- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Virtual devices / Clients
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T(‐‐numofslots)and‐E(‐‐importexportslots)areoptional.The<numofslots>
canexceedthemax im umnumberofslotssupportedbythespecifiedlibrarytype,
butitis limitedto 65536.The<‐‐importexportslots>cannotexcee dthemaximun
numberofIEslotssupported
bythespecifiedlibrarytype.Thedefaultistousethe
maximumnumberofslotssupportedbythespecifiedlibrary type.
D(‐‐capacityondemand )isanoptiontoexpandthevirtualtapewhenneeded.The
defaultisto creat ethevirtualtapewiththemaximumcapacityifitis
notspecified.
I(‐‐initialsize)and‐C(‐‐incrementsize)areoptionstobespecifiedwith<capacity
ondemand>option.Thedefaultvalueforbothoptionsis5GB.The<‐‐increment
size>cannotbelessthan5GB.
m(‐‐maxcapacity)isanoptiontospecifythe
maximumcapacityofthevirtualtape.
Themaximumcapacitycon f i g ur edforthespecifiedtypeofvirtuallibrarywillbe
usedifitisnotspecifie d.
Theunitof<maxcapacity>,<initialsize>and<incrementsize>areallinGB.
L(‐‐autoloader)isanoptiontosettheautoloader
forthoselibrariesthatsupport
thefeature.Thedefaultvalueisoff.
k(‐‐keyname)and‐W(‐‐keypassword)areoptionsfortapeencryptionsupportto
besetinconjunctionwithAutoArchiveMode.Specifythekeynameandkey
passwordoftheencryptionkeyifyouwish
toencryptthedatawhenexportingthe
virtualtapetothephysicaltape.
AvirtualdeviceIDwillbeassignedtothevirtuallibrarywhenitiscreated
successfully.
X(‐‐rpctimeout)isanoptiontospecifyanumberbetween1and30000inseconds
fortheRPCtimeout.The
systemwillretrythecommandfortheamountoftime
specifiedif theserverdoesnotrespond.ThedefaultRPCtimeoutis30seconds.
Addvirtualtapedrive
iscon addvirtualdrive -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>]
-L <tape-library-vid> [-r <vdrive-name-prefix>] [-R <num-of-drives>] [-X
<rpc-timeout>]
iscon addvirtualdrive --server-name=<server-name>
[--server-username=<username> --server-password=<password>]
--tape-library-vid=<tape-library-vid> [--vdrive-name-prefix=<vdrive-name-
prefix>]
[--num-of-drives=<num-of-drives>] [--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>]
Description:
Thiscomma n d addsavirtualtapedrivetoaspecifyvirtualtapelibrary.