I believe that with LTO3 tapes you don't have the choice of 6 or 8-character tape numbers. You can only use 8. And the TS3310 only supports LTO3 drives. I guess that's why there's no option for 6/8-char volsers.
If you're going to have to use the TS3310 for the older tapes labeled with the 6-char volser, then just use the CHECKLABEL=YES for the checkin command for those tapes. I would also not set the library up for AUTOLABEL=OVERWRITE, and maybe not even AUTOLABEL=YES until I've moved all the data from the old 6-char tapes. Bill Boyer "Hit any user to continue..." - ?? -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Harris Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: TS3310 and 6 character bar codes Hi All I've just finished migrating a customer from a 3583 with LTO2 drives to a new TS3310 with LTO3 drives. As the customer planned to have both libraries attached at the end of the process I had no trouble with copying everything again using the 8 character tape labels on the new library, even though it was not my original plan. I now have another such migration in the works but this time won't have the luxury of having both libraries connected for an extended period. I've been through the TS3310 manuals and web interface and can find no way to run the library in six-character mode. Can someone please point me to the section in the manuals I've missed or the magic command known only to the initiated that can be used to configure six-character labels on a TS3310? Many thanks Steve Steve Harris AIX and TSM admin Brisbane Australia Soon to move to Sydney - Anyone got a job going?
