IBM TS2340 User Guide - Page 315
[70] Dump/Force Dump/Dump, [71] Firmware Update, Standard Edition - Tapeutil Scripting Commands
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IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool 7. If no slots are found in Element Info data, print error message and exit. 8. ITDT issues the READ_CARTRIDGE_LOCATION ioctl command. 9. ITDT prints decoded storage element information, Type n followed by Enter to show next page. [70] Dump/Force Dump/Dump When you select the Dump/Force Dump/Dump command [70]: v ITDT retrieves dump. v ITDT issues Force Dump command. v ITDT retrieves second dump. v ITDT displays name of stored dump files and the output directory where they are stored. The dump filenames start with the serial number of the device. [71] Firmware Update When you select the Firmware Update command [71]: 1. ITDT displays the default input directory where the firmware files should be stored. The following are examples of the directory: v Example input directory (Windows): c:\itdt\input v Example input directory (Unix): /home/user/itdt/input 2. You are prompted to specify a different input directory if required, or to press Enter to keep the standard ITDT directory. 3. You are prompted to specify the firmware file name and press Enter to start. 4. ITDT performs firmware update and displays progress status and result. Note: See "3576/TS3310 Tape Library" on page 273 for more information on how to update the firmware on a 3576/TS3310 Tape Library. The following site is available for the latest firmware files: http://www.ibm.com/storage/lto. | Standard Edition - Tapeutil Scripting Commands | Scripting has been enabled with the 4.0 release of ITDT SE. ITDT-SE provides | backward compatibility for existing tapeutil scripts. While some legacy commands | exists they will not be documented in their entirety as they will be phased out over | time. New scripts should always use those listed in this guide, the Common | Command set (CS), and existing scripts need to be modified for forward | compatibility with ITDT. | Following you will find a list of commands, on each command you will find the | command, a description, parameter list, and which platforms are supported. Some | commands will have numbers after them, this means there is a corresponding | menu command in "Standard Edition - Tapeutil Menu Commands" on page 290. | The following are the generic invocation parameters as in use by the legacy | command sets: | v -f Device | v Device Filename. Specify the device file, mandatory on all platforms | The calling convention for the Common Command set will be: | itdt -f device Subcommand [Subcommand ...] Chapter 10. IBM Tape Diagnostic Tool (ITDT) 297