Concepts for optical storage

This topic lists the commands available to system administrators and programmers through the primary menu.

You can display the primary menu for optical support by entering GO OPTICAL on the i5/OS™ command line. System administrators and programmers can access most optical commands through this menu. It is also convenient to enter many of the optical commands directly on the command line. These commands offer the following functions:

• Display optical volumes in an optical media libraby device (MLD), CD device, or DVD device.
• Display files and directories that are contained in any directory in any optical volume.
• Display the file attributes of any optical file.
• Import or export media in a directly attached optical media library, CD-ROM device, or DVD device.
• Make backup copies of a volume, directories, or files that are contained in a directly attached optical devices.
• Initialize a volume that is contained in a DVD-RAM drive or in a directly attached optical media library.
• Work with devices that represent optical media libraries, optical servers, CD drives, and DVD drives.
• Add, remove, or check the status of any LAN-attached optical server.
• Display active LAN-attached server conversations.
• Duplicate one optical volume to another.
• Copy files and directories from one optical volume to another.
• Check a volume for damaged directories and files.

When you enter GO CMDOPT on the command line, a complete list of optical commands appears. Many of these commands are accessible through the previous GO OPTICAL menu.