Sun Microsystems Virtual Tape Library - Manual (Page 228)

Physical devices
214 VTL User Guide • May 2008 G • 96267
The is the unique identifier of the physical device. is the SCSI
address of the physical device in the following format: #:#:#:# (adapter:channel:scsi
id:lun)
Either ‐i (‐‐guid) or ‐I (‐‐scsiaddress) has to be specified.
‐X (‐‐rpc‐timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in seconds
for the RPC timeout. The system will retry the command for the amount of time
specified if the server does not respond. The default RPC timeout is 300 seconds.
Prepare physical device for VTL server
iscon preparedisk -s [-u -p ]
[-U -P ] -i | -I
-C [-N ] [-X ]
iscon preparedisk --server-name=
[--server-username= --server-password=]
[--target-username= --target-password=]
--scsiaddress= | --guid= --category= [--new-guid=guid>]
[--rpc-timeout=]
Description:
This command allows you to prepare a physical device to be used by an VTL server
or reserve a physical device for other usage.
The is the unique identifier of the physical device. is the SCSI
address of the physical device in the following format: #:#:#:# (adapter:channel:scsi
id:lun)
Either ‐i (‐‐guid) or ‐I (‐‐scsiaddress) has to be specified.
‐C (‐‐category) is the required to specify the new category for the physical device in
one of the following values: unassigned or virtual or direct or service‐enabled.
‐N (‐‐new‐guid) is an option to specify the new guid for the physical device if the
new category is ʺvirtualʺ.
If the server is set up for failover, the failover partner has to be rescanned after the
disk preparation.
and are options to specify the user name and
password for the failover partner.
‐X (‐‐rpc‐timeout) is an option to specify a number between 1 and 30000 in seconds
for the RPC timeout. The system will retry the command for the amount of time
specified if the server does not respond. The default RPC timeout is 300 seconds.