Restricting iSeries™ tape drives that can be used by Linux

This topic discusses how to restrict Linux® to specific tape drives.

You can optionally restrict which tape and optical drives can be allocated to integrated Linux servers in the hosting i5/OS™ partition. You might want to do this in order to reserve certain drives for use by i5/OS only. Tape and optical drives that are not to be made available to integrated Linux servers can only be specified after installation has been completed.

To restrict devices, complete the following steps:

  1. Shut down the integrated Linux server.
  2. On an i5/OS command line, enter the Change Network Server Description (CHGNWSD) command and press F4.
  3. Scroll down to the Restrict device resources (RSTDEVRSC) parameter and list the devices not to be made available. Press Enter.
  4. Restart the server.
Parent topic: Linux-centric backup and recovery