You can look in the volume history file to see the storage pool usage of the volume. For the tape mount activity, look in the SUMMARY table. For non zOS platforms, there is an entry for a TAPEMOUNT that shows the drive and volser. But that is only as good as your SET SUMMARYRETENTION.
Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@;VM.MARIST.EDU]On Behalf Of David Stabler Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 9:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tape History.... Is there a nice easy way to tell where a tape has been? I'm experiencing about a 15-20% failure rate, over time, in tapes in my 3584 LTO (Ultrium, not DLT). The tapes that are failing are from varied vendors, but all are non-IBM tapes. I'm afraid that one of the drives is potentially causing physical harm (tapes sent off for analysis have shown, in some cases, damage after 150ft) but I don't want to have IBM just replace everthing without having an idea of what I'm after. What could I do to gather that information? I could run a nightly script watching tape activity, of course, and keep that data, but I'm wondering if Tivoli keeps that conveniently. David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst
