Yes, and you can set the nextstg for the existing lib to point to the
storage pools created in the newer libs and trigger migration, but again
that is sort of awkward and short term.
- you'd like to use all the drives during normal backup processing and not
just the drives in the original library.
- there is a lot unnecessary overhead in that.

But you could temporarily use two of the three new libraries in this way to
get the offsite vols into the libraries. Then you could use the 3rd to begin
breaking out some clients to a new storage pool ( and have 4 drives in play
for backups.)
Finally you might look at dropping the reclamation trigger to colsolidate
the existing volumes into fewer volumes to get to the point where you can
use another library to break out clients to.

Eventually you want to get to where all the drives in all the libraries can
be in play for backups and not doing work bouncing backups between
libraries.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Juan Perla" <laperla AT U.WASHINGTON DOT EDU>
To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] RES: [ADSM-L] RES: [ADSM-L] Volumes off library

Hello Vinicius,

I think you will have to migrate the volumes so that the data is kept the
same.  You probably need to "move data" or "move nodedata"
That way you are moving the data from the existing library to the new
library and then you have the old library that can be still be used for
other purposes.

HTH,
Juan


On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Vinicius Fraga wrote:

Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:42:24 -0300
From: Vinicius Fraga <vinicius AT VANGUARD-IT.COM DOT BR>
Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] RES: [ADSM-L] RES: [ADSM-L] Volumes off library

Hi Juan, in this env we are a little bit different

We don't want to deactivate the old library (the library it self is not
old, it has the same config as the new lib, LTO3 FC, 44 sltos)

What I want to do is like this:

Today I have a pool: SP-FILESYSTEM-LTO -> LTOCLASS1 -> LTOLIB1
In this pool I have 100 tapes off library

With new library: SP-FILESYSTEM-LTO-NEW -> LTOCLASSNEW -> LTOLIBNEW
And pass this tapes that are off to this lib, without deactivating de
LTOLIB1



Atenciosamente,

Vinicius do Valle Fraga
Engenheiro de Sistemas
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-----Mensagem original-----
De: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Em nome de
Juan Perla
Enviada em: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 11:40 AM
Para: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Assunto: Re: [ADSM-L] RES: [ADSM-L] Volumes off library

Hey,
We just did something similar.

we started with 1 old acsls library (library=lsm2 and acsid=1) 4
tapedrives
and 300 cartridges

we ended with 1 new acsls library (libray=lsm2 acsid=2) 4 tapedrives and
300 cartridges.

1)created the 4 new tape drives in the lsm2 library that were physically
  located in the new library (silo acsid=2)

2)disabled the 4 old tape drives in the old silo (acsid=1)

3)updated the old lsm2 library to have acsid=2

4)enabled the 4 new tape drives

5)then we physically ejected from the old library and entered into the
  new library.
all worked fine.
Hope this helps,
Juan Perla



On Tue, 9 Oct 2007, Vinicius Fraga wrote:

> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 11:19:16 -0300
> From: Vinicius Fraga <vinicius AT VANGUARD-IT.COM DOT BR>
> Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] RES: [ADSM-L] Volumes off library
>
> Ok, let me detail the env.
>
> This client has 4 libraries (LTOLIB1 / LTOLIB2 / LTOLIB3 / LTOLIB4)
each
> library has 44 slots and 2 drivers, the library LTOLIB1 and LTOLIB2
are
> destiny of filesystem data, and this 2 libraries are overloaded with
> aprx 100 tapes off librarie.
>
> The client is putting additional 3 libraries in the env, in the same
> config (44 sltos and 2 drivers).
>
> The question is how to make the older tapes into the new library? I
will
> have to migrate the volumes?
>
>
>
> Atenciosamente,
>
> Vinicius do Valle Fraga
> Engenheiro de Sistemas
> VANguard - Value Added Network guardians
> http://www.vanguard-it.com.br
> Fone: 55 11 5103-0941
>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Em nome de
> Larry Clark
> Enviada em: Monday, October 08, 2007 5:29 PM
> Para: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Assunto: Re: [ADSM-L] Volumes off library
>
> I'm trying to understand your situation....
> The new library is the same as the old but larger...more slots?
> -storage pools defs reference device classes
> -device class defs reference libraries
>
> So, I'm thinking, you might be able to
> - check the remaining volumes out of the current library
> - update the device class def to point to the new library
> - check the current ones and the new ones into the newer, larger
> library.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vinicius Fraga" <vinicius AT VANGUARD-IT.COM DOT BR>
> To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:23 PM
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Volumes off library
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I have a client that has too many volumes off library, about (100
> volumes),
> and each time it request a restore, it take about 20 volumes, and
mostly
> off
> times this volumes is offsite,
>
> Well i know it's a sizing problem, but this is not the question here,
>
> The client bought 3 knew library (aprx. 120 slots) now he want to put
> this
> volumes (100 volumes) inside the library, but there isn't any way to
> change
> the pool of a volume (like update volume xxxx stg=yyyy), so i will
need
> to
> migrate all data to the new pool? i don't want to deactive the actual
> library
>