lsvopt command

Purpose

Lists and displays information about the systems virtual optical devices.

Syntax

lsvopt [ -vtd VirtualTargetDevice] [-field Fieldnames] [-fmt Delimiter]

Description

The lsvopt command displays information about file backed virtual optical devices in the Virtual I/O Server. If no flags are specified, a list of all defined file backed virtual optical devices, loaded media, and the size of the media is displayed. If the -vtd flag is specified, the media loaded and its size is displayed for the given virtual target device.

This command will provide full scripting support through the use of the -field and -fmt flags.

Flags

-vtd

Specifies the Virtual target device of the file backed virtual optical media

-field FieldName

The following fields are supported if no flags are specified:

vtd: Virtual target device of file backed virtual optical device

media: File name of loaded media or No Media

size: Size of loaded media or n/a

-fmt Delimiter

Specifies a delimiter character to separate output fields.

Examples

To display information about all file backed virtual optical devices in the Virtual I/O Server, type the following command:

lsvopt

The system displays output similar to the following:

VTD             Media                                   Size(mb)
testopt         No Media                                     n/a
vtopt2          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt3          clientCD                                     640
vtopt4          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt5          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt6          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt7          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt8          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt9          No Media                                     n/a
vtopt10         No Media                                     n/a
vtopt11         No Media                                     n/a
vtopt12         No Media                                     n/a
vtopt13         clientCD                                     640
vtopt14         No Media                                     n/a
vtopt15         No Media                                     n/a
vtopt16         installDVD1                                 1000
vtopt17         installDVD2                                  100