We have had to do this in the past to free up library space.
Rather than using the checkout libvol command, I would suggest using the
functions within the TSM server to store tapes outside of the library:
the "move media" command.

        Do a 'help move media' for how it works.

        Here is an example command I have used that would check tapes
out of the library from our "I_TAPEPOOL" storagepool that have not been
touched in 60 days: 

move media * stg=I_TAPEPOOL wherestate=mountableinlib wherestatus=full
day=60 ovflocation='Bldg26 rack' 

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Owings, Don
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 9:23 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Old tapes

#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