We have had to do this in the past to free up library space.
Rather than using the checkout libvol command, I would suggest using the
functions within the TSM server to store tapes outside of the library:
the "move media" command.
Do a 'help move media' for how it works.
Here is an example command I have used that would check tapes
out of the library from our "I_TAPEPOOL" storagepool that have not been
touched in 60 days:
move media * stg=I_TAPEPOOL wherestate=mountableinlib wherestatus=full
day=60 ovflocation='Bldg26 rack'
Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Owings, Don
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:23 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Old tapes
#1, what's your retention for this data if you don't need it reuse the
tapes. #2 if they aren't at 100% do "move data" on them to free up the
tapes that way. #3 if your solution calls for long term storage then
just check them out and you should be good to go.
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Dave Zarnoch
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:17 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Old tapes
Oh mighty Gurus.....
Please forgive my naive question......
We are running out of slots in our library and I have examined some of
the tapes and have found that some of them haven't been read for 1 1/2
years and some haven't been written to in 3 or 4 years.
Can I eject these tapes and store them in a rack?
I tried 5 of them and used the following commands:
update volume <vol> loc=shelf
checkout libv <lib> <vol> checkl=no rem=b
Is this kosher?
Thanks!
DaveZ
