Checking The Status Of Tape Devices; Using The Tsm Service Application; Using The Scf Status Command - HP 9840 Operation Manual

Operating the 9840 Tape Drive

Checking the Status of Tape Devices

You can use the TSM Service Application or the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) to
check the status of tape drives.

Using the TSM Service Application

For more information, refer to the TSM Service Application online help.

Using the SCF STATUS Command

Use the SCF STATUS command to display current status information about an object.
The syntax for the STATUS command is:
STATUS [ /OUT file-spec/ ] [ object-spec ]
[ ,DETAIL ]
[ ,SEL state ]
OUT file-spec
Directs all SCF output generated for this command to the specified file.
DETAIL
Specifies that all status information should be displayed. If DETAIL is omitted, a
single line of data is returned for each object name.
SEL state
Specifies that information should be displayed only for objects that are in the
specified state.
Object-spec
Specifies one of the following combinations of object type and object name:
Object Type
SCSI
SCSI
SUBSYS
TAPE
Wild card characters are supported.
Object Name
$device-name
$device-name-path
$sto-mgr
$tape-name
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