You can adjust the volser reporting on the Library, which is the safer way to 
control volser reporting.

On the main menu => more =>  Setup => Library => MEDIA

The you choose the volser reporting 8 char or 6 char.

After that, you will never bother with volser mode, and you don't have to 
manage it through special files of your OS

Then you will have to re label all that tapes originally labeled with 8 char 
labels.

I hope some are not already used...

Pierre Cayé

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] De 
> la part de David Longo
> Envoyé : jeudi 26 juillet 2007 23:01
> À : ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Objet : Re: [ADSM-L] 6 vs 8 character LTO2 volser - do I care ?
> 
> With TSM server on an AIX platform with LTO, there is an 
> option at AIX level in smit  - devices that allows you to 
> specify 6 char for
> LTO1/LTO2 tapes, and the LTO3 will still report as 8 char.
> 
> Not sure if this can be done somehow on other platforms.
> 
> David Longo
> 
> >>> Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU> 7/26/2007 4:30 PM >>>
> Thats kinda what I gleened from other sources. Thanks for the 
> confirmation.
> 
> These 3583 libraries are so problematic, we only use them for 
> offsite copies. All of the real, primary pools are 3592-E05 drives.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
> > In reference to my previous posting, I am moving my 3583 
> LTO libraries 
> > from AIX ownership to Linux ownership (as well as the newest 5.4.1
> server
> > level).
> >
> > I just checked in some scratch tapes to the Linux system 
> and the tapes 
> > came up as 8-characters (090000L2 vs 090000).
> >
> > Do I care ?  Is this going to cause any conflicts or other 
> problems ?
> Is
> > this going to require relabeling ? Can I set it back to 
> 6-characters ?
> I
> > read that LTO3 requires 8-chars but these are LTO2 only. No plans to
> buy
> > any more drives and we certainly wouldn't mix them if we did !
> 
> As long as you're not putting previously labeled tapes into 
> the new library, you should be good to go. If you're putting 
> in previously labeled tapes with no data on them (scratch 
> tapes), you'll need to force a relabel. If the tapes have 
> data on them, you're in for a hell of a time; you cannot 
> force a relabel without rendering the data unreachable.
> 
> --
> Mark Stapleton
> Berbee (a CDW company)
> System engineer
> 7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140
> Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511
> 763-592-5963
> www.berbee.com 
>