When you use private tapes you explicitly define them to a pool:

define vol UX00021 copypool

for instance.

So, you could create a range of tapes that will be assigned to copypool.
Define them, and then an automated checkin procedure might look like this:

checkin libvol libname search=yes checklabel=barcode status=scratch
checkin libvol libname search=yes checklabel=barcode status=private

In this fashion, any tapes that get placed into the library will be checked
in correctly.  One wants to do the status=scratch checkin first, because
doing it the other way around gets all tapes set up as private.

A couple of caveats:

All tapes had better be labeled prior to either of these checkins.  ADSM
HATES UNLABELED TAPES.
If you are using a 3494, the syntax above isn't quite right, and this may be
the case for other robots as well.

Thanks,

Kelly Lipp

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Joshua Bassi
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 12:14 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Private tapes in the off-site DRM pool
>
>
> All,
>
> Is anybody using Private tapes within their off-site DRM pool?  I have
> always used Scratch tapes for the DRM off-site pool, but my customer wants
> to use Private.  I am trying to figure out a way to automate checking them
> into the library.
>
> Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
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