DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual

MEDIACOM Commands
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DROP FILECAT Command (Super Group Only)
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All the tapes named in the error messages are assigned tapes. Their entries must be
removed with a DELETE TAPEFILE before the two new pools are created and the
tapes are recataloged.
DROP FILECAT Command (Super Group Only)
DROP FILECAT removes a file catalog from the DSM/TC system. A file catalog cannot
be removed until all its file entries are deleted with DELETE TAPEFILE. DELETE
TAPEFILE also changes the status of the volume entries associated with a deleted file
entry to scratch or released.
Removing a file catalog is necessary when changing the configuration of your DSM/TC
system, such as consolidating two file catalogs or splitting a file catalog into two
catalogs.
\node.file-catalog-name
is the logical name of the file catalog to remove. Include \node if the file catalog is
not on your current default node.
Example
You want to split a file catalog named TAPE_LIBRARY into two file catalogs on two
different nodes. To do this, you must delete all the entries in TAPE_LIBRARY. Once
emptied, the file catalog can be erased with DROP FILECAT and the two new file
catalogs constructed.
Use INFO TAPEFILE to make a report of everything cataloged in TAPE_LIBRARY
before removing the catalog entries so you have a history of what was cataloged:
MC> INFO TAPEFILE,&
>>> DETAIL,&
>>> FILECAT TAPE_LIBRARY,&
>>> GEN ALL,&
>>> MODE ALL,&
>>> OUT $DATA1.OPS.INFORPT
Once the report is finished, use DELETE TAPEFILE to remove all the entries in
TAPE_LIBRARY:
MC> DELETE TAPEFILE *,&
>>> FILECAT TAPE_LIBRARY,&
>>> GEN ALL,&
>>> LOGICAL ALL,&
>>> PHYSICAL ALL
DROP FILECAT [ \node.]file-catalog-name