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33.Dd October 5, 2016
34.Dt CHIO 1
35.Os
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm chio
38.Nd medium changer control utility
39.Sh SYNOPSIS
40.Nm
41.Op Fl f Ar changer
42.Ar command
43.Op Fl <flags>
44.Ar arg1
45.Ar arg2
46.Op Ar arg3 Op ...
47.Sh DESCRIPTION
48The
49.Nm
50utility is used to control the operation of medium changers, such as those
51found in tape and optical disk jukeboxes.
52.Pp
53The options are as follows:
54.Bl -tag -width indent
55.It Fl f Ar changer
56Use the device
57.Ar changer
58rather than the default device
59.Pa /dev/ch0 .
60.El
61.Pp
62A medium changer apparatus is made up of
63.Em elements .
64There are five element types:
65.Em picker
66(medium transport),
67.Em slot
68(storage),
69.Em portal
70(import/export),
71.Em drive
72(data transfer), and
73.Em voltag
74(select by volume identifier).
75The
76.Em voltag
77pseudo-element type allows the selection of tapes by their volume tag
78(typically a barcode on the tape).
79.Pp
80In this command description, the shorthand
81.Em ET
82will be used to represent an element type, and
83.Em EU
84will be used to represent an element unit.
85For example, to represent the first robotic arm in the changer, the
86.Em ET
87would be
88.Dq picker
89and the
90.Em EU
91would be
92.Dq 0 .
93.Sh SUPPORTED COMMANDS
94.Bl -tag -width indent
95.It Ic move Xo
96.Ar <from ET> <from EU> <to ET> <to EU>
97.Op Cm inv
98.Xc
99Move the media unit from
100.Ar <from ET/EU>
101to
102.Ar <to ET/EU> .
103If the optional modifier
104.Cm inv
105is specified, the media unit will be inverted before insertion.
106.It Ic exchange Xo
107.Ar <src ET> <src EU> <dst1 ET> <dst1 EU>
108.Op Ar <dst2 ET> <dst2 ET>
109.Op Cm inv1
110.Op Cm inv2
111.Xc
112Perform a media unit exchange operation.
113The media unit in
114.Ar <src ET/EU>
115is moved to
116.Ar <dst1 ET/EU>
117and the media unit previously in
118.Ar <dst1 ET/EU>
119is moved to
120.Ar <dst2 ET/EU> .
121In the case of a simple exchange,
122.Ar <dst2 ET/EU>
123is omitted and the values
124.Ar <src ET/EU>
125are used in their place.
126The optional modifiers
127.Cm inv1
128and
129.Cm inv2
130specify whether the media units are to be inverted before insertion into
131.Ar <dst1 ET/EU>
132and
133.Ar <dst2 ET/EU>
134respectively.
135.Pp
136Note that not all medium changers support the
137.Ic exchange
138operation; the changer must have multiple free pickers or emulate
139multiple free pickers with transient storage.
140.It Ic return Xo
141.Ar <from ET> <from EU>
142.Xc
143Return the media unit to its source element.
144This command will query the status of the specified media unit, and
145will move it to the element specified in its source attribute.
146This is a convenient way to return media from a drive or portal
147to its previous element in the changer.
148.It Ic position Xo
149.Ar <to ET> <to EU>
150.Op Cm inv
151.Xc
152Position the picker in front of the element described by
153.Ar <to ET/EU> .
154If the optional modifier
155.Cm inv
156is specified, the media unit will be inverted before insertion.
157.Pp
158Note that not all changers behave as expected when issued this command.
159.It Ic params
160Report the number of slots, drives, pickers, and portals in the changer,
161and which picker unit the changer is currently configured to use.
162.It Ic getpicker
163Report which picker unit the changer is currently configured to use.
164.It Ic setpicker Xo
165.Ar <unit>
166.Xc
167Configure the changer to use picker
168.Ar <unit> .
169.It Ic ielem Xo
170.Op Ar <timeout>
171.Xc
172Perform an
173.Em INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS
174operation on the changer.
175The optional
176.Ar <timeout>
177parameter may be given to specify a timeout in seconds for the
178operations.
179This may be used if the operation takes unusually long
180because of buggy firmware or the like.
181.It Ic voltag Xo
182.Op Fl fca
183.Ar <ET>
184.Ar <EU>
185.Op Ar <label>
186.Op Ar <serial>
187.Xc
188Change volume tag for an element in the media changer.
189This command
190is only supported by few media changers.
191If it is not supported by a
192device, using this command will usually result in an "Invalid Field in
193CDB" error message on the console.
194.Pp
195If the
196.Fl c
197flag is specified, the volume tag of the specified element is
198cleared.
199If the
200.Fl f
201flag is specified, the volume tag is superseded with the specified
202volume tag even if a volume tag is already defined for the element.
203It is an error to not specify the
204.Fl f
205flag when trying to set a label for an element which already has
206volume tag information defined.
207.Pp
208The command works with the primary volume tag or, if the
209.Fl a
210flag is given, with the alternate volume tag.
211.It Ic status Xo
212.Op Fl vVsSbIa
213.Op Ar <type>
214.Xc
215Report the status of all elements in the changer.
216If
217.Ar <type>
218is specified, report the status of all elements of type
219.Ar <type> .
220.It Fl v
221Print the primary volume tag for each loaded medium, if any.
222The volume
223tag is printed as
224.Dq <LABEL:SERIAL> .
225.It Fl V
226Print the alternate volume tag for each loaded medium, if any.
227.It Fl s
228Print the additional sense code and additional sense code qualifier for
229each element.
230.It Fl S
231Print the element source address for each element.
232.It Fl b
233Print SCSI bus information for each element.
234Note that this information
235is valid only for drives.
236.It Fl I
237Print the internal element addresses for each element.
238The internal
239element address is not normally used with this driver.
240It is reported
241for diagnostic purposes only.
242.It Fl a
243Print all additional information (as in
244.Fl vVsSba ) .
245.El
246.Pp
247The status bits are defined as follows:
248.Bl -tag -width indent
249.It FULL
250Element contains a media unit.
251.It IMPEXP
252Media was deposited into element by an outside human operator.
253.It EXCEPT
254Element is in an abnormal state.
255.It ACCESS
256Media in this element is accessible by a picker.
257.It EXENAB
258Element supports passing media (exporting) to an outside human operator.
259.It INENAB
260Element supports receiving media (importing) from an outside human operator.
261.El
262.Sh ENVIRONMENT
263.Bl -tag -width CHANGER
264.It Ev CHANGER
265The default changer may be overridden by setting this environmental
266variable to the desired changer device.
267.El
268.Sh FILES
269.Bl -tag -width /dev/ch0 -compact
270.It Pa /dev/ch0
271default changer device
272.El
273.Sh EXAMPLES
274.Bl -tag -width indent
275.It Li chio move slot 3 drive 0
276Move the media in slot 3 (fourth slot) to drive 0 (first drive).
277.It Li chio move voltag VOLUME01 drive 0
278Move the media with the barcode VOLUME01 to drive 0 (first drive).
279.It Li chio return drive 0
280Remove the tape from drive 0 (first drive) and return it to its original
281location in the rack.
282.It Li chio setpicker 2
283Configure the changer to use picker 2 (third picker) for operations.
284.El
285.Sh SEE ALSO
286.Xr mt 1 ,
287.Xr mount 8
288.Sh HISTORY
289A
290.Nm
291utility appeared in
292.Nx 1.3 .
293.Nm
294first appeared in
295.Fx 2.2 .
296.Sh AUTHORS
297.An -nosplit
298The
299.Nm
300program and SCSI changer driver were written by
301.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq Mt thorpej@and.com
302for And Communications,
303.Pa http://www.and.com/ .
304.Pp
305Additional work by
306.An Hans Huebner Aq Mt hans@artcom.de
307and
308.An Steve Gunn Aq Mt csg@waterspout.com .
309