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Description:
This command creates a virtual tape library.
‐t (‐‐vlib‐type) is required in the following format:
‐n (‐‐vlib‐name) is optional. A default name will be provided in the format of
‐d (‐‐vdrive‐type) is required to specify the type of tape drive to be created in the
library. The format of
‐r (‐‐vdrive‐name‐prefix) is an option to specify the prefix of the virtual drive. The
default prefix is in the format of
‐R (‐‐num‐of‐drives) can also be specified up to the maximum number of drives
supported by the library. The default is 1 if it is not specified.
‐A (‐‐auto‐archive‐mode) is an option with one of the following values: copy or move.
‐Y (‐‐delay‐delete‐days) is an option for move mode to specify the number of days to
wait before deletion. The maximum is 365 days.
‐J (‐‐auto‐eject‐to‐ie) is an option to be specified with ‐A (‐‐auto‐archive‐mode) to
eject the tape to the import/export (IE) slot after the export job.
‐N (‐‐auto‐replication) is an option with one of the following values: replication or
remotemove.
‐S (‐‐target‐name) is the remote server name for auto‐replication. It is required for
auto‐replication.
‐M (‐‐delay‐delete‐time) is an option for remotemove mode to specify a time to wait
before deletion. It can be specified in days(D), hours(H) or minutes(M). For example,
2D, 10H, 150M. The default value is one day.
‐B (‐‐barcode) can be specified in the following format:
Barcode is an alpha‐numeric value with a length of 4 to 12.
generated if it is not specified.