Virtual devices / Clients
Description:
This command sets tape properties.
‐v (‐‐vdevid) is required to specify the ID of the virtual tape to set the properties.
‐B (‐‐barcode) is the option to specify the new barcode for the tape. ‐f (‐‐force) option is required if the new barcode is not in the barcode range specified for the parent library. Barcode is an alpha‐numerical value with a length of 4 to 12.
‐F (‐‐full‐capacity) is an option to expand the tape to the maximum capacity and turn off the <capacity‐on‐demand> option if it is enabled for the virtual tape.
‐w (‐‐tape‐write‐protect) is an option to turn on and off the tape write protection with the following values: on or off.
‐A (‐‐auto‐archive‐mode) is an option with one of the following values: copy or move or inherited or none.
ʺnoneʺ is the value to turn off the auto‐archive mode if the virtual tape is enabled with auto‐archive option.
ʺinheritedʺ can only be specified when the parent library is enabled with auto‐ archive option.
‐Y (‐‐delay‐delete‐days) is an option for move mode to specify the number of days to wait before the deletion. The maximum is 365 days.
‐J (‐‐auto‐eject‐to‐ie) is an option for auto‐archive mode in order to enable or disable the ejection of the physical tape to the IE slot after a successful archive job: on (enable) or off (disable).
‐N (‐‐auto‐replication) is an option with one of the follwing values: localcopy, localmove, replication, remotemove, or none.
‐S (‐‐target‐name) is the remote server name for auto‐replication. It is required for auto‐replication.
‐U (‐‐target‐username) and ‐P (‐‐target‐password) are options to specify a different user ID and password to log in to the remote server.
‐M (‐‐delay‐delete‐time) is an option for auto‐replication move mode to specify up to 30 days of retention period before deletion. The default value is 1 day. The value can be specified in days(D), hours(H) or minutes(M). For example: 2D, 10H, 150M.
‐A (‐‐auto‐archive‐mode) and ‐N (‐‐auto‐replication) cannot be specified if replication is enabled for the tape.
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