https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Gracefully-Remove-Tape-Drives-and-Library-from-cDOT/m-p/109545#M6830 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is it as simple as doing 'storage tape offline' to gracefully remove an LTO library and its drives from our FAS 8060 running cDOT 8.3? &nbsp;We're in the process of replacing it with something better and would like to completely unplug it from our FAS 8060.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've included the output of 'storage tape show' and 'storage tape show-media-changer' below:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">filer::storage show&gt; storage tape show</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st1 offline normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc1 available normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st0 ready-write-protected normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc0 available normal</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">4 entries were displayed.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">filer::storage show&gt; storage tape show</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st1 offline normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc1 available normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st0 ready-write-protected normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc0 available normal</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">4 entries were displayed.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">filer::storage show&gt; storage tape show-media-changer</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0c mc1 available</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0d mc0 available</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">2 entries were displayed.::storage show&gt; storage tape show-media-changer</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0c mc1 available</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0d mc0 available</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">2 entries were displayed.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:21:24 GMT hellojon 2025-06-04T23:21:24Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Gracefully-Remove-Tape-Drives-and-Library-from-cDOT/m-p/109545#M6830 <P>&nbsp;</P><P>Is it as simple as doing 'storage tape offline' to gracefully remove an LTO library and its drives from our FAS 8060 running cDOT 8.3? &nbsp;We're in the process of replacing it with something better and would like to completely unplug it from our FAS 8060.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I've included the output of 'storage tape show' and 'storage tape show-media-changer' below:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">filer::storage show&gt; storage tape show</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st1 offline normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc1 available normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st0 ready-write-protected normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc0 available normal</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">4 entries were displayed.</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">filer::storage show&gt; storage tape show</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st1 offline normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc1 available normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: tape drive</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: Hewlett-Packard LTO-5</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA st0 ready-write-protected normal</FONT></P><P><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device ID: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Device Type: media changer</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Alias Device State Status</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">---------------- ----- ------------------------ ------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA mc0 available normal</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">4 entries were displayed.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">filer::storage show&gt; storage tape show-media-changer</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0c mc1 available</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0d mc0 available</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">2 entries were displayed.::storage show&gt; storage tape show-media-changer</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0c.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0c mc1 available</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Media Changer: 0d.1L1</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Description: HP MSL G3 Series</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWNN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">WWPN: 5:001:XXX</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Serial Number: MXA0XXX</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Errors: -</FONT></P><P><FONT face="courier new,courier">Paths:</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">Node Initiator Alias Device State</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">-------------------- --------- ----- ------------------------</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">filerA 0d mc0 available</FONT><BR /><FONT face="courier new,courier">2 entries were displayed.</FONT></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:21:24 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Gracefully-Remove-Tape-Drives-and-Library-from-cDOT/m-p/109545#M6830 hellojon 2025-06-04T23:21:24Z https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Gracefully-Remove-Tape-Drives-and-Library-from-cDOT/m-p/109570#M6831 Hi You can use storage tape offline, refer <A href="https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1610202/html/storage/tape/offline.html" target="_blank">https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1610202/html/storage/tape/offline.html</A> <A href="https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1610206/html/GUID-97498EB7-D056-4044-BDE0-BB4AEE702B43.html" target="_blank">https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMP1610206/html/GUID-97498EB7-D056-4044-BDE0-BB4AEE702B43.html</A> Wed, 09 Sep 2015 06:56:00 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Hardware/Gracefully-Remove-Tape-Drives-and-Library-from-cDOT/m-p/109570#M6831 Sahana 2015-09-09T06:56:00Z