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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 inventory
tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory sed -n '/Import/,/
tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory -i

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
backup/atape.1632752712.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/09/27 16:25 by manu