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[Veritas-bu] command line eject

2000-10-30 14:38:52
Subject: [Veritas-bu] command line eject
From: W. Curtis Preston curtis AT colltech DOT com
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:38:52 -0800
Nope.  Not with vmchange, anyway.
You can (and must) with tldtest/robtest.

At 11:35 AM 10/30/00 -0800, Joshua Fielden wrote:
>On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 10:54:57AM -0800, W. Curtis Preston filled up my 
>inbox with:
> >
> > This was just asked/answered, but here goes again:
> >
> > You can use robtest/tldtest.  The only problem with robtest/tldtest is 
> that
> > it requires that you run it on the actual media server.  The command 
> below,
> > while rather long, will work from the master.
> >
> > $master = name of master
> > $media_id = Six-digit label of tape
> > $density = media type (e.g. dlt)
> > $volume_group = a logical name for where you're sending the tape
> >
> > vmchange -vh $master -res -m $media_id -mt $density -rt none -rc1 0 -rc2 0
> > [ -v $volume_group ] -e -sec 5
> >
> > What this command essentially says is "change the 'residency' (-res) of
> > $media_id, which is a $density tape to not be in a jukebox anymore (-rt
> > none -rc1 0 -rc2 0), put it in the $volume_group group, and move it to the
> > ejection slot (-e) and wait five seconds for the ejection to finish 
> (-sec 5)."
> >
>
>Nitpicky as this sounds, I have an actual use for this...
>
>Can you specify WHICH mailcap slot with any of these commands? I didn't 
>see that anywhere, but the NyQuil may be interfering with my man 
>page-reading ability. :)
>
>JF
>
> > At 10:52 AM 10/30/00 -0800, Speier, Guy J - CNF wrote:
> > >Anybody know the command line to eject a tape from a robot?
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