Commands for managing tape drives, media changers, and tape drive operations
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There are commands for viewing information about tape drives and media changers in a cluster, bringing a tape drive online and taking it offline, modifying the tape drive cartridge position, setting and clearing tape drive alias name, and resetting a tape drive. You can also view and reset tape drive statistics.
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Bring a tape drive online |
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Clear an alias name for tape drive or media changer |
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Enable or disable a tape trace operation for a tape drive |
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Modify the tape drive cartridge position |
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Reset a tape drive |
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Set an alias name for tape drive or media changer |
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Take a tape drive offline |
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View information about all tape drives and media changers |
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View information about tape drives attached to the cluster |
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View information about media changers attached to the cluster |
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View error information about tape drives attached to the cluster |
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View all ONTAP qualified and supported tape drives attached to each node in the cluster |
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View aliases of all tape drives and media changers attached to each node in the cluster |
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Reset the statistics reading of a tape drive to zero |
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View tape drives supported by ONTAP |
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View tape device statistics to understand tape performance and check usage pattern |
You must use this command at the nodeshell. |
For more information about these commands, see the man pages.