Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> wrote on 02/03/2011 10:09:49 AM:
> Thomas Denier <[email protected]> > Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > 02/03/2011 10:09 AM > > Please respond to > Linux on 390 Port <[email protected]> > > To > > [email protected] > > cc > > Subject > > Re: Load command for tape in ATL > > -----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. FYI, IBMtapeutil has been replaced by itdt with recent versions of lin_tape. Ray Higgs System z FCP Development Bld. 706, B24 2455 South Road Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 (845) 435-8666, T/L 295-8666 [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
