IBM B50 manual Copy a tape drives trace table

ŸCopy a tape drive's trace table.

The

trace

table

of

the

tape drive is written to

diskettes or a file. The

must

be

formatted for

DOS. Writing the trace table

may

require

several

diske

The

actual

number of diskettes is determined by

the

size

of

the

trace

tab

Label the diskettes as follows:

'TRACE[x].DAT'

(where

'x'

is a sequential diskette number).

The

complete

trace

table

consists

of

the

sequential

concatenation

of

all

the

diskette

data

files.

When

the

trace table

is

written

to

a

disk

file,

the

service

aid

prompts

fo

name. The default

name

is: '/tmp/TRACE.<x>', where x is

the

AIX

name

of

the

SCSD

tape

drive

being

tested.

Ÿ Display

or

copy

a

tape

drive's log

sense

information.

The service aid provides options to display the log

sense

information

to

the

screen,

to

copy

it

to a

DOS formatted

diskette

or

to copy it to a file.

name "LOGSENSE.DAT" is used when the log sense data is

written

on

the

diskette.

The

service

aid

prompts

for

a

file name

when

the log

sense

data

chosen

to

be

copied

to

a

file.

This service aid may be run directly from the AIX command line. The following us statement describes the syntax of the command (path is /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/utape):

Usage:

utape [-h -?] [-d <device>] [-n -l -t]

or

utape -c -d <device> [-v] {-n {-l -t} { -D -f [<filename>]}}

Flag

Description

-c

Run

the

service

aid without displaying menus. The return code indicates

success or failure. The output is suppressed except for the usage

statement and

the

numeric

value

for hours

since

cleaned

(if

-n

and

-D

flags are

used).

-D

Copy

data

to

diskette.

-f

Copy

data

to the filename given after this flag or to a default filena

no name

is

specified.

-h, -?

Display

a

usage

statement and/or return code. If

the

-c flag

is

presen

only

the

return code

displays

to

indicate

the

service

aid

did

not

run.

-c isn't used, a

usage statement

displays

and

the

service

aid

exits.

-l

Display

or

copy

log

sense

information.

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