Using the deviceconfig Utility to Configure Advanced Settings for Tape Devices (4037148)

Using the deviceconfig Utility to Configure Advanced Settings for Tape Devices

In certain scenarios, advanced settings for tape devices are necessary. One such case is when there is mixed media loaded in the tape library, and you have incompatible drive generations. In this situation, you need to ensure that the correct tape is loaded into the appropriate tape drive. For example, if the tape library has a combination of LTO5 and LTO7 tape media, and you have two LTO5 tape drives and two LTO7 drives, it is crucial to load the LTO5 tapes into the LTO5 drives and the LTO7 tapes into the LTO7 drives.

The deviceconfig utility is a console application that can be used to configure advanced device settings for all types of tape libraries and drives. This utility is automatically installed on the NetVault Server and Client machines. The deviceconfig utility is located in the “bin” directory under the NetVault installation directory. To use this utility, you must be logged-in with Administrator privileges on Windows machine and root user privileges on Linux and UNIX.

 

Steps:

1. Open a console (CMD or bash) as 'Administrator' or 'Root'

2. Navigate to \bin | deviceconfig --help

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Example command :

The following command is an example of how to call this utility using three parameters:

deviceconfig --username admin -librarymachine <NetVault client name that owns the library> -libraryname "<NetVault library name>" 

This is what the deviceconfig utility looks like in the Windows Command Prompt.

This is a configuration example for Mixed Media such the scenerio mentioned above.