- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

170 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267
■ Foravalueenteredasaliteral, itisnecessarytoenclosethevalueinquotes
(doubleorsingle)ifitcontainsspecialcharacterssuchas*,<,>,?,|,%,$,or
space.Otherwise,thesystemwillinterpretthecharacterswithaspecialmeaning
beforeitispassedto
theco m ma nd.
■ Literalscannotcontainleadingortrailingspaces.Leadingortrailingspaces
enclosedinquoteswillberemovedbeforethecommandis processed.
Commonarguments
Thefollowingargumentsareusedbymanycommands.Foreach,alongandshort
variationisincluded.Youcanuseeither one.TheshortargumentsAREcase
sensiti ve.Forargumentsthatarespecifictoeachcommand,refertothesectionfor
thatcommand.
Note – Youonlyneedtousethe--server-username (-u)and--server-password
(-p)argumentswhenyoulogintoaserver.Youdonotneedthemforsubsequent
commandsonthesameserverduringyourcurrentsession.
Short Argument Long Argument Value/Description
-s --server-name VTL Server Name (hostname or IP address)
-u --server-
username
VTL Server Username
-p --server-password VTL Server User Password
-c --client-name VTL Client Name
-v --vdevid VTL Virtual Device ID