Managing Volumes

Helpful cmd_proc operations include:

  • mount vol_id drive_id [bypass] [readonly]

    Mounts a data volume or cleaning cartridge.

  • dismount vol_id drive_id [force]

    Dismounts a data volume or cleaning cartridge.

  • display volume vol_id | vol_range | *-clean

    Displays volume information for cleaning cartridges.

  • display volume * [-media media type] -f media end_of_life warranty_life -s end_of_life

    Displays volume end of warranty and end of life percentages, sorted by end of life.

  • eject cap_id vol_id | volrange ...

    Ejects volumes from the library.

  • move vol_id lsm_id

    Moves volumes to a specified LSM.

  • set clean max_usage | vol_id | volrange

    Sets cleaning cartridge attributes.

  • set clean off vol_id | volrange

    Sets cleaning attributes back to data cartridges.

  • volrpt [-s vol | loc | use] [-d] [-f filename][-z] [-a | -l | -v identifier_list]

    Creates a volume report.

Helpful Unix operations include:

  • del_vol [-n] [-d] [-f] [-q] vol_id

    Deletes a volume in an offline LSM.

  • ejecting.sh [-dmox] -c <CAPlist> -v <volumelistfile>

    Facilitates mass eject vaulting operations.

  • lib_cmd eject cap <cap_id> [-verbose] volume <vol_id...vol_id> | file <path_to_volume_list>

    Supports eject operations, including the ability to specify long (greater than 42) volume lists.

  • moving.sh -f vol_list_file -t lsm_id...

    Moves multiple cartridges to one or more LSMs.