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How to copypool large number of tapes

2005-09-23 08:20:24
Subject: How to copypool large number of tapes
From: William Boyer <bjdboyer AT COMCAST DOT NET>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 08:19:49 -0400
I have a client that does monthly backups of each node using a <nodename>_M 
naming standard. This data goes into a LONGTERM_3584
storage pool and is then copypool'd into LONGTERM_VAULT. The problem is that 
not all of these tapes were copypool'd. And there are
so many of them that they can not all fit into th library (3583). The client 
wants to have these tapes copypool'd. I've been
rotating a few tapes per day into the library and doing a BA STG. Some days 
this command only runs for a few minutes and quits
without copying any data. How can I verify that the data on the primary pool 
tapes is indead on  the copypool? All these primary
tapes are ACC=UNAVAIL to keep them from being requested to be mounted. When I 
issue the BA STG command, I get screen fulls of the
ANR1229W message for each tape that is UNAVAILABLE...including the ones that 
were in the library and had the BA STG command run
against them.

If I compare the occupancy of the LONGTERM_3584 with LONGTERM_VAULT, I come up 
wiht around a 12TB difference.

How can I rotate these tapes into the library and guarantee that the data is 
copypool'd?

Bill Boyer
"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" - ??

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