Elements of the Control Devices Window

  • Device Icon Color Coding

    The left side of the icon for a device contains a small square at the left. This square is color coded to indicate a status for that device.

Downed Device

The red X denotes a downed device.

Available Device

The green circle denotes an available device.

SAN Downed Device

The red X along with a green T denotes a downed SAN device.

SAN Available Device

The along with a green T green circle denotes an available SAN device.

  • Control Devices Resource Tree

    The Control Devices resource tree displays the hierarchical structure of the device clusters, tape libraries, and devices.

      + Enterprise
    
          + Cluster/Tape Library
    
              + Device/SAN Device
    
                  Device Path (SAN devices only)

    The hierarchical structure presents a SAN Device Path and non-SAN Device (the lowest levels in the hierarchy) in a similar format for consistency. The SAN Path represents the device itself. The format of a SAN Device Path or non-SAN Device consists of

    device-name@node-name.

  • Control Devices Context Menus

    In Control Devices, context menus vary according to the status of the device. For example, you can not down a device that is not up. Thus, if a device is down, Up Device appears on the context menu, but Down Device does not. Task descriptions describe context menus as appropriate.

  • Control Devices Menus

    In addition to the common menu options (see Common Menu Bar Options in the User's Guide), the Control Devices window also contains the Device menu.

    To access an item in the Device menu, do one of the following:

    • From the menu bar, select Device. Then select the desired item.

    • Use the keyboard shortcut [ALT+D], use the up-arrow and down-arrow keys to select the desired menu item, then press [Enter].

    The Device menu items are described in the topics that follow.

  • Control Devices Task Panel Buttons

    The Control Devices task panel buttons are described in the topics that follow.

  • Control Devices Column Headings

    Each column in the Control Devices window offers information useful for controlling the individual devices.

Device

The device column displays the device icon followed by the device name. As you roll over either one with your mouse, a tool tip will appear giving some information about the device.

Device Cluster

The device cluster column displays a device cluster or tape library icon and name. As you roll over either one with your mouse, a tool tip will appear giving some information about the device cluster or tape library.

VOLSER

The VOLSER is taken from the label of a media volume when the volume is mounted on a device and the label is read.

Status

The status column indicates the current status of the operation of the drive, for example, loading or unloading.

Control Path

The name of the node from where the device is being driven.

Acquired by

The management console or job name that has acquired the device.

Barcode

If the tape library has a barcode reader and the media volume has a barcode, it is displayed in this column.

Request for Mount

This column indicates if the operator was asked to mount a media volume in this device.

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