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Managing Tape Drives
L700 (CTL700) Installation and User’s Guide—527338-004
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Bringing Up a Tape Drive Using SCF
STATUS TAPE Command
This subsection describes the details about the STATUS TAPE command. The
command syntax is:
Examples using STATUS TAPE
The following examples illustrate the STATUS TAPE command:
•
To display the summary status of all tape drives starting with $TAPE, type:
-> STATUS TAPE $TAPE*
•
To display the detailed status of the tape cartridge $TAPE0, type:
-> STATUS $TAPE0, DETAIL
Bringing Up a Tape Drive Using SCF
START Command (Sensitive Command)
Use the SCF START command to initiate the operation of an object (make a
stopped device accessible to user processes). Successful completion of the
START command leaves the object in a STARTED state.
START Command Syntax
The syntax for the START command is:
OUT file-spec
directs all SCF output generated (for this command) to the specified file
DEBUG $terminal-name
specifies that the process is started in the debug mode against the
terminal supplied in the command
SEL state
specifies that the command should be issued only to objects that are in
the specified state
STATUS TAPE $tape name
START [ /OUT file-spec/ ] [ object-
spec ]
[ , DEBUG $ terminal-name ]
[ , SEL state ]
[ , SPECIAL ]