HP NonStop NS manual Monitoring Tape Drive Status With SCF, SCF Status Tape $TAPE0

Tape Drives: Monitoring and Recovery Monitoring Tape Drive Status With SCF

Monitoring Tape Drive Status With SCF

To check the status of all tape drives on your system with SCF:

> SCF STATUS TAPE $*

A listing similar to this one is sent to your home terminal:

STORAGE - Status TAPE \MINDEN.$XTAPE				DeviceStatus
LDev	State	Primary	Backup
93	STOPPED	PID	PID	NOT READY
		1,287	0,279
STORAGE - Status TAPE \MINDEN.$TAPE0				DeviceStatus
LDev	State	Primary	Backup
99	STARTED	PID	PID	NOT READY
		1,289	0,278

The data shown in the report means:

LDev	The logical device number
State	The current SCF state of the tape path
SubState	The current SCF substate of the tape path
Primary PID	The primary processor number and process identification number
	(PIN) of the specified device
Backup PID	The backup processor number and PIN of the specified device
DeviceStatus	The status of the device path

For more information:

•SCF Object States on page 3-14describes the possible SCF states of tape drives and other devices.

•The Guardian User’s Guide provides additional information about tape operations and the tasks you can perform.

Example

To obtain status information about the tape drive $TAPE0 by using SCF:

> SCF STATUS TAPE $TAPE0

A listing such as this one is sent to your home terminal:

STORAGE - Status TAPE \MINDEN.$TAPE0				DeviceStatus
LDev	State	Primary	Backup
99	STARTED	PID	PID	NOT READY
		1,289	0,278

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