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This appendix contains Programming Interface information for the interface that Tivoli Storage Manager provides to external media management programs. The interface consists of request description strings that Tivoli Storage Manager sends and response strings that the external program sends.
To use the interface, you must first define an EXTERNAL-type TSM library that represents the media manager. You do not define drives, label volumes, or check in media. See Using Removable Media Managers With Tivoli Storage Manager. Refer to your media manager's documentation for that product's setup information.
The details of the request types and the required processing are described in the sections that follow. The request types are:
The responses can be right-padded with any number of white-space characters.
The libraryname passed in a request must be returned in the response. The volume specified in an eject request or a query request must be returned in the response. The volume specified in a mount request (except for 'SCRTCH') must be returned in the response. When 'SCRTCH' is specified in a mount request, the actual volume mounted must be returned.