I am doing a relocation of one 3494 library to another building and need
to have 2 AIX ADSM servers using a partitioned 3494 Library. I hope
someone has done this before and can give me advice on if the following
will work:

Currently:
-Lib 1 has one server with 6 x 3590-B1A drives. Private Category: 300,
Scratch 301.
Scratch 301.
-Lib 2 has one server with 4 x 3590-B1A drives. Private Category: 300,
Scratch 301.
Scratch 301.

The change:
-2 drives from LIB 2 will temporary go into LIB 1 and the LIB2 ADSM
server will be attached to those tape drives. The tapes from LIB 2 will
server will be attached to those tape drives. The tapes from LIB 2 will
be put into LIB1 to be used by the same ADSM server as before.

The major problem here as I see it is that the categories are the same
on both libraries.

I understand that I can change the categories with the mtlib command but
I am not sure if the following would work or if there is another easier
alternative:

-Shutdown the LIB2 Server after migrating all the data from disk and a
DB backup
DB backup
-Change the categories to insert as per the ADSM admin guide (which is
what in Hex?)
what in Hex?)
-Delete the library/drives from ADSM
-Take down the AIX system (both servers)
-Take down the AIX system (both servers)
-Move the HW (drives and cabling) (IBM)
-Move the HW (drives and cabling) (IBM)
-Configure the Tape library with 400/401 for the categories
-Configure the Tape library with 400/401 for the categories
-Bring up the AIX system
-Bring up the AIX system
-Define the library in the ibmatl.conf file
-Define the library in the ibmatl.conf file
-Bring up the ADSM server
-Bring up the ADSM server
-Define the library/drives with the new categories in ADSM
-Define the library/drives with the new categories in ADSM
-Check in the volumes (do I have to do this manually or would it be
-Check in the volumes (do I have to do this manually or would it be
possible to put them in the library and run AUDIT LIBRARY instead with
possible to put them in the library and run AUDIT LIBRARY instead with
the categories set to 400/401 with mtlib?)

Any suggestions? Do I need to export/import instead?

Regards,
Jan Norback
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