diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/tapeserverd.man b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/tapeserverd.man index d5af66e5adc00044a8bc29695c565efcadb95d61..6058bf4128c5c8bb9bde7bcb5f11a562897a943a 100644 --- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/tapeserverd.man +++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/daemon/tapeserverd.man @@ -25,6 +25,60 @@ terminating and the child running in the background. If required the \fB\-f, \-\-foreground\fP option can be used to stop \fBtapeserverd\fP from forking and keep the parent process in the foreground. +.SH TAPE LIBRARY SUPPORT + +CASTOR supports two types of tape libraries, SCSI compatible ones and Oracle +Automatic Cartridge System (ACS) ones. The tapeserverd daemon requires a tape +library daemon to be installed and run on the same tape server as itself. +There are two types of CASTOR tape library daemons, one for SCSI compatible tape +libraries and one for ACS tape libraries. + +A SCSI compatible tape library requires the following daemon: + +\fBrmcd\fP + +The installation RPM for the \fBrmcd\fP daemon and its manual page is: + +\fBcastor-rmc-server-2.1.15-XX.slc6.x86_64\fP + +The \fBrmcd\fP daemon can be started, stopped and its status queried using +the usual service commands: + +\fBservice rmcd start\fP +.br +\fBservice rmcd status\fP +.br +\fBservice rmcd stop\fP + +An ACS tape library requires the following daemon: + +\fBacsd\fP + +The installation RPM for the \fBacsd\fP daemon and its manual page is: + +\fBcastor-acs-server-2.1.15-17.slc6.x86_64\fP + +The \fBacsd\fP daemon can be started, stopped and its status queried using +the usual service commands: + +\fBservice acsd start\fP +.br +\fBservice acsd status\fP +.br +\fBservice acsd stop\fP + +Even though there is a separate daemon for each of the supported tape library +types, there is a single generic set of command-line tools for mounting and +un-mounting tapes: + +\fBcastor-tape-mediachanger-mount\fP +.br +\fBcastor-tape-mediachanger-dismount\fP + +The installation RPM for these command-line tools and their manual pages is: + +\fBcastor-tape-developer-tools-2.1.15-XX.slc6.x86_64\fP + .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-f, \-\-foreground @@ -180,5 +234,8 @@ The CASTOR configuration file. .B /var/log/castor/tapeserverd.log The tape tapeserver log file. +.SH TRADEMARKS +Oracle is a registered trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. + .SH AUTHOR \fBCASTOR\fP Team <castor.support@cern.ch>