Manual

Managing Tape Drives
L700 (CTL700) Installation and User’s Guide—527338-004
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Bring Down a Cartridge Tape Drive
START TAPE Command
This subsection describes the START TAPE command. Use the START TAPE
command to assign a tape drive to a specific NonStop system. The command
syntax is:
Wild-card characters are supported.
Examples using START TAPE
The following examples illustrate the START TAPE command:
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To start all tapes available on the system, type:
-> START TAPE $*
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To start $TAPE0, type:
-> START $TAPE0
START TAPE Considerations
Before using the START TAPE command, consider the following:
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See Section 8, Configuring the CTL700 Tape Library for the NonStop
S-Series Server.
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If the tape process does not start, use the SCF RESET TAPE, FORCED
command prior to starting the tape drive.
Bring Down a Cartridge Tape Drive
STOP Command (Sensitive Command)
Use the SCF STOP command to terminate access to a storage device in an
orderly manner. This means that the device isn't stopped until current activity
ends. When the STOP command finishes, configured devices are left in a
STOPPED state, substate DOWN. The devices remain in the system
configuration database.
When the last path to a device is stopped, an implicit refresh operation is also
performed. This is a general cleanup operation so that the device does not have
any changed buffers or file control blocks outstanding.
START TAPE $tape-name