Hello,

You have to check in the 6 char. Volumes by reading the label from the
tape!!!
All the old tapes will be with 6 char.. And the new one with 8.

Good Luck,
Hana

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Steven Harris
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 2:47 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] TS3310 and 6 character bar codes

Hi All

I've just finished migrating a customer from a 3583 with LTO2 drives to
a new TS3310 with LTO3 drives.  As the customer planned to have both
libraries attached at the end of the process  I  had no trouble with
copying everything again using the 8 character tape labels on the new
library, even though it was not my original plan.

I now have another such migration in the works but this time won't have
the luxury of having both libraries connected for an extended period.
I've been through the TS3310 manuals and web interface and can find no
way to run the library in six-character mode.

Can someone please point me to the section in the manuals I've missed or
the magic command known only to the initiated that can be used to
configure six-character labels on a TS3310?

Many thanks

Steve

Steve Harris
AIX and TSM admin
Brisbane Australia
Soon to move to Sydney -  Anyone got a job going?