MagTapes

Configuration Parameter File Reference

MagTapes

Magnetic tape drives.

Synopsis

[MagTapes]   Name=a

Description

Each entry provides a value that defines a magtape drive.

Name—Name of this magtape drive.
a—The pathname to the device in the system. This string may be up to 128 characters long.

Examples

The following are some sample [MagTapes] sections on various platforms:

On Windows:

[MagTapes]
47~\\.\TAPE0
48~\\.\TAPE1
57~\\.\TAPE0
58~\\.\TAPE1

On OpenVMS:

[MagTapes]
47=sys$mt47:
48=sys$mt48:
49=sys$mt49:
50=sys$mt50:

On UNIX® or Linux:

[MagTapes]
47=/dev/st0
48=/dev/st1
49=/dev/st0l
50=/dev/st1l
51=/dev/st0a
52=/dev/st1a

Range of Values

As described above.

Management Portal

On the page System Administration > Configuration > Device Settings > Magnetic Tape Devices is a list of existing magnetic tape devices. Select Create New Mag Tape, Edit, or Delete to modify the list.