Tapeprompt

In the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI, the Media Mount dialog can display the Information Not Available value in the Device and Volume Label fields if you perform a standard (also known as classic) restore or retrieve operation. This value means that this information is only available for no-query restore or retrieve operations; not a standard restore or retrieve operation. The Device field displays the name of the device on which to mount the media needed to process an object. The Volume Label field displays the name of the volume needed to process an object.

Tape prompting does not occur during a scheduled operation regardless of the setting for the tapeprompt option.

The tapeprompt option can be used with the following commands:

• archive
• delete archive
• delete backup
• incremental
• restore
• retrieve
• selective

Supported Clients

This option is valid for all clients.

Options File

Place this option in the client user-options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the General tab, Prompt before mounting tapes check box of the Preferences editor.

Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the General tab, Prompt before mounting tapes check box of the Preferences editor.

Parameters

No

You are not prompted for your choice. The server waits for the appropriate tape to mount. This is the default.

Note: For API applications, this permits backup directly to tape.

Yes

You are prompted when a tape is required to back up, archive, restore, or retrieve data. At the prompt, you can wait for the appropriate tape to be mounted, always wait for a tape to be mounted, skip a particular object, skip all objects on a single tape, skip all objects on all tapes, or cancel the entire operation.