#1, what's your retention for this data if you don't need it reuse the tapes.   
#2 if they aren't at 100% do "move data" on them to free up the tapes that way. 
  #3 if your solution calls for long term storage then just check them out and 
you should be good to go.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Dave Zarnoch
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 10:17 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Old tapes


Oh mighty Gurus.....

Please forgive my naive question......

We are running out of slots in our library and I have examined
some of the tapes and have found that some of them haven't
been read for  1 1/2 years and some haven't been written to
in 3 or 4 years.

Can I eject these tapes and store them in a rack?

I tried 5 of them and used the following commands:

update volume <vol> loc=shelf
checkout libv <lib> <vol> checkl=no rem=b

Is this kosher?

Thanks!

DaveZ