MIADEVICE Record

The MIADEVICE record identifies the user ID of the MIA service virtual machine running the CA CA-MIA code, and identifies those tape drives that can be shared with other systems in the complex. To define the interface to CA VM:Tape, you must add at least one MIADEVICE record to your VMTAPE CONFIG file. For complete information about this record, see MIADEVICE Record.

To identify the MIA service virtual machine and any devices that MIA will track, add or modify the MIADEVICE record in the VMTAPE CONFIG file as follows:

MIADEVICE  mia-userid devices

Replace mia-userid with the name of the MIA service virtual machine at your site. Replace devices with the list of devices MIA tracks.

Note: You can use the NAME parameter on the MIADEVICE record to group drives together. You can then direct tape mounts to a specific set of drives. You can also use the LOCATION option on the MOUNT command to direct mounts to specific locations.