Originally posted by: donver83

Hello everyone
i am building a script to send my database backups to tape everyday and it is been working fine but the only problem i have is that every Monday i have to manually change the tape logging into the web console and change the tape.
I would like to know if there is a way to change the tape on command line lets say i am working this week on the AGP742L and on monday i want to change to the AGP743L
If anyone knows how please help!
Thanks for your help in advance
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Hi,

It's probably something that you can incorporate into your script using the "tapeutil" application. It used to come with the Atape driver, but has now been moved to IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT). You can download the IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool from FixCentral using the following menus (Storage Systems > Tape Systems > Tape Device Drivers and Software > Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT) > AIX).

You can also find the installation and user guide here https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=577&uid=ssg1S7002972

In short, you should be able to do something like;

tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 mount 1 <-- Will load the drive with tape in slot location 1
tapeutil -f /dev/rmt0 unmount 1 <-- Will unload the drive and put the tape in slot location 1

I don't have it installed in the environment that I'm working in now, but from memory that's how it worked. You might be able to tapeutil -h to get more help. I think you'll need to open the device (/dev/rmt0) first before you can perform read/write operations to it.

Let me know how you go.

-Kristijan
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Originally posted by: SystemAdmin

Further more, here is something that I stumbled across. It's old, but may still be relevant http://ps-2.kev009.com:8081/eprmhtml/epr3e/h16448.htm

-Kristijan
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