- Sun Storage Virtual Tape Library VTL User Guide

Physical devices
214 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267
The<guid>istheuniqueidentifierofthephysicaldevice.<ACSL>istheSCSI
addressofthephysicaldeviceinthefollowingformat:#:#:#:#(adapter:channel:scsi
id:lun)
Either‐i(‐‐guid)or‐I(‐‐scsiaddress)hastobespecified.
‐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time outis300seconds.
Preparephysicaldevicefor VTLserver
iscon preparedisk -s <server-name> [-u <username> -p <password>]
[-U <target-username> -P <target-password>] -i <guid> | -I <ACSL>
-C <category> [-N <new-guid>] [-X <rpc-timeout>]
iscon preparedisk --server-name=<server-name>
[--server-username=<username> --server-password=<password>]
[--target-username=<username> --target-password=<password>]
--scsiaddress=<ACSL> | --guid=<guid> --category=<category> [--new-guid=<new-
guid>]
[--rpc-timeout=<rpc-timeout>]
Description:
Thiscommandallowsyoutoprepareaphysicaldevice tobeusedbyanVTLserver
orreserveaphysical deviceforotherusage.
The<guid>istheuniqueidentifierofthephysicaldevice.<ACSL>istheSCSI
addressofthephysicaldeviceinthefollowingformat:#:#:#:#(adapter:channel:scsi
id:lun)
Either‐i
(‐‐guid)or‐I(‐‐scsiaddress)hastobespecified.
‐C(‐‐category)istherequiredtospecifythenewcategoryforthephysicaldevicein
oneofthefollowingvalues:unassignedorvirtualordirectorservice‐enabled.
‐N(‐‐new ‐guid)isanoptiontospecifythenew
guidforthephysi c al deviceifthe
newcategoryisʺvirtual ʺ.
Ifthese rverissetupfor failover,thefailoverpartn erhas toberescannedafterthe
diskpreparation.
<target‐username>and<target‐password>areoptionstospecifytheusernameand
passwordforthefailoverpartner.
‐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time outis300seconds.