Manual

Silo Media Manager Installation and Users Guide
Interfacing to SMM
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Table 4-2 Mount Media Command for Control Path
Argument No. of Bytes Example (CHAR)
Command mandatory) 2 0Q
Device Node (mandatory) 10 \S7000
Device Name (mandatory) 10 $STK9710
Label (mandatory) 8 000208
Drive Node 10 \S7000
Drive Name (optional) 10 $TAPE1
Reserved 1 20 Spaces
Reserved 2 10 Spaces
Reserved 3 6 Spaces
Reserved 4 40 Spaces
Error Code (mandatory) 2 0
4.3.2 Dismount Media Command:
The Dismount Media Command is used to dismount the specified media, by media label
from a transport. The dismount request seeks the tape drive with the specified tape label
to perform the dismount. A specific drive can be requested by including the Guardian
name for the Drive (example: $TAPE1) within the dismount request. The structure of
the Dismount Media Command, its arguments and an example are listed in Table 4-3.
Table 4-3 Dismount Media Command for Control Path
Argument No. of Bytes Example (CHAR)
Command (mandatory) 2 1Q
Device Node (mandatory) 10 \S7000
Device Name (mandatory) 10 $STK9710
Label (mandatory) 8 000208
Drive Node (mandatory) 10 \S7000
Drive Name (mandatory) 10 $TAPE1
Reserved 1 20 Spaces
Reserved 2 10 Spaces
Reserved 3 6 Spaces
Reserved 4 40 Spaces
Error Code (mandatory) 2 0
4.3.3 Export Media Command
The Export Media Command is used to remove the specified media, by media label from
the device via the Cartridge Access Port (CAP). The Export Media Command seeks the
specified tape label to perform the export. The structure of the Export Media
Command, its arguments and an example are listed in Table 4-4.