> I would like to know if ADSM/TSM controls tape usage, like, for
> instance, if certain volume has been too used and should not be
> used anymore.
>
> What is the unit TSM uses to measure it : time, mounts, number
> of writes ?

A good explanation from Thomas Denier as to ADSM's tracking of mounts.
Above ADSM, your tape library may track tape mounts over the life of
the tape's residency in the library, as the 3494 does in its Database
menu selection.
    Richard Sims, BU