Based on what you just described, I'm not sure where your lack of slots is. If you still have 20 free slots after your primary pool then (aside from data growth and long term retention) getting copypool tapes out is easy. Just do a COPY STGPOOL and stop it once you've filled 10 tapes or so. Then do a MOVE DRMEDIA (as opposed to MOVE MEDIA in this case since we're now talking about copypool tapes) to remove the copypool tapes. Then do another COPY STGPOOL to continue where you left off - repeat. Once done the copying, you'll want all the copypool tapes out of the library, regardless, and you should be left with 20 slots still free.
MOVE MEDIA is used to take Primary tapes out of the library to put on a shelf, but MOVE DRMEDIA is used to get Copypool tapes out of the library to go offsite. Are they Primary or Copypool tapes you're trying to eject?
Perhaps we need clarification on your situation - ie. are the 40 primary tapes you're referring to a good representation of how many primary tapes you're generally using? Is there a reason you are re-building your copypool(s), or have you simply not started to do offsite tapes yet and you're planning to start now?
regards,
Paul
----- Original Message ----- From: "Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 8:41 AM Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reconfiguring IBM 3583-L72
Well, I wasn't trying to save time........I simply need more slots ! We tried to another 3483 Library, but got shot down due to budget "reallocations".
Once I am finishes moving other tapes/data around, the actual use count of primary LTO tapes should be around 40 and I should have 20-free to use as a copypool. Obviously I will need to shuffle tapes in and out, just to make the first offsite copy !
I too am curious as to why this would disable AutoClean.....especially since the built-in cleaning cartridge is in his own home !
Thank you for the MOVE MEDIA suggestion. I have never used this command and will need to do some research on it. Anyone out there using it and can offer some examples to shuffle takes in/out of a 3583 Library ?
"Prather, Wanda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/08/2005 05:47 PM
To "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> cc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject RE: Reconfiguring IBM 3583-L72
Hi Zoltan,
JUST DON"T DO THIS. How much time is it going to buy you, anyway?
You can configure all 12 slots as storage, then the I/O door stays permanently locked. (Option is on the front panel; it's described in the 3583 Setup and Operator Guide.)
When you do that, it turns off library AutoClean, also. (Don't ask me why the two should be related, I"ve no idea. But we've tested it.) So you will have to give up 1 of the 12 slots to check in a cleaning tape via TSM commands.
You can also replace the 12-slot door with a 1-slot door. (In fact, that's the standard config; you paid extra to get the 12-slot door!)
BUT, what's the point?!? If you've already used up 60 slots, how much time will 11 more slots buy you?
Instead, look at the MOVE MEDIA command. (That is NOT the same as MOVE DRMEDIA). You can issue a MOVE MEDIA and tell TSM to check out and eject the least-recently-used tapes, and put them on a shelf. It will prompt you for a checkin in the event one of those tapes is needed.
Better still, if your clients follow the 80/20 rule, and you have 2 or three especially large clients, create a separate disk & primary tape pool for those via MOVE MEDIA, and just remove the tapes in that storage pool as they fill. That limits the number of people being inconvenienced by tapes that are not in the library being required for restores.
I had one site where we found over a third of the data was from Oracle TDP clients. Well, when an Oracle RESTORE is required, it's not going to happen unless the Oracle DBA is on site. So we put the Oracle clients in a separate storage pool, and eject those tapes regularly. I can teach the DBA to check the tapes in, in the event a TSM admin is not around. That will buy us plenty of time until the drives are upgraded to LTO3. Problem solved, only 1 person inconvenienced.
Maybe you can come up with a similar scheme; if at all possible, spend your time on that, instead of giving up your I/O door for what will surely be a very short-term fix!
Wanda
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 12:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Reconfiguring IBM 3583-L72
I am in dire need of slots in my TSM AIX managed IBM 3583-L72 library.
Currently, the default configuration came with 12-I/O slots in the door.
The book says I can configure those 12-slots as STORAGE vs I/O, making the L72 actually have 72-storage slots.
My questions:
1. How do you do this ?
2. If I did do this, how would I Insert/Eject tapes ?
