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Re: 3494 Volume Stealing

2002-03-15 18:00:03
Subject: Re: 3494 Volume Stealing
From: Jim Healy <James.Healy AT AXA-TECH DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 17:24:40 -0500
I currently have 4 TSM servers sharing one 3494 ,one version 4.1.4 and
three using 3.7
I have each using seperate private categories and scratch categories
I have each using specific ranges of tapes.
I run checkin scratches each day for a specific range for each server.




"Seay, Paul" <seay_pd AT NAPTHEON DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 03/15/2002 04:15:06
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Subject:  Re: 3494 Volume Stealing


Yes and no.  Once a tape is ejected from the library, when it is
reinserted,
it is anybody's game because it does not belong to a specific TSM server.
It is in FF00 status.  So, if you do a checkin command with a range,
search=yes, another TSM Server could get it.  This is why I do checkin
commands with a specific volume id when I checkin each tape.

At Share we have asked for a function to be added in general to setup an
include table for each TSM server.  This include table would limit what
ranges of tapes are allowed to be picked up by that TSM server instance.

Now, if the tapes are already in the library and assigned a scratch or
private category and the tapes can be stolen, that is a major problem that
support needs to know about.  I have never tried to see if I can cause one
TSM to steal tapes from another TSM server this way.

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