Loading and unloading tapes in tape library

[JohnSeel]

Hello All,
I am in the process of configuring an HP Serviceguard cluster of two RX3660 systems. (I will most likely be posting many questions regarding the setup, configuration, and operation of Serviceguard.)

My first isssue, not necessarily related to Serviceguard, concerns the tape library (HP MSL 2024fc). I intend to use vxdump for backups. Is there any supported software that will allow me to load and unload tapes in the library using a command line from within my backup scripts?

Thanks in advance.
John

[TTr · Accepted solution]

Checkout the "mc" command. It takes care of the tape movement but you need to provide the source and destination of that tape movement.

[JohnSeel]

Thank You! That looks like it is exactly what I need. I will look through the man pages.

[stephen peng]

just use mc to achive it.

[JohnSeel]

Using mc works great. Thanks to all.