Place The Drive Online; View The Drive Configuration - Oracle StorageTek T9840 User Manual

▼ Place the Drive Online

To change the tape drive state from offline to online:
1. Press the operator panel Menu switch until Offline appears in the display
window.
2. Press the operator panel Select switch to toggle the drive state.
Online appears in the display window.
3. Press the Menu switch until Exit Menu? appears in the display window.
4. Press the Select switch to exit the menu system.
5. Bring the tape drive back online to the host by using one of the following
methods:
• Enterprise: Set the tape drive online for all host paths to the tape drive by
• Open Systems: if there is a switch unit installed and the port to this tape drive

▼ View the Drive Configuration

To view the current drive configuration settings:
1. Press the operator panel Menu switch to enter the menu system:
• If Online appears in the tape drive's front panel, go to Step 2.
• If Offline appears in the tape drive's front panel shows, press the Select
2. Press the Menu switch until View CFG ? appears in the display window.
3. Press the operator panel Select switch (Yes) to enter the view configuration
submenus.
The first configuration setting appears in the operator panel display window.
4. Press either the Menu or the Select switch to step through the configuration
settings.
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Note – If you are within a submenu, press the Menu switch until
Exit XXX ? appears in the display window and press the Select
switch to enter the main menu.
using one of the following Vary commands:
MVS: V <address> online
VM: Vary on, <address>
is blocked, unblock (enable) that switch port.
switch to toggle the drive state.
Note – It is important that you view configuration settings in the
online state, because you cannot accidently change online settings.
To change settings, you must first set the drive to the offline state.
Note – In the drive online state, the Select switch has the same
function as the Menu switch, except when answering a displayed
question.
Menu System Tasks
Operator Tasks 65