Do it! It's necessary to make sure that what TSM thinks is in your
library, matches reality.

Be sure to use the CHECKLABEL=BARCODE switch, which will make it go
pretty fast - like 5 minutes. With that switch, all the audit involves
is your robot scanning the barcode labels of all the tapes, which it
probably does when the library is powered up anyway. Without that
switch, the default action is to mount each tape, which will take a long
time.

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT edu
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On Fri, 14 May 2004, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:

>We recently had some connectivity issues between our 3494 ATL and the TSM
>AIX 5.2.1.3 server.
>
>After numerous failures, the TSM server issued the message:  5/13/2004
>4:00:08 PM ANR8358E Audit operation is required for library 3494ATL.
>
>So, the question is, do I really need to run this AUDIT LIBRARY ?
>
>How long will the AUDIT take ?  There are +700 volumes in the library !
>
>Can the AUDIT be canceled ?   Resumed ?
>
>What does the AUDIT really do ?  Does it scan all tapes ?  Does it MOUNT
>all of the tape ?
>
>Inquiring minds want to know !!!!!!!!!
>