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Re: [Networker] name (from nwadmin) of a tape device ?

2005-03-02 11:36:54
Subject: Re: [Networker] name (from nwadmin) of a tape device ?
From: Dave Mussulman <mussulma AT CS.UIUC DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 10:33:28 -0600
On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 08:25:09AM -0800, Darren Dunham wrote:
> > Is there any way to change the name, as it appears in nwadmin of a
> > tape (not jukebox) device ?
> 
> What OS is this?  I'm used to the name being the access device (like
> /dev/rmt/0cbn on Solaris).
> 
> You wouldn't be able to change the name without changing how you access
> the tape drive.
> 
> What's the output from nsradmin if you do the following?
> 
> nsradmin> option hidden: on
> nsradmin> print type:nsr device; name:7

I think he's talking about the location of volumes in an external
standalone drive.  Our external DLT and LTO drives always seem to mark
the volume they have loaded as being in location "7" and I too have
always wondered how to change that.

Dave

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