Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library manual Sync physical tapes

Automated tape caching

‐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.

Sync physical tapes

iscon syncphysicaltape -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>] -l <plib-vid> -b <physical-tape-barcode> -L <virtual-tape-library-id>

-t <virtual-tape-slot-no> [-M <sync-mode>] [-k <key-name> -W <key-password>] [-I <ACSL list>] [-n <vdevname>] [-g <#(GB)>] [-X <rpc-timeout>]

iscon syncphysicaltape --server-name=<server-name>

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

--plib-vid=<physical-tape-library-vid> --physical-tape-barcode=<physical- tape-barcode>

--tape-library-vid=<virtual-tape-library-id>

--virtual-tape-slot-no=<virtual-tape-slot-no> [--sync-mode=<sync-mode>]

[--key-name=<key-name> --key-password=<key-password>] [--scsiaddress=<ACSL list>]

[--vdevname=<vdevname>] [--size-gb=<#(GB)>] [--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>]

Description:

This command creates a synchronized virtual tape for the specified physical tape. The physical tape must be from the specified physical tape library and the virtual tape will be created in the specified virtual tape library. The virtual tape library must have the tape caching feature enabled.

‐l <‐‐plib‐vid> is the virtual ID of the physical tape library where the physical tapes are located.

‐b <‐‐physical‐tape‐barcode> is the barcode of the physical tape. The virtual tape will be created with the same barcode. The barcode must not be in use by any other virtual tape in the system. If the barcode contains leading or trailing space characters, it must be enclosed in double quotes.

‐L <‐‐tape‐library‐vid> is the ID of the virtual tape library where the virtual tapes will be created.

‐t <‐‐virtual‐tape‐slot‐no> is an option to provide an empty destination slot for the virtual tape. Not for ʺ‐M cacheʺ mode.

[‐M <‐‐sync‐mode>] is an option to select the synchronization mode from one of the following values (default is ʺcacheʺ):

■cache (create cache)

■metadata (create cache and copy meta data)

■directlink (create direct link )

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