IBM TS2340 User Guide - Page 225
IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server Subsystem Attachment
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3494 Enterprise Tape Library Driver to assign a particular category to a tape device in the library. This process allows all the volumes associated with the category to be mounted as determined by the flags of the command on the specified device. A category is a four digit hexadecimal number in the X'0000'-X'FFFF' range. The assigned categories are: X'0000' NULL category (not usable or not assigned) X'0001'-X'FEFF' General programming use X'FFFF' VOLSER specific The X'FF00'-X'FFFE' categories are reserved for hardware functions: X'FF00' Insert X'FF01'-X'FF0F' Reserved X'FF10' Eject X'FF11' Bulk eject X'FF12'-X'FFF8' Reserved X'FFF9' Service volume X'FFFA' Manually ejected X'FFFB' Purge volume X'FFFE' Cleaner volume The following three categories are available for programming use: Insert When a tape volume is received in the input station, the volume label is read and assigned to this category. This category cannot be assigned by a user process. Eject The volumes assigned to this category are moved from their cell into the output station. After the volume is delivered, it is removed from the inventory. The Library Set Volume Category command is the only command that can change the category of a volume to the eject category. Bulk eject The volumes that are assigned to this category are moved from their current cell to the bulk output area in the 3494 Tape Library. Refer to the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library Operator Guide for more information about the bulk output area. The Library Set Volume Category command is the only command that can change the category of a volume to the bulk eject category. The X'FFFF' category is available for general programming use, except that any mount request to this category must apply to a specific volume assigned to the category (and not based on the category alone). IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server Subsystem Attachment The device driver supports the IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server (VTS) subsystem attachment with a 3494 Enterprise Tape Library on AIX, HP-UX, Windows, and Sun/Solaris systems. An attached VTS subsystem provides virtual tape drives that are accessible with the VTS SCSI attachment feature. Volumes within the VTS subsystem are logical tape volumes. A logical tape volume appears Chapter 9. 3494 Enterprise Tape Library Support 207