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–l ,–list

Display status information for configured FSE libraries within the FSE im- plementation. Reported status information for an FSE library includes:

1. Name

library name,

2.Family .......... library family (AIT, LTO),

3.Type .......... library type (SCSI, manual, unknown),

4.Host .......... fully–qualified domain name (FQDN) of the host the li- brary is attached to,

5.CtrlDev .......... library control device file,

6.Status .......... current library status (online, error, disabled).

–D ,–detail

Retrieve additional FSE library information and display the retrieved data in the ParameterName: ParameterValue format with each parameter in its own line. The following additional information is reported:

1.ProductID .......... ID string of the library model,

2.SerialNo .......... serial number of the library,

3.VendorID .......... ID string of the library manufacturer,

4.FirmwareRev .......... revision of the firmware the library currently uses,

5.LoadNr .......... number of drive loads performed since the library was configured in the FSE implementation,

6.

UnloadNr

.......... number of drive unloads performed since the library

 

was configured in the FSE implementation,

7.

Key

internal RMDB key value assigned to the library.

This option can only be used in combination with the –listoption.

–i ,–show–inventory

List names and status information for configured FSE drives in the FSE li- brary LibraryName and indexes and status information for configured FSE slots in the same library. Reported status information for an FSE drive in- cludes:

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