SL500 (M852x) Tape Library Installation and User's Guide (G06.31+, H06.11+, J06.03+)

Configuring the M8706A Tape Drive for the NonStop

BladeSystem Server

SL500 (M852x) Tape Library Installation and User’s Guide—541531-010

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Adding the Data Path

Issue an SCF ADD TAPE command to configure the tape drive. This is an

example:

-> ADD TAPE $M8706A, SENDTO STORAGE, CLIM C1002531, LUN 1

You can specify backup and primary CPUs if you need to balance the

processing load to other CPUs.

After the tape drive is added, use the START command to start it:

START TAPE $M8706A

Verify the Tape Configuration

To check that the tape drive was successfully added, issue the SCF STATUS tape-

name, detail command:

->STATUS TAPE $M8706A, DETAIL

STORAGE - DETAILED STATUS TAPE \OSMQA5.$M8706A

Tape Process Information:

Tape I/O Process Information:

Library File.......

Program File....... $SYSTEM.SYS00.OTPPROCP

Current Settings:

LDev State Primary PID Backup PID DeviceStatus

197 STARTED 0,322 1,351 ONLINE, BOT

ACL................ NOT INSTALLED Buffer Level...... RECORD

Checksum Mode...... NORMAL I/O *Compression....... ON

*Density............ 38000 Media Type........ Not applicable

Opens.............. 0 *RecSize........... 2048

Short Write Mode... ALLOWED, PADDED SubType........... 18

Volume Switching... TRANSPARENT