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.

itdt -f /dev/smc0 elementinfo	Displays element information - library information
itdt -f /dev/smc0 inventory	Displays the element status information
itdt -f /dev/smc0 inventory -i	Display only the import/export element status information
itdt -f /dev/smc0 move X Y	Move tape from slot element number X to slot element number Y
itdt -f /dev/smc0 devids	Display device ID element status information for all drives
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 status	Query drive status
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 vpd	Display drive Vital Product Data (VPD)
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 devinfo	Show device information
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 path	Check tape and path SCSI information
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 fuser	Display which process is using the drive
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 mount <element number>	Mount tape from element number on drive rmt0
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 unmount <element number>	Dismount tape from element number on drive rmt0
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 inqpage 83	Show drive serial
itdt -f /dev/rmt1 encryption	Display encryption information

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