Moving Among Multiple Sessions - IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library Operator's Manual

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During an active session, the pointing device is useful for selecting options from
the remote Library Manager console menu bar or for performing operations on the
Library Manager display. The Keystrokes mode (local or remote) is for the remote
Library Manager console keyboard only and has no effect on the pointing device.
The remote Library Manager console pointing device determines the position of
the pointing device of the Library Manager. The remote Library Manager console
pointing device can move the Library Manager pointing device if the following
conditions are true:
v The remote Library Manager console session window is the active window
v The remote Library Manager console pointing device position is within the
Note: The pointing device displayed on the remote Library Manager console may
Excessive movement of the pointing device during the active state in the remote
Library Manager console window can cause the operation to run slowly because
the pointing device movement sends information across the network.
Note: If you perform an operation that is not allowed on the remote Library
When the remote Library Manager console is in the active state, the Library
Manager pointing device is disabled. During the Monitor, Busy, or Suspend states,
the pointing devices for the remote Library Manager console and the Library
Manager function independently.

Moving among Multiple Sessions

Moving among multiple remote Library Manager console sessions follows the
general conventions for moving around the windows.
The remote Library Manager console main window displays each Library Manager
session. The current sessions are listed by the appropriate link record name. To
change to a different session, perform the following steps:
1. Select the new session from the remote Library Manager console main window.
2. Go to the task list and switch to the new session.
You can minimize or maximize the remote Library Manager console session
windows and arrange them on the remote Library Manager console. To return to
the remote Library Manager console main window, go to the task list and switch to
the Distributed Console Access Facility (remote Library Manager console main
window).
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where the remote Library Manager console user is giving pointing device
commands.
remote Library Manager console session window.
not be the same as on the Library Manager because of differences in the
display drivers.
Manager console, the Library Manager console beeps once.

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