I have a stranger behavior in my TSM Server ( at least to me).
TSM Server 5.3.3 on AIX 5.3, tape library 3584 with LTO3 drives. library on AIX, it shows "tsm_barcode_len 6" root# lsattr -El smc0 alt_pathing no Enable Alternate Pathing Support True debug_trace no Debug Trace Logging Enabled True dev_status N/A False devtype 03584L32 Device Type False location Location True lun_id 0x1000000000000 Logical Unit Number True new_name New Logical Name True node_name 0x500507623f0d6e01 World Wide Node Name False primary_device smc0 Primary Logical Device False reserve_support yes Use Reserve/Release on Open and Close True retain_reserve no Retain Reservation False scsi_id 0x30000 SCSI Target ID True trace_logging no Trace Logging Enabled True *tsm_barcode_len 6* TSM Barcode Length for Ultrium 1/Ultrium 2 Media True ww_name 0x500507630f4c6d01 World Wide Port Name False Library definition on TSM Server as: DEFINE LIBRARY 3584 LIBTYPE=SCSI SHARED=YES AUTOLABEL=NO RESETDRIVE=YES On TSM Server, we have old LTO1 tapes as as below although from Specialist we see "L1" at the end of it: A00001 A00002 ........... Yesterday when I used the command to checkin new LTO3 tapes with the command: LABEL libv 3584_LIB search=bulk checkin=scratch labels=barcode The new tapes were labeled as: B00001L3 B00002L3 .............. How could this happen? If those LTO1 tapes get expired and reclaimed, will it become 8 character or still keeps 6 character? Thanks in advance.
