DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface (MEDIACOM) Manual

MEDIACOM Commands
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STATUS TAPEMOUNT Command
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Monitoring tape operations
Use STATUS TAPEDRIVE and STATUS TAPEMOUNT to determine the current
status of tape 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 mount messages or tape drive requests for the
current default node, \SKY:
MC> STATUS TAPEMOUNT
Tape Tape Tape Write
Mount Name Type Node or Device Prot Action Needed
----- ------ ---- -------------- ----- -------------
30 T55400 IBM \SKY NO MOUNT REQUESTED
TAPE
31 **NL REQUEST** \SKY.$TAP1 YES ACCEPT or
REJECT TAPE
32 BCK137 BACKUP \SKY YES MOUNT REQUESTED
TAPE
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To report in detail format on the status of mount message 32 in the previous report:
MC> STATUS TAPEMOUNT 32, DETAIL
Tape Mount 32
Open Mode LP
Tape Name BCK137
Action MOUNT REQUESTED TAPE
Write Protected YES
Label Type BACKUP
Pool Name OPS_TAPES
Volume Catalog \SKY.MASTER_TAPE_CATALOG
AVR System \SKY
Density 6250
Tape Use IN
Open Exclusion EXCLUSIVE
Comment April 93 Monthly Backup
Process Name \SKY.$X742
Process (CPU,PIN) (5,257)
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.