IBM Magstar 3494 manual Keystrokes, Session

From the remote library manager console, you can also choose from the following options:

Keystrokes

See ªUsing Keystrokes during a Session from the Remote Library

Manager Consoleº.

Session

See ªChanging the Session State from the Remote Library Manager

Consoleº on page 249.

Services

See ªTransferring Filesº on page 253.

Help Use this push button to receive information about the item that the cursor is on or about the entire window.

8.To start a session with another 3494, do the following:

a.Press Ctrl+Esc to view the task list on the remote (controlling workstation) console.

b.Under DCAF Controller, select Distributed Console Access Facility.

c.Repeat step 4 on page 243 (Open Workstation Directory from the Services pull-down) through step 7 on page 244.

Controlling the Tape Library from the Remote Library Manager Console

The remote library manager console operator can control one or more tape libraries from a remote library manager console when Active is selected from the Session pull-down. The remote library manager console displays the target library manager screen of each selected library in the network. The operator displays the screens by switching between library managers or by displaying them simultaneously via windows by using the remote library manager console task list.

Using Keystrokes during a Session from the Remote Library Manager Console

The keystrokes mode, displayed on the title bar of the remote library manager consolesession window, determines whether the remote library manager console's keyboard input and pointing device movements affect the remote library manager console or the 3494 library manager. The remote library manager console starts with state active and keystrokes remote displayed in the title bar. See Figure 159 on page 247.

The remote library manager console operator can change keystroke modes during an active session.

Keystrokes Remote Mode on the Remote Library Manager

Console

All the keyboard input on the remote library manager console, except the remote library manager consoleoperating-system hot-keys, affects the library manager. Operating-system hot-key combinations always affect the remote library manager

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