Lisa,

Thanks for that reminder.  Yes, that would work and in our scenario that
would be sufficient.

Tab






Lisa Cabanas <CABANL AT MAIL.MODOT.STATE.MO DOT US>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 10/17/2001
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Tab-

Well, couldn't you checkout the tape using the remove=no option, and then
open the library up and physically remove the tape from the slot the
return from the command will identify when it successfully checks it out?

Or is a 3683 sufficiently different from 3494 & 3575s that this won't
work?

lisa






Tab Trepagnier <Tab.Trepagnier AT LAITRAM DOT COM>
10/16/2001 05:30 PM
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        Subject:        New 3583 - I/O slots?



We just added a 3583-L72 to our TSM system.  The "L72" means it uses the
12-slot I/O station.  Since this is a primary online library, I don't
expect to handle tapes except in cases of media failure.

The library can be configured to use those 12 slots as storage instead of
I/O.  According to the manual, that yields zero I/O slots.  So, if I have
a
tape go bad, how do I remove it USING TSM?  Any library front panel
operations that move tapes requires a library audit because TSM would no
longer be in sync with the library inventory.

TSM 4.1.4.1 on AIX 4.3.3.

TIA

Tab Trepagnier
TSM administrator
Laitram Corporation