Etienne,

What we do is this:

MOVE MEDIA * STG=COPYPOOL WHERESTATUS=FULL,FILL CHECKL=NO REMOVE=YES

That ejects all the copypool tapes from the library but doesn't affect any
other storage pools defined on the same library.  Semi-weekly, we eject
full and filling tapes (since files can "span" tapes) and send to our vault
vendor.  We don't check labels because our library hasn't made any mistakes
and an administrator is there to verify the tape ID upon removal.  That
speeds things up significantly.

Then we do an ordinary CHECKOUT of the latest DB backup tape, which is
created after all copypool data is written.
CHECKOUT LIBV DLTLIB volume_name CHECKL=NO REMOVE=YES

So that DB backup has an up-to-date snapshot of the contents of ALL
copypool tapes.

Then we create a floppy disk holding the updated volume history file and
various other system configuration files.

We send the copypool tapes, the DB backup tape, and the config floppy to
the vault as one package.

Good luck.

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram Corporation






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But If I do what you suggest it would also checkout the tapes for my onsite
copies that are full right?  I am looking for a way to check out multiples
tapes with one command (running a script would be my guess) to take a list
of predetermined tapes out of a LTO 3583.  I want to be able to check out
the OFFSITE tapes that are full and filling and the daily DB backup that is
in the OFF devclass.

Is ther a script that will allow me to identify them and then create a
macro file that could be run from to check them out one by one with
REMOVE=BULK?\

If anyone has this would you mind sharing?

Thanks for your help,

Etienne Brodeur



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>  Is the MOVE MEDIA a command I could use to do this?
Yes.
Issue "MOVE MEDIA * STG=*  wherestatus=full", f.e. This will check all full
tapes from your library out.

Martin Trcka