Using Labeled Tapes
Guardian User’s Guide — 425266-001
10 -10
Common Labeled Tape Activities
Common Labeled Tape Activities
There are several basic tasks you might need to perform as part of your labeled tape
activities, including:
Checking the Status of Tape Drives
You can list the tape drives on your system and determine their status by using either
MEDIACOM or SCF.
Checking Status Using MEDIACOM
To check the status of all tape drives on your system with MEDIACOM, enter:
> MEDIACOM STATUS TAPEDRIVE
A listing similar to this is sent to your home terminal:
The fields in this display are explained in the DSM/Tape Catalog Operator Interface
(MEDIACOM) Manual.
RECFORM
Tape record format
RECLEN
Record length for the tape file
REELS
Number of volumes (reels or cartridges) in a multivolume file
RETENTION
Retention period for the tape file
SYSTEM
Name of the system that controls the tape drive
TAPEMODE
Specifies the operating mode for a cartridge tape drive
USE
Specifies how the tape file is to be used (as input or output)
VERSION
Version within one generation
VOLUME
Six-byte tape volume ID identifying the tape, or SCRATCH to indicate that
any scratch tape is acceptable
Checking the Status of Tape Drives
10-10
Setting a Default Tape Drive
10-12
Taking Down and Bringing Up a Tape Drive
10-13
MEDIACOM - T6028D20 (01JUN93)
Copyright Tandem Computers Incorporated 1993
Drive Tape Tape Label Open
Tape Drive Status Name Status Type Mode Process Name
---------- ------ ---- ------ ----- ---- ------------
$TAPE1 INUSE TT0046 ASSIGNED ANSI LP \SKY.$BURT
$TAPE2 INUSE TT0047 ASSIGNED ANSI LP \SKY.$SID
Table 10-2. TAPE DEFINE Attributes (page 2 of 2)
Attribute
Function
Содержание Guardian
Страница 24: ...About This Guide Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 xxii Your Comments Invited ...
Страница 30: ...Part I Using the Compaq Tandem Advanced Command Language TACL Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 ...
Страница 100: ...Part II Managing Files Using the File Utility Program FUP Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 ...
Страница 146: ...Part III Managing Disk and Tape Processes Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 ...
Страница 232: ...Backing Up and Restoring Disk Information Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 11 26 Backcopy Examples ...
Страница 234: ...Part IV Using the Spooler and Its Utilities Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 ...
Страница 248: ...Introduction to the Spooler Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 12 14 Sending Output to a SPOOL DEFINE ...
Страница 300: ...Performing Routine Spooler Operations Using Spoolcom Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 14 38 Problem Solving Summary ...
Страница 322: ...Part V Security Features and Other Guardian Utilities Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 ...
Страница 368: ...Monitoring Event Messages Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 17 14 Using the Event Viewer ...
Страница 378: ...Displaying Version and System Information Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 18 10 Task 2 Interpret SYSINFO Output ...
Страница 410: ...Monitoring Hardware Components Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 19 32 Automating System Monitoring ...
Страница 460: ...Index Guardian User s Guide 425266 001 Index 24 Special Characters ...