The code I use to list the I/O station slots is:

/usr/bin/tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory | grep -p Station | egrep
'Station|Volume' | awk '{
if($1 == "Import/Export") ioslot=$4;
if($1 == "Volume") {
      if(NF == 4) volser=$4;
      else volser="-open-";
      print ioslot, volser;
}}'

The tapeutil command to move a tape is:

/usr/bin/tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 move <fromslot> <toslot>

For example:  /usr/bin/tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 move 773 1037



You can get the slot numbers, and volsers in them, with the command:
/usr/bin/tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory



To find an open slot just look for a slot with a blank "Volume Tag".

One little hitch, however.  If a tape is currently mounted, the "tapeutil
inventory" command will show a
slot as open ("Volume Tag" is blank), but TSM will have it reserved for the
mounted tape.  So what I did
in my script is to check the TSM device configuration file for each open
slot that I find and if that slot number
appears in it then I skip that slot and go on to the next one.


Jeff Renicker




                                                                       
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><snip> Here's the logic of the script I wrote to "fix" to the
>problem:
>
>1. Use the tapeutil command to list the tapes in the I/O convenience
slots.
><snip>

Jeff,

Can you share the tapeutil command(s) you use to retrieve this information?

Thanks,

Ted