"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 05/04/2006 11:24:56 AM:
> On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 10:24:14AM -0400, Jim Zajkowski wrote: > > [scsi library] > > In 5.3, you can say checkin libv waitt=0 and it will not bother to > > generate a prompt, it will just do it. Handy. > > Yeah, but when you enter this command and the library door is NOT > closed, all you library operations will hang until the door is > closed. So you might want to require a manual action when kicking > off this command. > > (The way I solved this is to check for the "library requires manual > attention" error. If it occurs, scream loudly. :) ) > > -- The whole point of using scripts is so you don't have any manual tasks *unless* something is wrong. I would consider an open library door as something being wrong. Automation scripts also won't work if someone powers off the library. Seriously, you can't expect a TSM admin to write automation scripts to cover every possible instance of human error. Technology can't fix stupid.
