Joni,
Not sure if what you're trying to achieve is the same as I was, but
here's what Terry McColgan suggested for me and it works perfectly
(thanks again Terry).

Use the move media command:

mov med * stg=<yourpoolname> wherestate=mountableinlib wherestatus=full
rem=b checkl=n ovflo=TOPDRAWER

This command will mark all tapes in the <yourpoolname> as being in the
"topdrawer" overflow location, if they meet the criteria specified with
"wherestat" and "wherestatus" parameters. It will also auto checkout the
tapes to the entry/exit ports, if you don't want that to happen, change
the "rem" parameter.

If you do a "help move media" at the cmd you'll get the complete
details.
Hope this helps, it certainly did me :)
Iain
 

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Joni Moyer
Sent: 04 March 2005 19:45
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] NDMP tape status

Hi Everyone!

I am trying to eject the NDMP backup tapes from our library and send
them offsite.  I tried to update the access of the tapes to offsite, but
it won't let me stating that it has to be a copy storage pool volume or
a volume with devclass of server.  Since I can't do either of these,
what is the standard method of sending the tapes offsite and having the
TSM server be aware that they are not onsite?  Thank you in advance!

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