Transfer control of the iSeries tape and optical drives between integrated Windows servers

If you have multiple integrated servers only one at a time can use the iSeries™ tape or optical drive. To transfer control of tape and optical drives from one server to another, you must unlock it on one server and lock it on the other.

Note:

If you have logical partitions on your iSeries, the tape and optical drive is allocated to a single partition and cannot be shared by integrated servers that are in other partitions.

To transfer control of an iSeries tape or optical drive between integrated servers, follow these steps:

On the integrated sever console that has control of the drive:

1. Click Start, then Programs, then IBM iSeries, then IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support
2. Expand IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support
3. Expand the network server description name.
4. Select iSeries Devices
5. Select the device that you want to unlock.
6. Select Action, then All Tasks, then Unlock Device

On the integrated server console that you want to give control, lock the tape or optical drive.

1. Click Start, then Programs, then IBM iSeries, then IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support
2. Expand IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support
3. Expand the Network Server Description name
4. Select iSeries Devices
5. Select the device that you want to lock.
6. Select Action, then All Tasks, then Lock Device.