
StorageWorks SDLT Tape Drive by Compaq Reference Guide
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Operating System Device Drivers
The
INITIALIZE
command controls whether data records are automatically
compacted and blocked together on any device that supports data compaction. Data
compaction and record blocking increase the amount of data that can be stored on a
single tape cartridge.
NOTE:
Once data compaction or non-compaction has been selected for a given cartridge, that
same status applies to the entire cartridge.
The format for the
MOUNT
command is:
MOUNT
/MEDIA_FORMAT
COMPACTION
Example 1
$ MOUNT/FOREIGN/MEDIA_FORMAT=COMPACTION MKA400: BOOKS
This command performs a foreign mount of a tape with data compaction and record
blocking enabled and assigns the logical name
BOOKS
to the tape.
Example 2
$ INIT/MEDIA_FORMAT=NOCOMPACTION MKA400: BOOKS
$ MOUNT/MEDIA_FORMAT=COMPACTION MKA400: BOOKS
This
MOUNT
command attempts a Files-11 mount of a tape labeled
BOOKS
with data
compaction and record blocking enabled. Because the tape was initialized with
compaction disabled, the
MOUNT
qualifier
/MEDIA_FORMAT=COMPACTION
has no effect.