Defining an ECartridge Device Class

To define a device class, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

Device Class Name

Enter the name of the device class to be defined. The maximum length of the device class name is 30 characters.

Recording Format

Select an option. This parameter is optional. The default is Drive.

Note: Actual capacities may vary depending on which cartridges and drives are used.

Format Estimated Capacity Description
Drive Determined by drive capacity. The server selects the highest format that is supported by the drive on which a volume is mounted.

Avoid specifying DRIVE when a mixture of drives is used within the same library.

For example, do not use this option for a library containing some drives that support recording formats superior to other drives.

18T 180MB

18-track basic recording format (read-only)

18TC See note above. 180MB 18-track  extended, compacted recording format (read-only) 
36T 360MB 36-track  extended recording format (R/W)
36TC See note above. 360MB 36-track  extended, compacted recording format (R/W) 
SD3A 10GB Standard recording format - 'A' cartridge with 91 meters (298 feet) of tape
SD3AC See note above. 10GB Compacted recording format - 'A' cartridge with 91 meters (298 feet) of tape
SD3B 25GB Standard recording format - 'B' cartridge with 204 meters (668 feet) of tape
SD3BC See note above. 25GB Compacted recording format - 'B' cartridge with 204 meters (668 feet) of tape
SD3C 50GB Standard recording format - 'B' cartridge with 392 meters (1286 feet) of tape
SD3CC See note above. 50GB Compacted recording format - 'B' cartridge with 392 meters (1286 feet) of tape
9840 20GB Standard recording format with 270 meters (885 feet) of tape
9840C See note above. 80GB LZ-1 Enhanced (4:1) compacted recording format with 270 meters (885 feet) of tape
9940 60GB  Uncompressed (standard) format using a 60GB cartridge
9940C See note above. 120GB Compressed format using a 60GB cartridge
9940B 200GB  Uncompressed (standard) format using a 200GB cartridge
9940BC See note above. 400GB Compressed format using a 200GB cartridge

Library Name

Select the name of the defined library object that contains the E-Cartridge Tape drives used by this device class.

Mount Limit

Enter the maximum number of volumes that can be simultaneously mounted for the device class. The default is Drives.

Note: For external libraries, specify the number of drives for the library. Do not use the Drives default. 

The following are possible values:

Drives The server determines the mount limit based on the number of drives defined and online in the library.
number The maximum number of drives used concurrently. This value can be any number from 0 to 256.       

This value must not be allowed to exceed the number of drives defined and online in the library.

0 The value of zero prevents new transactions from gaining access to the storage pool.

Mount Retention Period

Enter a number, in minutes, for the maximum amount of time to retain an idle volume before dismounting it. This parameter is optional.

Tape Volume Prefix

Enter the high level qualifier of the file name that the server writes into the sequential access media labels. This parameter is optional. For each sequential access volume assigned to this device class, the server uses this parameter to create the data set name.

Estimated Capacity

Enter the estimated capacity for the volumes assigned to this device class. This parameter is optional.

You can specify this parameter if the default estimated capacity for the device class is inaccurate due to compression of data.

The value must be an integer followed by one of these units:

K Kilobyte
M Megabyte
G Gigabyte

For more information on the default estimated capacity, see the Recording Format heading.

Mount Wait Period

Enter a number for the maximum length of time, in minutes, to wait for a volume to be mounted.