Setting A Default Tape Drive - HP Guardian User Manual

Using Labeled Tapes
Example
To obtain status information about the tape drive $TAPE1 by using SCF, enter:
> SCF INFO TAPE $TAPE1
A listing such as this is sent to your home terminal:
Storage - Info TAPE $TAPE1
SubType Density
9 38000

Setting a Default Tape Drive

One of the first steps for setting up your labeled-tape environment is to set a default tape
drive for MEDIACOM sessions.
Many MEDIACOM commands require that you specify a tape drive. Use the
MEDIACOM TAPEDRIVE command to select a default tape drive for the current
session.
To set a default tape drive with MEDIACOM, enter:
> MEDIACOM
MC> TAPEDRIVE $tape
$tape is the name of the tape drive you want to specify as the default device.
The drive you specify remains in effect until you enter another TAPEDRIVE command
or you end the MEDIACOM session.
Guidelines
When writing to a tape that requires a certain recording density, make sure that the
specified drive supports that density.
MEDIACOM does not support 7-track tape drives.
The named device can be a network name because MEDIACOM operates in
distributed systems environments.
Any subsequent device parameter in a MEDIACOM command does not change this
default assignment but does specify the device to be used for that command.
The effect of the TAPEDRIVE command is valid only for the current session of
MEDIACOM.
Example
1. To make $TAPE1 the default drive with MEDIACOM, enter:
MC> TAPEDRIVE $TAPE1
NumOpeners RecSize
6 8192
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TapeMode Compression
STREAM ON
Setting a Default Tape Drive