Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Create virtual tape

Virtual devices / Clients

The unit of <max‐capacity>, <initial‐size> and <increment‐size> are all in GB.

‐X (‐‐rpc‐timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in seconds for the RPC timeout. The system will retry the command for the amount of time specified if the server does not respond. The default RPC timeout is 30 seconds.

Create virtual tape

iscon createvirtualtape -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -v <parent-vid>

[ [-g <#(GB)> [-I <ACSL>] ] [-n <vdevname>] [-B <barcode barcode-range>] -t <count>]

[-A -l <plib-vid> -b <physical-tape-barcode> [-J] -N [-S <target-name>] [-U <target-username> -P <target-password>] [-X <rpc-timeout>]

iscon createvirtualtape --server-name=<server-name>

[--server-username=<username> --server-password=<password>]

--parent-vid=<parent-vid> [ [--size-gb=<#(GB)>] [--scsiaddress=<ACSL>] ] [--vdevname=<vdevname>] [--barcode=<barcode barcode-range>] [-- count=<count>]

[--enable-auto-archive --plib-vid=<plib-vid>

--physical-tape-barcode=<physical-tape-barcode> [--auto-eject-to-ie] --enable-auto-remotecopy --target-name=<target-name> [--target-username=<target-username> --target-password=<target-password>] [--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>]

Description:

This command creates a virtual tape.

‐v (‐‐parent‐vid) is the virtual device id of the virtual tape library or standalone tape drive.

‐g (‐‐size‐gb) is an option to specify the size in GB. The size of the virtual tape will be the size configured in the properties of the virtual tape library or virtual tape drive if it is not specified. This option cannot be specified if the capacity on demand option is not enabled at parent level.

‐I (‐‐scsiaddress) is an option to specify specific physical devices to be used to create a virtual device. It can be a list of ACSLs separated by a comma or a file enclosed in <> containing an ACSL on each line.

ACSL=#:#:#:# (adapter:channel:id:lun)

‐n (‐‐vdevname) is an option to specify the virtual tape name or prefix when creating more than one tape. The maximum length of the virtual device name is 64. Leading and trailing spaces will be removed. Enclose the name in double quotes to ensure the proper name. The following characters are invalid for the name: <>ʺ&$/\ʹ

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