Great, thanks for that Dwight. Where there's a will....
Should work on the 3584-L32 in a similar fashion I guess.

/usr/bin/dsmlabel -help

:-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cook, Dwight E [SMTP:DWIGHT.E.COOK AT SAIC DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 11:41 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Utilising drives while labelling 3584
>
> DO like I do, label them from AIX
> If I have 200 new tapes and 4 or more drives, I split the volsers into 4
> groups of 50 each
> I then fire off 4 dsmlabel jobs from AIX
>         (Oh, make sure you don't have any processes needing a tape drive
> for
> a while if you only have 4 drives...)
> works perfectly, though you will find that if you use 4 drives, by the
> time
> the robot has mounted up the 4th tape, the first tape has rewound and is
> ready to be put away... in other words, with 4 label jobs running, the atl
> robot never rests.
> That is with a 3494-L12
>
> Dwight E. Cook
> Software Application Engineer III
> Science Applications International Corporation
> 509 S. Boston Ave.  Suit 220
> Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4606
> Office (918) 732-7109
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miles Purdy [mailto:PURDYM AT FIPD.GC DOT CA]
> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Utilising drives while labelling 3584
>
>
> You can't change it. This is how TSM works. I don't think it has anything
> to
> do with the library.
> Miles
>
>
> >>> MBenjamin AT BUNNINGS.COM DOT AU 24-Mar-02 7:15:56 PM >>>
> During a tape labelling process (we are in the process of filling the
> library with new tape):
>
> "checkin libvol 3584LIB1 search=bulk checkin=scratch labelsource=bar"
>
> Causes the unit to load one drive only, the robot waits for this label
> process to complete then
> checks the tape in, one at a time.
>
> This seems wasteful considering I have 5 available drives.
>
> Interesting behaviour, can I alter it? I want the unit to simultaneously
> load all
> available drives if possible, label then place the tapes in the slots.
>
> We migrated off a 3575-L18 unit with only 2 x 3570 drives.
>
> OS:
>
> AIX 4.3.3
>
> TSM:
>
> Session established with server ADSM_BBS: AIX-RS/6000
>   Server Version 4, Release 2, Level 0.0
>
>
> Mike Benjamin
> Systems Administrator
>
>
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