Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Move virtual tape

Virtual devices / Clients

‐B (‐‐barcode) is an option to either set the virtual tape with the provided barcode or create virtual tapes in batch mode configured with barcodes form the specified barcode range. The argument must be within the barcode range configured for the library and must not contain used barcodes. When provided as a barcode range, the option creates a virtual tape for each barcode in the range.

‐t (‐‐count) is an option to create multiple virtual tapes having the barcode automatically chosen from within the barcode range configured at library level. The library must have the required number of free slots available. If combined, ʺcountʺ and ʺbarcodeʺ options must agree in number.

If the parent library has the auto‐archive/remotecopy property enabled, use the following options to provide additional information for virtual tape creation:

‐A (‐‐enable‐auto‐archive) is an option when the parent library is enabled with auto‐ archive option.

‐l (‐‐plib‐vid) is required when <auto‐archive‐mode> is specified. It is the physical tape library where the tape will be exported to automatically.

‐b (‐‐physical‐tape‐barcode) is required to specify the list of physical tape barcode(s) when the auto‐archive option is specified. Separate multiple barcodes with commas. For example,

‐b 00010001,00010009,0001000A

‐J (‐‐auto‐eject‐to‐ie) is optional when <auto‐archive‐mode> is specified.

‐N (‐‐enable‐auto‐replication) is an option when the parent library is enabled with the auto‐replication option.

‐S (‐‐target‐name) can be specified when auto‐replication option is specified. The default remote server from the parent library will be used if it is not specified.

The count and barcode options cannot be specified when the ‐A (‐‐enable‐auto‐ archive) option is specified because the number of tapes will be obtained from the list of barcodes specified with ‐b (‐‐physical‐tape‐barcode) option.

‐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.

Move virtual tape

iscon movevirtualtape -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -v <vdevid>

[-L <tape-library-vid> -D <tape-drive-vid> -l <slot-no>] [-X <rpc- timeout>]

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