Air Cleaner User Manual

Chapter 22. Tape Drives

This chapter contains information on performing various functions on tape drives.

For virtual devices, some functions can be performed for all physical tape drives

defined for the virtual device. Most of these tape drive options can be performed

from other AIX system administration SMIT menus, but are provided within

SysBack.

To access the tape drive menus:

1. At a command line, type smit.

2. From the SMIT menu, select System Backup & Recovery for AIX.

3. Select Tape Drive Options.

Listing tape drives

To list all tape drives defined to the system, whether currently available or not,

select List All Defined Tape Drives from the Tape Drive Options menu.

The list includes all drives defined or available on the system. Only physical tape

drives, and not virtual devices, are displayed. The drives labelled “Defined” have

at one time been detected by the system but are currently unavailable, either

because they are turned off, disconnected, or the Unconfigure an Available Tape

Drive option was used against them. Devices labelled “Available” are available to

use.

Tape Drives

Move cursor to desired item and press Enter.

List All Defined Tape Drives

Configure a Defined Tape Drive

Unconfigure an Available Tape Drive

Change Tape Drive Characteristics

Unload/Eject Tape from Drive

F1=Help F2=Refresh F3=Cancel F8=Image

F9=Shell F10=Exit Enter=Do

Figure 22-1. The Tape Drives menu