Summary of commands by management function

Commands are categorized by management function.

Table 1 identifies IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition management functions and summarizes the applicable commands to use to accomplish tasks for each function.

Table 1. Commands categorized by management function
Management function	Command usage	Additional information
Tape storage pool management	List current information about resource inventory for pools. eeadm pool list	eeadm pool list
	Create or delete storage pools. eeadm pool create eeadm pool delete	eeadm pool create eeadm pool delete
	Changes the configuration attributes of a tape pool. eeadm pool set	eeadm pool set
	Displays the configuration attributes of the tape pool. eeadm pool show	eeadm pool show
	Saves the name of empty files, empty directories, and symbolic links on the tape pool, or pools. eeadm list --save	eeadm list
Tape media management	Add tapes to the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system, or to tape storage pools eeadm tape assign	eeadm tape assign
	Remove tapes from tape storage pools. eeadm tape unassign	eeadm tape unassign
	Remove tapes from the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system by removing files on them from the GPFS namespace. After export, the files stay on tape. The files can be reinstated to the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system with an import operation, or they can be read with other LTFS products. eeadm tape export	eeadm tape export
	Reinstate files on the tapes in the GPFS namespace. eeadm tape import	eeadm tape import
	Sets the tape to the offline state to prepare for moving the tape temporarily out of the tape library until access to the data is required. eeadm tape offline	eeadm tape offline
	Makes an offline tape online, and accessible from IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition. eeadm tape online	eeadm tape online
	List current information about resource inventory for tapes. eeadm tape list	eeadm tape list
	Perform reconciliation tasks between the GPFS namespace and the LTFS namespace. eeadm tape reconcile This command is used for both tape media management and tape storage pool management functions.	eeadm tape reconcile
	Free tape space by removing unreferenced files and content from tapes in a tape storage pool. eeadm tape reclaim	eeadm tape reclaim
	Moves the contents of a tape that previously suffered some error to another tape in the same pool. eeadm tape replace	eeadm tape replace
	Move tapes to an import/export (IE) slot in the I/O station, or to a home slot. eeadm tape move	eeadm tape move
	Show the attributes of a specified tape. eeadm tape show	eeadm tape show
	Changes the configuration attribute of a tape. eeadm tape set	eeadm tape set
	Moves the active contents of specified tapes to a different tape pool and updates the stub files on disk to point to the new data location. eeadm tape datamigrate	eeadm tape datamigrate
	Test the status of a specified tape that belongs to a pool, but whose status is require_validate. eeadm tape validate	eeadm tape validate
File management	List current information about resource inventory for files. eeadm file state	eeadm file state
	Migrate files to tape storage pools. eeadm migrate	eeadm migrate
	Premigrate files to tape storage pools. eeadm premigrate	eeadm premigrate
	Selectively recall migrated files. eeadm recall	eeadm recall
	Save file system objects that have no data (symbolic links, empty directories, and empty regular files) to tape storage pools. eeadm save	eeadm save
Task management	Cancels an active eeadm tape reclaim or eeadm tape datamigrate task. eeadm task cancel	eeadm task cancel
	Deletes the records of completed tasks to free up disk space. eeadm task clearhistory	eeadm task clearhistory
	Lists the active or completed tasks. eeadm task list	eeadm task list
	Displays detailed information about the task. eeadm task show	eeadm task show
Physical device management	Add and remove tape drives from the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system. eeadm drive assign eeadm drive unassign	eeadm drive assign eeadm drive unassign
	Disables (down) or enables (up) the specified tape drive. eeadm drive down eeadm drive up	eeadm drive down eeadm drive up
	List current information about resource inventory for drives. eeadm drive list	eeadm drive list
	Changes the configuration attributes of the tape drive. eeadm drive set	eeadm drive set
	Displays the configuration attributes of a tape drive. eeadm drive show	eeadm drive show
	List current information about resource inventory for libraries. eeadm library list	eeadm library list
	Displays the configuration attributes of a tape library. eeadm library show	eeadm library show
	Synchronize the data in the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition inventory with the tape library. eeadm library rescan	eeadm library rescan
Cluster management	Swap the roles of the active control node and the inactive control node for a tape library. eeadm cluster failover	eeadm cluster failover
	Change the global configuration attributes of an IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition cluster. eeadm cluster set	eeadm cluster set
	Displays the global configuration attributes of the IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition cluster. eeadm cluster show	eeadm cluster show
	Start IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system. eeadm cluster start	eeadm cluster start
	Stop IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition system. eeadm cluster stop	eeadm cluster stop
Node management	List current information about resource inventory for node groups. eeadm nodegroup list	eeadm nodegroup list
	List current information about resource inventory for nodes. Identifies the node on which the multi-tape management module (MMM) service started. eeadm node list	eeadm node list
	Disable a node. eeadm node down	eeadm node down
	Enable a node. eeadm node up	eeadm node up
	Show the configuration attributes of a IBM Storage Archive Enterprise Edition node. The command output also shows whether a node is enabled or disabled. eeadm node show	eeadm node show