Re: Select a tape in a TS2900 magazine programmatically -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Select a tape in a TS2900 magazine programmatically
From: Patrik Schindler <poc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2024 20:45:55 +0100
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Hello Buck,

Am 22.11.2024 um 18:38 schrieb Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>:

I'm looking at revising our homegrown backup process. We have a TS2900 LTO7 autoloader/drive. The web GUI works great for moving a tape to and from the magazine and drive. I'd like to do the same thing in a program.

I looked at the APIs for tape, and while I can use QTARTLBL to get the volume ID of the tape in the drive, I don't see a way to move tapes from the magazine to the drive. I know that BRMS does it, but I can't find the appropriate API.

Have a look at CMDMLB menu, maybe this is can be part of a possible solution.

Also see this discussion about a very similar topic for hints:

https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/202410/msg00187.html

:wq! PoC

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