Sony Network-Attached Automated Libraries

The following sections describe aspects of this library's operations that differ from the procedures described in Chapter 7, Managing Automated Libraries and Manually Loaded Drives.

Because you use vendor-supplied utilities to physically add and remove cartridges, the SAM-QFS interfaces (samimport, samexport, and SAM-QFS Manager) affect only the library catalog.

How to Import a Cartridge

1. Use Sony commands to physically move the cartridge into the library.
2. Use the samimport command to update the library catalog.

   # samimport -v "volser" eq

   
   

   Argument Definition volser Specifies the volser to be added. The PSC API interface verifies that the Sony automated library has the volser information before updating the library catalog with the new entry. If the cartridge does not physically exist in the library, the entry is placed in the historian catalog. The volser value must be enclosed in quotation marks if it contains spaces. eq Specifies the equipment ordinal of the library being addressed as defined in the mcf file.

How to Export a Cartridge

1. Remove the entry from the library catalog.

   The samexport command updates the library catalog as each VSN is exported, and it moves the library catalog entry for each VSN from the library catalog to the historian.

   # samexport eq:slot
   # samexport media-type.vsn

   
   

   Argument Definition eq Specifies the equipment ordinal of the device being addressed as defined in the mcf file. slot Specifies the number of a storage slot in an automated library as recognized in the library catalog. media-type Specifies the media type. For a list of valid media types, see mcf(4) in Sun QFS and Sun Storage Archive Manager Reference Manual. vsn Specifies the volume serial name (VSN) assigned to the volume.

2. Use Sony commands to physically move the cartridge out of the library.