Are you using virtual I/O?

What are you using for cartridge assignment policy strings?

IIRC, CAP typically looks at the first 6 characters. Do these volsers
conflict with cleaning tapes?

[RC] 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Kauffman, Tom
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 10:33 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] I've got an interesting issue with ALMS

Not enough of a problem to be worth reporting, but a bit of a curiosity,
and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this.

We have a 3584 logically partitioned by ALMS into two libraries: gobi,
with 10 LTO-4 drives and around 150 LTO-4 tapes; and sahara, with 6
LTO-2 drives and about 250 LTO-2 tapes.

All the LTO-4 volsers start 444 and the LTO-2s start 333 - and we have
ALMS set to do library auto-assign for the I/O door content based on the
first three digits of the tape label.

We have two tapes that NEVER auto-assign and always end up in the ALMS
'unassigned' logical library. But the ALMS I/O slot display shows the
proper volser (333026L2 and 333063L2 are the trouble-makers). We just
select them, use action assign, and run our normal checkin with no
problem.

I just find it a bit fascinating that the 3584 can scan the volser
correctly, report it properly to ALMS, and ALMS can report it properly
to TSM - but ALMS doesn't seem to recognise these two volsers for the
auto-assign function. It doesn't matter how many tapes are in the I/O
station, nor which I/O station these two are in (we have the
four-station option on our 'D' modlue, and we have run in up to 96 tapes
at one time - with these being the only two unassigned).

Jus an idle curiosity -

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

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