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Operating the 9840 Tape Drive
9840 Tape Drive Operations Guide—429596-002
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Checking the Status of Tape Devices
Checking the Status of Tape Devices
You can use the TSM Service Application or the Subsystem Control Facility (SCF) to
check the status of tape drives.
Using the TSM Service Application
For more information, refer to the TSM Service Application online help.
Using the SCF STATUS Command
Use the SCF STATUS command to display current status information about an object.
The syntax for the STATUS command is:
OUT file-spec
Directs all SCF output generated for this command to the specified file.
DETAIL
Specifies that all status information should be displayed. If DETAIL is omitted, a
single line of data is returned for each object name.
SEL state
Specifies that information should be displayed only for objects that are in the
specified state.
Object-spec
Specifies one of the following combinations of object type and object name:
Wild card characters are supported.
STATUS [ /OUT file-spec/ ] [ object-spec ]
[ ,DETAIL ]
[ ,SEL state ]
Object Type Object Name
SCSI $device-name
SCSI $device-name-path
SUBSYS $sto-mgr
TAPE $tape-name