Retrieving the info on mounts from the chip would at least allow TSM to record an accurate number for: "Number of Times Mounted" in the Volume table.
There is a version of TAPEUTIL (non-IBM) that does provide at least a dump of the chip info. Check it out at http://www.mesa.nl/pub/tapeutil/ Orville L. Lantto Storage Consultant GlassHouse Technologies, Inc. 200 Crossing Boulevard Framingham, MA 01702 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.glasshouse.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape TTL From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orville Lantto >For newer tape technologies, the information is on the chip in each >tape. If only TSM would retrieve that info. (Sounds like an opportunity for an inventive code writer.) Technically, this is incorrect. The smart chip technology in LTO and other tape cartridges tracks mounts/dismounts, duration of mounts, and such. It does not track scratch tapes and really can't. Since scratch tapes have no existence within storage pools (by definition), and there's no way to track anything that doesn't reside within the library, scratch tape tracking must be done externally; it can be done with a fairly simple spreadsheet and a little ODBC connectivity to the TSM database. -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior TSM engineer
