Virtual TapeServer 6.03.42 Installation Guide

36 | Reconfiguring and Validating Virtual Tape Connections
The first four properties are collectively referred to as the BTLI of the virtual tape drive. The
BTLI enables the host server to precisely identify the virtual tape drive; it provides an exact
address of the virtual tape drive’s location on the bus. Remember that the host is connected to
VTS by a single cable. The BTLI thereby enables you to multiplex the cable to identify
multiple virtual tapes over a single cable.
Requires the View/Manage Configuration access right
To modify the properties of a virtual tape connection
1. Separate the virtual tape drive from its logical and physical counterparts. You cannot
reconfigure a virtual tape drive while it is connected to logical and physical drives.
On the System Overview page, the relationship between each virtual tape drive and the
logical and physical drives it emulates is shown:
For example, the $VTAPE01 virtual tape drive is associated with the LTAPE01 logical
drive and the PTAPE01 physical hard drive: