Administrative Tasks
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Normal Operation
• If an improper lock identifier is specified.
The Mount Media command is available over the GUI, CLI,
and API. There is a subset of these capabilities available to the
AO using the MOUNT option of an archive Console. Basic
mount parameters are drive identifier or media class or media
criteria, drive identifier or drive pool, and priority. The priority
is used to determine the command location in VolServ
command queue.
Optional parameters include a lock identifier (to allow
allocation of a locked drive), what archive-to-archive mount
option to use, and whether to reclassify the selected medium to
another media class.
A Multimount Media command can be used to select a parallel
mount action that mounts all media specified or is failed. This
command is available only to clients via the API. Refer to
“Multimount Media” on page 4-61.
Dismount Media
from a Drive
A medium is dismounted from a drive using the Dismount
Media command.
When the Dismount Media command is executed, VolServ
software updates only the usage count drive statistic. The
current usage time, total usage time, and error count statistics
can be updated by the client during dismount via the API and
CLI only.
The Dismount Media command is available over the GUI, CLI,
and API, and also using the DISMOUNT option of an archive
Console. Dismount parameters are the dismount media
identifier and priority. The priority is used to determine the
command location in VolServ command queue.