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Tape drive and IBM library management using cmd
Tapeutil or ITDT
If you are using IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT), you just need to replace tapeutil by itdt.
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 elementinfo | Displays element information - library information | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory | Displays the element status information | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory -i | Display only the import/export element status information | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory | grep -p Import | Display only the import/export element status | information |
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory | sed -n '/Import/,/ | $/p' | Display only the import/export element status information |
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| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory -i | awk '/Tag/ {if ( $4 != “” ) print $4; else print “IO_SLOT_EMPTY”}' | Display tapes in the I/O door | |
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 move X Y | Move tape from slot element number X to slot element number Y | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 devids | Display device ID element status information for all drives | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 status | Query drive status | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 vpd | Display drive Vital Product Data (VPD) | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 devinfo | Show device information | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 path | Check tape and path SCSI information | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 fuser | Display which process is using the drive | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 mount <element number> | Mount tape from element number on drive rmt0 | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 unmount <element number> | Dismount tape from element number on drive rmt0 | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 inqpage 83 | Show drive serial | ||
| tapeutil -f /dev/rmt1 encryption | Display encryption information |
mtlib
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qL | Library status |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -A | Library address information |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qS | Library information and statistical data |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -DE | Display drives information |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qM | Show mounted tapes |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -vqI | Category codes for tapes - tapes information |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qV -V VolName | Information about tape |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -vqV -V VolName | Information about tape (verbose) |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI | List tapes |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qD -f /dev/rmt1 | Drive status |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -a -V VolName | Barcode, examine tape to assure that it is physically in library |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -vqK -s FFFD | Number of 3590 cleaning tapes |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qC -s FFFD | List 3590 cleaning tapes |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qC -s FFF4 | List 3592 cleaning tapes |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -C -V VolName -s<current category> -t<new category> | Change volume category |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -vC -V VolName -t FFFB | Remove tape from 3494 inventory |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -vC -V VolName -t FF10 | Eject tape |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt0 -m -V VolName | Mount tape |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -m -x drive_serial -V VolName | Mount tape |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -f /dev/rmt0 -d | Dismount tape |
| mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -x device_serial -d | Dismount tape |
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