Which tape unit do you have in the new 3575, if it is the same media as
the 3570 than a simple check out - check in procedure would work.

Thank You,

Stefan Dusedau
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                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Prather, Wanda
[mailto:PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU]
                Sent:   Thursday, January 21, 1999 5:40 PM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        Re: Moving storage pools

                Assuming:

                You users back up to a disk pool, which then migrates to
your 3570:

                I think it's much easier to just use MOVE DATA, if you
have enough bus
                connections to have your old library and your new
library attached to the
                same host at the same time for a couple of weeks.

                Just attach the new library; add appropriate ADSM
definitions for LIBRARY,
                DRIVES, and DEVCLASS.
                Create a new tape storage pool(s) for the new library.

                Now you have ADSM controlling both libraries.

                Update the definition of your disk pool so that it will
migrate to the new
                tape storage pool instead of the old one.
                That way any new tapes are created in the new library.

                Now pick a volume in your old tape storage pool, and
MOVE DATA to the new
                tape storage pool.

                ADSM will mount the old tape as input, and move all the
data to the new tape
                as output.

                Repeat as needed for all the volumes.
                You can issue several MOVE DATA's, and go to lunch.
                If there are no drives free for the 2nd MOVE data, it
just queues up and
                kicks in when the first is finished.

                Hope this is helpful.

***************************************************************
                Wanda Prather
                The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
                443-778-8769
                wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

                "Intelligence has much less practical application than
you'd think" -
                Scott Adams/Dilbert

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                > -----Original Message-----
                > From: Bo Ossinger [SMTP:ossinger AT WSU DOT EDU]
                > Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 4:23 PM
                > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                > Subject:      Moving storage pools
                >
                > We will be replacing our 3570 tape libraries with a
3575 soon, and need to
                > plan our migration path.  In the past, we've used the
export/import
                > function to move nodes between physical libraries.  Is
that the right
                > method, or is there a better and/or easier way?
                >
                >
                >
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