User manual

Manage disks
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Rename disks
Note: iXOS-JUKEMAN 2.2 allows disks to be renamed using the op-
erating system functions (e. g., Windows NT Explorer or UNIX
mv command). The renaming takes place for the name format
defined for the view.
cdadm rename [[-<nf>] <old> [<new>]]
renames the disk from <old> to <new> for the specified name format <nf>
which must be either pc, rr or hs (see “Set up views” on page 67). <old>
must be an existing disk name for <nf>, <new> must not exist. A disk
name exists if it is stored in the volumes database even if the disk with
the corresponding name is currently not inserted in a device. This is to
avoid disk name conflicts when attaching and detaching jukeboxes. The
old name will be replace by the new name in the database volumes.
Delete unavailable disks from the database
A disk name will remain stored in the volumes database if the disk is re-
moved from a device. Its name can be deleted explicitly in the following
way:
cdadm rename -<nf> <old>
In comparison to renaming a disk the <new> name is missing. To delete
the disk names of all unavailable disks from the volumes database (i. e.,
disks listed as “-” by cdadm survey -n +uo), use the command cdadm
rename without any parameters. Please note that all renamings for these
disks will be lost!
Insert/remove disks
You can use the commands cdadm insert and cdadm remove to in-
sert disks into or remove disks from a device. The command cdadm im-
port is identical with cdadm insert, the command cdadm export is
identical with cdadm remove.
Due to the different types of jukeboxes there are four main scenarios for
inserting and removing disks (see also the relevant sections in “Supported
jukeboxes” on page 163):