IBM H80 Series manual Formatted Diskette, or to copy it File Name

Wherex 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/tmp/TRACEis: .

x,

wherex

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 to

the

diskette.

The

service

aid

prompts

for

a

file

name

when

you

have

selected th

the

log

sense

data

is

to

be copied to a file.

This

service

aid

can

be

run

directly

from

the AIX command line. See the followi

usage

command syntax (path is /usr/lpp/diagnostics/bin/utape):

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- and-Dcleaning

(if

flags

are

used).

-D

Copy

data

to

diskette.

-f

Copy

data

to

the

file

name

given

after

this

flag

or

to

a

default

file

no

name

is

specified.

-h,

-?

Display

a

usage statement and/or return-ccodeflag. isIfpresent,the

only

the

return

code

displays to indicate the service aid

did

not

run.

-c

is

not

used,

a usage

statement

displays and the service aid exits.

-l

Display or copy log sense information.

-n

Display

time

since

drive

was

last

cleaned.

-t

Copy

trace

table.

-v

Verbose

mode. If-c

flagthe

is

present,

the information displays on the

screen. If-ntheflag

is

present,

the

information

about

tape-head

cleaning

is

printed.

Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service145 Aids