Mike,

     We are in the process of developing a script to assign slot number to
tapes going offsite through DRM.  It maintains a master list of available
slot numbers, also makes them re-available after returning from the vault.
It is, in actuality, a script that performs the entire list of DRM commands
for sending the tapes offsite and back onsite.  Our server is on AIX and
uses an IBM 3494 ATL.  I am not the programmer of the script (I know very
little of AIX or perl - my expertise is on the MVS side), but I have
basically designed it.  We are "this" close to having it working.

     Will perl work for you?

                         Ginny
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Virginia L Hysock/HI/CSC
06/16/99 02:44 PM

To:   Virginia L Hysock/GIS/CSC@CSC
cc:
Subject:  DRM & Slot Numbers

We use ADSM and Arcus at my real job.. We have a Sun 5500 hooked up to a
IBM 3494 ATL, and nightly ship off tapes for Disaster Recovery purposes.
We send the tapes to Arcus in Green, "Open Storage" boxes, and send them
one or two tape a night on average, and request back about the same. We
just reference the Tape ID Code thats on the label.
Does this help at all?
Mike Evans
<mevans AT adpak DOT com>

On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Michael Davis wrote:
> Don,
> I'm not using ARCUS, but how about using the WHERELOCATION argument in
the
> mov drmedia command? This is an optional argument that can be set equal
to
> any text string.
> Michael
>
>
>
>
> Don Caronna <dcaronna AT TTANK DOT COM> on 06/15/99 05:46:07 PM
>
> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc:    (bcc: Michael B Davis/Tivoli Systems)
> Subject:  ADSM Offsite Tapes and ARCUS
>
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Are any of you using ARCUS for tape vaulting? I have a customer that is
> going to ADSM, but use ARCUS. They tell me that
> ARCUS needs them to assign a slot number to each tape. Can ADSM assign a
> slot number to DR Media? (Yes, they have DRM).
>
> Or does someone have a script that can assign offsite tapes vault
> numbers???
>
> Any input is appreciated.
>
> Thank You,
>
> Don Caronna
> Think Tank Systems, LLC
> IBM CATE/ADSM Certified Technician/Solutions Provider
> (562) 790-8925 x304
> dcaronna AT ttank DOT com
> www.ttank.com
>