- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Managing tapes

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▼ Importingcartridges inanIBM iSeries environment

1. Ifyouhavenot alreadydoneso,importtapesintothevirtuallibraryusingthe

VTLconsole,asdescribedin“Importing aphysicaltapeintoavirtuallib rary”on

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2. AttheAS/400 ,re‐invent orythetapelibrary.Intheoptionfieldnexttoth etape

library,enter9 (INVENTORY).

3. Addtapes

tothein ventorybyenteringeitherofthefollowingatthecommand

line:

ThetapestatuschangesfromINSERTtoAVAILABLE.

Stophere.

▼ Exportingvirtualtapeto physical tape

1. Intheobjecttr ee oftheVTLconsole,right‐clickonth evirtualtapenodethatyou

wanttoexport(

A below),andselectMove to Vaultfrom thecontextmenu(B).

ADDTAPCTG DEV(library_device_name ) CTG(cartridge_identifier ) CGY(*NOSHARE)

CHKVOL(*NO)

ADDTAPCTG DEV(library_device_name ) CTG(cartridge_identifier ) CGY(*SHARE400)

CHKVOL(*NO)