Command line switches for the Tape Library Simulator Utility

Last published : Apr 02, 2026
You can use command line switches to manage simulated tape libraries. For example, the following command line creates a simulated tape library with 10 slots that is located at /TLS2/Testing.
./mktls -s10 -p/TLS2/Testing

Table: Command line switches for the Tape Library Simulator Utility

Switch Description
-p Specifies the path to the directory for the simulated tape library. If the path does not exist, the utility creates it. The maximum path size is 512 characters.
-s Specifies the number of slots for this simulated tape library. The number of slots can range from one to 50. The default number is 20.
-r Prevents the information from displaying.
-l Lists the simulated tape libraries that exist for the Remote Media Agent for Linux.
-d -p Specifies the path of the simulated tape library that you want to delete.
-h Displays the online Help.