How to send commands to a jukebox arm

[Lor]

I have a remote site using HP-UX11 and an HP Surestore E 2/20 jukebox.
All of it is configured and works fine with Legato Networker backup tool.

If I want to "bypass Legato", whare are the OS commands I should use to send commands to the arm of the jukebox ?
How can I remotely load a (non Legato) tape from one slot to any of the 2 drives ?

Thank you in advance.

[AstraZeneca Unix Staff · Accepted solution]

Try using the "mc" command to query the jukebox and move around the tapes.

ex. mc -p "device file of the arm" -s S1 -d D1 will move the tape in slot 1 to drive 1.

[Rick Garland]

There is a doc - KBAN00000190 - that includes commands you c an input from the command line.
This doc is for setting up tape libraries but it also includes commands that will allow you to move tapes to drives and back to slots.

[Bill Hassell]

The mc man page is somewhat cryptic in that it will handle disk as well as tape libraries. I've attached a script that will report back information about your library using the spt device file. It should work on any robotic media changer and demonstrates the use of the mc command options (except for actual movement).