Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library Running the VTL console application, Populating the console

Running the VTL console application

Running the VTL console application

▼Launching the VTL console

1.To launch the console on a Sun Solaris workstation, open a terminal window and enter the command shown below:

%/usr/local/vtlconsole/vtlconsole &

2.On a Microsoft Windows system, press the Start bar to access the main menu system, and select All Programs > Sun Microsystems > VTL 5.0 > VTL Console.

3.To launch the console on a Linux workstation, open a terminal window and enter the command shown below:

%/usr/local/vtlconsole/vtlconsole &

Stop here.

Populating the console

Once the console is running, you can specify the VTL servers that you want to see in the object tree at the left side of the VTL console. You can discover, add, or remove servers:

■“Discovering VTL server nodes” on page 20.

■“Adding a server node to the console tree” on page 21

■“Deleting a server node from the console tree” on page 22

▼Discovering VTL server nodes

Whenever a VTL server is added to the subnet managed by a VTL console, you can discover the new addition and its properties using the procedure below.

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