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AssignphysicalresourcetoVTL

iscon assignresourcetovtl -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>]

-I <ACSL> [-L <tape-library-vid>] [-X <rpc-timeout>]

iscon assignresourcetovtl --server-name=<server-name>

[--server-username=<username> --server-password=<password>]

--scsiaddress=<ACSL> [--tape-library-vid=<tape-library-vid>]

[--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>]

Description:

Thiscomma n d assignsaphysicaltapelibraryordrivetoVTL.

‐I(‐‐scsiaddress)isrequiredinordertoidentifythephysicaltapelibraryor the

physicaltapedrivetobeassignedtoVTL.

‐L(‐‐tape‐li brary ‐vid) isanoptiontospecifythephysicaltapelibraryasa

parent

whenassigningphysicaltapedrivetophysicaltapelibrarythatisalreadyassigned

toVTL.

Thephysic al tapelibraryinformationcanberetrievedbyissuingthegetvtlinfo

command.

‐X(‐‐rpc‐timeout)isanoptiontospecifyanumberbetween1and30000inseconds

fortheRPCtimeout.The

systemwillretrythecommandfortheamountoftime

specifiedif theserverdoesnotrespond.ThedefaultRPCtimeoutis30seconds.

UnassignphysicalresourcefromVTL

iscon unassignresourcefromvtl -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>]

-v <vdevid> [-q] [-X <rpc-timeout>]

iscon unassignresourcefromvtl --server-name=<server-name>

[--server-username=<username> --server-password=<password>] --vdevid=<vdevid>

[--preserve-directlink] [--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>]

Description:

Thiscomma n d unassignsaphysicaltape libraryordrivefromVTL.

‐v(‐‐vdevid)isrequiredtospecifytheIDofthephysicaltapelibraryorthephysical

tapedrivetobeunassignedfromVTL.

‐q(‐‐preserve‐directlink)inanoption topreservethedirectlinkedtape sforphy si c al 

tapelibraries.

‐X(‐‐rpc‐timeout)isanoptiontospecifyanumberbetween1and30000inseconds

fortheRPCtimeout.Thesystemwillretrythecommandfortheamountoftime

specifiedif theserverdoesnotrespond.ThedefaultRPCtimeoutis30seconds.