console |
(3) | The status of the MTC devices administered by ROBAR is checked ( |
(4) | The robot is set to automatic ( |
<070628150433> <--CON : HS1 SAT002 D17Z19 ROBA START-ATT TH MFSAT <070628150433> -->CFG : HS1 SAT002 D17Z19 'TH' attached <070628150433> -->CON : HS1 SAT002 D17Z19 % ROB0SAT FROM ROBAR VIEW TAPE CARTRIDGE TH DEVICE IS ATTACHED <070628150433> <--CON : HS1 SAT003 D17Z19 ROBA START-ATT TI MFSAT <070628150433> -->CFG : HS1 SAT003 D17Z19 'TI' attached <070628150433> -->CON : HS1 SAT003 D17Z19 % ROB0SAT FROM ROBAR VIEW TAPE CARTRIDGE TI DEVICE IS ATTACHED ———————————————————————————————— (5) <070628150433> <--CON : HS1 SMT002 D17Z19 ROBA START-EMPTY TH MFSMT <070628150433> <--CON : HS1 SMT003 D17Z19 ROBA START-EMPTY TI MFSMT ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— (6) <070628150618> <--CON : NS1 000001 D17Z19 0HDM ?NKVT013 000062 TH SPECIAL LIST TAPE-U4 ,VSN=000062 MF023 ———————— (7) <070628150618> -->ROB : NS1 000001 D17Z19 <0001,MO , , ,1,1,0TH,000062, 1, , ,28/150618> ——————————————————————— (8) <070628150631> <--ROB : NS1 000001 D17Z19 <0001,MO ,P, ,1,1,0TH,000062, 1,01020803,00000301,28/150618> ——————————————————————— (9) <070628150631> -->CON : NS1 000001 D17Z19 % ROB4008 TAPE CARTRIDGE MOUNTED (DEV=TH / TSN=0HDM / VSN=000062) ———————————————————————————— (10) <070628150640> <--CON : HS1 000002 D17Z19 TM %NKVT010 000062 TH MF009 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— (11)
(5) | The RRF entry |
(6) | No volume is mounted on the devices |
(7) | Message |
(8) | ROBAR instructs the archive system to mount the requested cartridge |
(9) | The archive system reports that cartridge |
(10) | ROBAR reports the successful mounting operation to the BS2000 console |
(11) | The Tape Monitor Task (TM) reports that the label (tape label, SVL) of cartridge |
<070628150640> <--CON : NS1 000003 D17Z19 0HDM %NKVT017 TH MF017 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— (12) <070628150645> <--CON : NS1 000004 D17Z19 TM %NKVT097 000062 TH MF005 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— (13) <070628150645> -->ROB : NS1 000004 D17Z19 <0004,KE , , ,1,1,0TH, , , , ,28/150645> <070628150716> <--ROB : NS1 000004 D17Z19 <0004,KE ,P, ,1,1,0TH,000062, ,00000301,01020803,28/150645> ——————————————————————— (14) <070628150716> -->CON : NS1 000004 D17Z19 % ROB4004 TAPE CARTRIDGE DEVICE UNLOADED (DEV=TH / VSN=000062) ——————————————————————————————— (15)
(12) | The BS20000 system reports |
(13) | The BS20000 system reports the unloading of the cartridge |
(14) | ROBAR causes the cartridge to be removed from the device and returned to its storage location ( |
(15) | ROBAR reports the successful removal of the cartridge |
Meaning of entries
Column 1 17 27 29 31 38 48 | | | | | | | <070628150631> -->CON : NS1 000001 D17Z19 % ROB4008 TAPE CARTRIDGE MOUNTED (DEV=TH / TSN=0HDM / VSN=000062)
Col. 1: | Time stamp | (Format: |
Col. 17: | Sender/receiver | |
| Message from BS2000 operator’s console to ROBAR | |
| Message from ROBAR to BS2000 operator’s console | |
| Message from MANUAL mode (see "MANUAL Enter archive system commands manually") or start operation | |
| Message from the archive system to ROBAR | |
| Message from ROBAR to the archive system | |
| Message from ROBAR to the automatic operator | |
| Configuration update (ATT/DET) | |
| Confirmation in simulation mode | |
| Message has been ignored | |
| Timeout, barcode not readable, etc. | |
| Job has been pended | |
| Restart | |
Col. 27: | Priority identifier ( | |
Col. 29: | Robot number | |
Col. 31: | Job number | |
| BS2000 job (6-character, numeric) | |
| Manually entered job (MANUAL) | |
| Job from connection setup | |
Col. 38: | Job submitter | |
| Name of the BS2000 system | |
| All BS2000 systems | |
| ROBAR system (MANUAL mode) | |
| ROBAR system (connection setup) | |
Col. 48: | Action or reaction (archive system command, return code, message text, etc.) | |