-----Larry Bernacki wrote: ----- > I am setting up 4 3592 drives in a 3584 Tape Library, >attached via FCP thru a Fabric switch. I can issue lstape, lsscsi >and lszfp commands which show the drives. I am now wanting to call >for a tape load/mount to ensure the setup is correct. I eventually >will be installing TSM on this SLES 11 zLinux virtual machine, but I >just want to run a test to load/mount a tape. Does anyone know the >command to load a tape from an automatic tape library?
IBMtapeutil -f /dev/<libsf> move <slotelement> <driveelement> where <libsf> is the special file for the library, <slotelement> is the element number for the storage slot the tape is in, and <driveelement> is the element number for the drive, will push the volume into the drive and start the load process. This command will not wait for the load process to complete. IBMtapeutil -f /dev/<drivesf> load where <drivesf> is the special file for the drive, will wait for the load process to complete. IBMtapeutil -f /dev/<libsf> inventory will generate a rather verbose report containing, among other things, element numbers for both volumes and drives. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
