Some sites use a very heavy-handed apporaoch, simpler to implement:
a daily administrative schedule that runs "update  vol access=readwrite
whereacc=unavailable".
This solves the problem of TSM detecting a tape DRIVE error, and marking the
TAPE as read-only or unavailable.
Of course, it covers up genuine tape-error problems....

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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Lead Architect, Servergraph
www.servergraph.com <http://www.servergraph.com>
859-253-8000 ofc
425-988-8478 fax


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Ron Lochhead
> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 3:52 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: How to write script to automate TSM 5.11
>
>
> I am attempting to find out how to write scripts for TSM 5.11 in an Win 2k
> environment to automate the various commands during a backup.
> Currently, I
> am using the command line to access the TSM server thru my workstation.
> What I want to do is write a script for instance, "q vol *
> access=unavailable" which an operator could type one command and get
> results of which vols need to be updated.  Then that output file would be
> the input for the "upd vol [volname] access=readwrite".
>
> If anyone has written that or knows where I can go to find out
> that info, I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Lochhead
>