SCF Reference Manual for the Storage Subsystem (G06.28+, H06.05+, J06.03+)

Shows how the tape process handles write requests of less than 24 bytes. Values can be:Short Write Mode
Short writes are allowed (no data padding is performed).ALLOWED, NONPADDED
Short writes are allowed (but data is padded with zeros to a
length of 24 bytes).
ALLOWED, PADDED
Short writes are not allowed.NOT ALLOWED
Short writes are not supported for this tape drive.UNSUPPORTED
Shows the device subtype of the tape drive, which varies by tape-drive model and function.
Subtypes are described under FILE_GETINFOLIST_ Procedure in the Guardian Procedure Calls
Reference Manual.
SubType
Shows how the tape process handles end-of-tape (EOT) messages. Values can be:Volume Switching
The user of the volume is notified of a tape switch by file-system error
150 (EOT).
EOT
Volume switching is transparent. The user is not notified when a volume
ends.
TRANSPARENT
Example of a STATUS TAPE, ENCRYPTION Report
• This example shows encrypted media in an encrypted drive:
STORAGE - Status TAPE $TAPE07, ENCRYPTION, DETAIL
Media
KeyName.......... VGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG_BBBBBBBB_YYMMDDHHMM
KeyAlgorithm..... GCM-AES
KeySize.......... 256
KeyAccess........ OK
Drive
MasterKeyName.... VGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
KeyAlgorithm..... GCM-AES
KeySize.......... 256
KeyGenPolicy..... KeyPerTape
KeyAccess........ OK
• This example shows an encrypted tape drive without media:
STORAGE - Status TAPE $TAPE09, ENCRYPTION, DETAIL
Media
Media not present or encryption status unknown
Drive
MasterKeyName.... VGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
KeyName.......... VGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG_YYYYMMDDHHSS
KeyAlgorithm..... GCM-AES
KeySize.......... 256
KeyGenPolicy..... KeyPerDrive
KeyAccess........ OK
• This example shows unencrypted media in an non-encrypted drive:
STORAGE - Status TAPE $TAPE08, ENCRYPTION, DETAIL
Media
Not encrypted
Drive
Not encrypted
184 Configuring and Managing Tape Drives