DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual

MEDIACOM Commands
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STATUS TAPEDRIVE Command
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Monitoring tape operations
Use STATUS TAPEDRIVE and STATUS TAPEMOUNT to determine the current
status of labeled operations on your node. STATUS TAPEDRIVE lets you know
what is currently happening on a drive, and STATUS TAPEMOUNT tells you what
will happen in terms of pending requests.
Examples
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To report in brief format on the status of one tape drive on the current default node,
\SKY:
MC> STATUS TAPEDRIVE $T003
Drive Tape Tape Label Open
Tape Drive Status Name Status Type Mode Process Name
---------- ------ ---- ------ ----- ---- ------------
$T003 INUSE TT0046 ASSIGNED ANSI LP \SKY.$BURT
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To report in detail format on the status of the tape drive from the previous example:
MC> STATUS TAPEDRIVE $T003, DETAIL
Tape Drive $T003
Drive Status INUSE
Label Type ANSI
Tape Name TT0046
Tape Status ASSIGNED
Pool Name QA_TAPES
Volume Catalog \SKY_MASTER_TAPE_CATALOG
Process Name \SKY.$BURT
Process (CPU,PIN) (1,257)
Tape Use IN
Open Exclusion EXCLUSIVE
Open Mode LP
Define Class TAPECATALOG
Define Name \SKY.=INFILE
Program Name \SKY.$KING.APPL.MAINRUN
class Class of the DEFINE that contains the attributes and values associated with this
tape file. The value of class can be:
NONE No DEFINE used for tape file
TAPE TAPE DEFINE used for tape file
TAPECATALOG TAPECATALOG DEFINE used for tape file
def Name of the DEFINE that contains the attributes and values associated with this
tape file. This item does not appear if the value of class is none.
prog File name of the application that is trying to open this tape file.