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35.Dd May 14, 1998
36.Dt CHIO 1
37.Os
38.Sh NAME
39.Nm chio
40.Nd medium changer control utility
41.Sh SYNOPSIS
42.Nm
43.Op Fl f Ar changer
44.Ar command
45.Op Fl <flags>
46.Ar arg1
47.Ar arg2
48.Op Ar arg3 Op ...
49.Sh DESCRIPTION
50The
51.Nm
52utility is used to control the operation of medium changers, such as those
53found in tape and optical disk jukeboxes.
54.Pp
55The options are as follows:
56.Bl -tag -width indent
57.It Fl f Ar changer
58Use the device
59.Ar changer
60rather than the default device
61.Pa /dev/ch0 .
62.El
63.Pp
64The default changer may be overridden by setting the environment variable
65.Ev CHANGER
66to the desired changer device.
67.Pp
68A medium changer apparatus is made up of
69.Em elements .
70There are five element types:
71.Em picker
72(medium transport),
73.Em slot
74(storage),
75.Em portal
76(import/export),
77.Em drive
78(data transfer), and
79.Em voltag
80(select by volume identifier).
81The
82.Em voltag
83pseudo-element type allows the selection of tapes by their volume tag
84(typically a barcode on the tape).
85.Pp
86In this command description, the shorthand
87.Em ET
88will be used to represent an element type, and
89.Em EU
90will be used to represent an element unit.
91For example, to represent the first robotic arm in the changer, the
92.Em ET
93would be
94.Dq picker
95and the
96.Em EU
97would be
98.Dq 0 .
99.Sh SUPPORTED COMMANDS
100.Bl -tag -width indent
101.It Ic move Xo
102.Ar <from ET> <from EU> <to ET> <to EU>
103.Op Cm inv
104.Xc
105Move the media unit from
106.Ar <from ET/EU>
107to
108.Ar <to ET/EU> .
109If the optional modifier
110.Cm inv
111is specified, the media unit will be inverted before insertion.
112.It Ic exchange Xo
113.Ar <src ET> <src EU> <dst1 ET> <dst1 EU>
114.Op Ar <dst2 ET> <dst2 ET>
115.Op Cm inv1
116.Op Cm inv2
117.Xc
118Perform a media unit exchange operation.
119The media unit in
120.Ar <src ET/EU>
121is moved to
122.Ar <dst1 ET/EU>
123and the media unit previously in
124.Ar <dst1 ET/EU>
125is moved to
126.Ar <dst2 ET/EU> .
127In the case of a simple exchange,
128.Ar <dst2 ET/EU>
129is omitted and the values
130.Ar <src ET/EU>
131are used in their place.
132The optional modifiers
133.Cm inv1
134and
135.Cm inv2
136specify whether the media units are to be inverted before insertion into
137.Ar <dst1 ET/EU>
138and
139.Ar <dst2 ET/EU>
140respectively.
141.Pp
142Note that not all medium changers support the
143.Ic exchange
144operation; the changer must have multiple free pickers or emulate
145multiple free pickers with transient storage.
146.It Ic return Xo
147.Ar <from ET> <from EU>
148.Xc
149Return the media unit to its source element.
150This command will query the status of the specified media unit, and
151will move it to the element specified in its source attribute.
152This is a convenient way to return media from a drive or portal
153to its previous element in the changer.
154.Pp
155.It Ic position Xo
156.Ar <to ET> <to EU>
157.Op Cm inv
158.Xc
159Position the picker in front of the element described by
160.Ar <to ET/EU> .
161If the optional modifier
162.Cm inv
163is specified, the media unit will be inverted before insertion.
164.Pp
165Note that not all changers behave as expected when issued this command.
166.It Ic params
167Report the number of slots, drives, pickers, and portals in the changer,
168and which picker unit the changer is currently configured to use.
169.It Ic getpicker
170Report which picker unit the changer is currently configured to use.
171.It Ic setpicker Xo
172.Ar <unit>
173.Xc
174Configure the changer to use picker
175.Ar <unit> .
176.Pp
177.It Ic ielem Xo
178.Op Ar <timeout>
179.Xc
180Perform an
181.Em INITIALIZE ELEMENT STATUS
182operation on the changer.
183The optional
184.Ar <timeout>
185parameter may be given to specify a timeout in seconds for the
186operations.
187This may be used if the operation takes unusually long
188because of buggy firmware or the like.
189.It Ic voltag Xo
190.Op Fl fca
191.Ar <ET>
192.Ar <EU>
193.Op Ar <label>
194.Op Ar <serial>
195.Xc
196Change volume tag for an element in the media changer.
197This command
198is only supported by few media changers.
199If it is not supported by a
200device, using this command will usually result in an "Invalid Field in
201CDB" error message on the console.
202.Pp
203If the
204.Fl c
205flag is specified, the volume tag of the specified element is
206cleared.
207If the
208.Fl f
209flag is specified, the volume tag is superseded with the specified
210volume tag even if a volume tag is already defined for the element.
211It is an error to not specify the
212.Fl f
213flag when trying to set a label for an element which already has
214volume tag information defined.
215.Pp
216The command works with the primary volume tag or, if the
217.Fl a
218flag is given, with the alternate volume tag.
219.It Ic status Xo
220.Op Fl vVsSbIa
221.Op Ar <type>
222.Xc
223Report the status of all elements in the changer.
224If
225.Ar <type>
226is specified, report the status of all elements of type
227.Ar <type> .
228.It Fl v
229Print the primary volume tag for each loaded medium, if any.
230The volume
231tag is printed as
232.Dq <LABEL:SERIAL> .
233.It Fl V
234Print the alternate volume tag for each loaded medium, if any.
235.It Fl s
236Print the additional sense code and additional sense code qualifier for
237each element.
238.It Fl S
239Print the element source address for each element.
240.It Fl b
241Print SCSI bus information for each element.
242Note that this information
243is valid only for drives.
244.It Fl I
245Print the internal element addresses for each element.
246The internal
247element address is not normally used with this driver.
248It is reported
249for diagnostic purposes only.
250.It Fl a
251Print all additional information (as in
252.Fl vVsSba ) .
253.El
254.Pp
255The status bits are defined as follows:
256.Bl -tag -width indent
257.It FULL
258Element contains a media unit.
259.It IMPEXP
260Media was deposited into element by an outside human operator.
261.It EXCEPT
262Element is in an abnormal state.
263.It ACCESS
264Media in this element is accessible by a picker.
265.It EXENAB
266Element supports passing media (exporting) to an outside human operator.
267.It INENAB
268Element supports receiving media (importing) from an outside human operator.
269.El
270.Sh FILES
271.Bl -tag -width /dev/ch0 -compact
272.It Pa /dev/ch0
273default changer device
274.El
275.Sh EXAMPLES
276.Bl -tag -width indent
277.It Li chio move slot 3 drive 0
278Move the media in slot 3 (fourth slot) to drive 0 (first drive).
279.It Li chio move voltag VOLUME01 drive 0
280Move the media with the barcode VOLUME01 to drive 0 (first drive).
281.It Li chio return drive 0
282Remove the tape from drive 0 (first drive) and return it to its original
283location in the rack.
284.It Li chio setpicker 2
285Configure the changer to use picker 2 (third picker) for operations.
286.El
287.Sh SEE ALSO
288.Xr mt 1 ,
289.Xr mount 8
290.Sh AUTHORS
291.An -nosplit
292The
293.Nm
294program and SCSI changer driver were written by
295.An Jason R. Thorpe Aq thorpej@and.com
296for And Communications,
297.Pa http://www.and.com/ .
298.Pp
299Additional work by
300.An Hans Huebner
301.Aq hans@artcom.de
302and
303.An Steve Gunn
304.Aq csg@waterspout.com .
305