Storix Software SBAdmin User Guide - Manual (Page 67)

To create a new library definition, enter a unique name of the library in the Library Name field. You must then
enter information in each of the remaining fields and define the library tape drives and tape slots.
If you want to add a new library from a list of predefined libraries, select the Predefined button and search for
the library that best fits your environment. After making a selection, the name of the library is shown in the
Library Name field and the configuration of that predefined library is displayed. You may then change the
additional fields as needed.
When using a predefined library, it is often necessary to change the name of the
physical device because SCSI devices are named by the system in detection order.
Note the following keywords that are used in the Command fields:
Standard Library Commands
The command string used to move tapes in the library contain specific keywords that are replaced when the
command is called. SBAdmin predefines “tapeutil” (AIX) and “mtx” (Linux/Solaris) as typical tape library
utilities. Refer to the section below if you plan to use different commands.
Although SBAdmin recognizes “tapeutil” and “mtx” as standard library commands,
these commands are not supplied by SBAdmin. The “tapeutil” command is installed
with the IBM Atape driver (on AIX) and “mtx” is an open-source utility available for
Linux and Solaris systems which you may need to download from a free software
site if it is not already installed.
The following is a list of Keywords that SBAdmin will replace with values when the command is executed:
LIBDEV: This variable will be replaced with the physical library device name.
DRIVE: This variable will be replaced with the library element or slot position of the drive (See Define
Tape/Drive Slots).
TAPE: This variable will be replaced with the library element or slot position of the tape (See Define
Tape/Drive Slots).
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