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Tape Drives: Monitoring and Recovery
HP Integrity NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide—529869-005
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Monitoring Tape Drive Status With SCF
Monitoring Tape Drive Status With SCF
To check the status of all tape drives on your system with SCF:
> SCF STATUS TAPE $*
A listing similar to this one is sent to your home terminal:
The data shown in the report means:
For more information:
•
SCF Object States on page 3-14 describes the possible SCF states of tape drives
and other devices.
•
The Guardian User’s Guide provides additional information about tape operations
and the tasks you can perform.
Example
To obtain status information about the tape drive $TAPE0 by using SCF:
> SCF STATUS TAPE $TAPE0
A listing such as this one is sent to your home terminal:
STORAGE - Status TAPE \MINDEN.$XTAPE
LDev State Primary Backup DeviceStatus
PID PID
93 STOPPED 1,287 0,279 NOT READY
STORAGE - Status TAPE \MINDEN.$TAPE0
LDev State Primary Backup DeviceStatus
PID PID
99 STARTED 1,289 0,278 NOT READY
LDev The logical device number
State The current SCF state of the tape path
SubState The current SCF substate of the tape path
Primary PID The primary processor number and process identification number
(PIN) of the specified device
Backup PID The backup processor number and PIN of the specified device
DeviceStatus The status of the device path
STORAGE - Status TAPE \MINDEN.$TAPE0
LDev State Primary Backup DeviceStatus
PID PID
99 STARTED 1,289 0,278 NOT READY