Sun Microsystems StorageTek T10000, Operator'S Manual

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Place the Drive Online (Operator Panel)
42 T10000 Operator’s Guide • July 2008 Revision EA • 96174
Place the Drive Online (Operator Panel)
To change the tape drive state from offline to online:
1. Press the operator panel Menu button until Offline appears in the display window.
2. Press the operator panel Select button to toggle the drive state.
Online appears in the display window, indicating the drive state is now online.
3. Press the Menu button until Exit Menu? appears in the display window .
4. Press the Select button to exit the menu system.
5. Bring the tape drive back online to the host.
This is accomplished by:
■
Enterprise: Vary the tape drive online for all host paths to the tape drive by
keying in one of the following commands:
MVS: V <address> online
VM: Vary on, <address>
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Open Systems: if there is a switch unit installed and the port to this tape drive
was blocked, unblock that port.
Place the Drive Online (VOP)
Note –
In a multi-host open systems setting, if there is a switch unit and it had a port
blocked to this tape drive, unblock that port before proceeding.
On the VOP screen, if the tape drive is offline, the button next to the word Online is
grey. To change the tape drive state to online, click the button. When the button changes
to blue, the tape drive is online.
The state change can also be done from menu bar File drop-down menu.
Select menu bar: File > Drive Operations > Set Online .