I hate it when that happens (I consider it a major failing of DRM).  

1) use Autovault instead, you tell it the max number of tapes to eject
and it won't go over.  (It can't tell, however, if some of your 10 slots
are already full before it starts, it just counts to 10).

2) Write your own script (host language, not TSM) that does a Q DRMEDIA,
parses the results and ejects 10 tapes at a time (what are you using now
for scripting, perl?)  

3) out of curiosity, if you don't have tapeutil, do you have mtlib?  You
must have something installed with the LTO drivers?



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Mark Bertrand
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:21 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: query bulk i/o


Has this been resolved yet, in any version? There are a few posts about
this
issue but I can't seem to find resolution.
My basic problem is that I want to write a script that removes export
tapes
but I don't want it to run if the bulk I/O is full.
Funny, I can checkin tapes search=bulk so I know TSM knows the meaning
of
bulk, why can't I "query bulk"?
I also struggle with daily DRM moves that will sometimes go over my
allotted
10 I/O and leave tapes for me to find in the system, joy, joy. Nice
add-on
for "untilfull", but not a viable solution.
I just want a way to see if any tapes are in the bulk I/O, is that too
much
to ask???????
TSM Server 5.1.6.3
Windows 2K (this means I don't have tapeutil, AIX guys)
IBM 3584 Library
Thanks,
Mark Bertrand