DSM/Tape Catalog User's Guide

Contents
DSM/Tape Catalog User’s Guide—520233-008
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8. Storage Server Interface (SSI) to the Tape
Library Control Path
Configuring Compression 7-4
Mapping Tape Drive Names to a Location in the Tape Library 7-5
Communicating With a Tape Library 7-6
Automatic Operation 7-7
Mount Requests 7-7
Control Path Flow Description 7-7
Entering Tape Cartridges Into a Tape Library 7-9
Attempting to Use a Mismatched Tape 7-9
When Internal Tape Labels Do Not Exist or are Mismatched 7-9
When Internal Tape Labels Already Exist
7-9
Removing Labeled Tapes From a Tape Library
7-10
Related Reading 7-10
Using Tapes in a Tape Library 7-11
Using DEFINE Requests 7-11
TMF Tape Requests 7-11
TAPE DEFINE Requests 7-11
TAPECATALOG DEFINE Requests 7-12
Examples Using Tapes in the Tape Library (With Catalog) 7-13
BACKUP and RESTORE Operations 7-13
File Utility Program (FUP) Operations 7-13
User Request Operations 7-13
Examples Using Tapes in the Tape Library (No Catalog) 7-14
BACKUP and RESTORE Operations 7-14
File Utility Program (FUP) Operations 7-14
User Request Operations
7-15
TMF Operations 7-15
8. Storage Server Interface (SSI) to the Tape Library Control
Path
Functions and Features 8-1
Run-Time Configuration 8-2
Environment Variables
8-2
Startup Sequence
8-3
Running the Portmapper 8-4
Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Facility 8-6
Tape Library Error Diagnosis
8-8
Communicating With the Library Server
8-8
Retryable Error 8-8
No Available Tape Library Drives 8-9