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08-14-2018

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How to use Virtual Tape?

Dear all,

i have a virtual tape connected to a vhost1

Code:

SVSA            Physloc                                      Client Partition ID
--------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------
vhost1          U8202.E4C.066BC9R-V1-C3                      0x00000003

VTD                   vtscsi1
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8100000000000000
Backing device        devdisk0
Physloc                
Mirrored              N/A

VTD                   vtscsi2
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8200000000000000
Backing device        devdisk1
Physloc                
Mirrored              N/A

VTD                   vttape0
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8300000000000000
Backing device        rmt0
Physloc               U78AA.001.WZSHC8L-P1-D1
Mirrored              N/A

can i add the virtual tape to a vhost0 ? or i have to remove first the vttape0 on vhost1 ?

Code:

SVSA            Physloc                                      Client Partition ID
--------------- -------------------------------------------- ------------------
vhost0          U8202.E4C.066BC9R-V1-C2                      0x00000002

VTD                   vtopt0
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8400000000000000
Backing device        cd0
Physloc               U78AA.001.WZSHC8L-P2-D9
Mirrored              N/A

VTD                   vtscsi0
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8100000000000000
Backing device        qadisk0
Physloc                
Mirrored              N/A

VTD                   vtscsi3
Status                Available
LUN                   0x8300000000000000
Backing device        qadisk1
Physloc                
Mirrored              N/A

thanks for help

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SG_RDAC(8)							     SG3_UTILS								SG_RDAC(8)

NAME

       sg_rdac - display or modify SCSI RDAC Redundant Controller mode page

SYNOPSIS

       sg_rdac [-a] [-f=LUN] [-v] [-V] DEVICE

DESCRIPTION

       sg_rdac	displays  or  modifies	the RDAC controller settings via the Redundant Controller mode page (0x2C). When modifying the settings it
       allows to transfer the ownership of individual drives to the controller the command was received on.

OPTIONS

       -a     Transfer all (visible) devices

       -f=LUN Transfer the device identified by LUN. This command will only work if the controller supports 'Dual Active Mode' (aka  active/active
	      mode).

       -v     be verbose

       -V     print version string then exit

EXIT STATUS

       The exit status of sg_rdac is 0 when it is successful. Otherwise see the sg3_utils(8) man page.

AUTHOR

       Written by Hannes Reinecke <hare at suse dot com>, based on sg_emc_trespass.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <dgilbert at interlog dot com>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006-2012 Hannes Reinecke, Douglas Gilbert.
       This  software  is distributed under the GPL version 2. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PUR-
       POSE.

sg3_utils-1.35							   November 2012							SG_RDAC(8)