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