To define a device class, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.
Enter the name of the device class to be defined. The maximum length of the device class name is 30 characters.
Select the recording format to be used when writing data to quarter-inch cartridge (QIC) media.
Format | Estimated Capacity | Description |
Drive | Determined by drive capacity. | The server selects the highest format that
can be supported by the drive on which a volume is mounted.
Avoid specifying the DRIVE value when a mixture of devices 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. |
120 | 120.0MB | 120 QIC format |
150 | 150.0MB | 150 QIC format |
525 | 525.0MB | 525 QIC format |
1000 | 1.0GB | 1000 QIC format |
2000 | 2.0GB | 2000 QIC format |
5010 | 13.4GB | 5010 QIC format |
4GB | 3.9GB | 4GB QIC format |
2DC | 4.9GB | 2DC QIC format |
4DC | 7.9GB | 4DC QIC format |
25GB | 24.9GB | 25GB QIC format |
Select the name of the defined library object that contains the QIC tape drives used by this device class.
Enter the maximum number of volumes that can be simultaneously mounted for the device class.
Enter the amount of time, in minutes, to retain an idle volume before dismounting it.
Enter the high level qualifier of the file name that the server writes into the media labels. For each volume assigned to this device class, the server uses this prefix to create the data set name.
Example: AB.CD2.E
Enter the estimated capacity for the volumes categorized by this device class.
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.
Enter the maximum length of time, in minutes, to wait for a sequential access volume to be mounted.