MagTapes

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.

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

• On Windows:

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

  

• On UNIX® or Linux:

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

  

As described above.

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.