I am not familiar with your tape library so I can't say for sure.
But with our 3583, the 6- or 8- char labels are an option you set on the 
LIBRARY's front panel, not something you set in TSM.
Look in the Operator's guide for your library.

Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Thomas Rupp
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 7:34 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: AW: [ADSM-L] Barcode with 8 characters


Hi Karel,

thanks for your reply.
I knew I forgot something :-( 
My TSM server is running on Windows 2003.

Greetings from Austria
Thomas

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Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Im Auftrag 
von Bos, Karel
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 27. Juli 2005 13:19
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: Re: [ADSM-L] Barcode with 8 characters


Hi,

In my case it was the latest atape drive on AIX that did only report 6
of the 8 characters. Via smitty and some sub menu a had to change the 6
in 8 and ITSM could read the last 2.

Regards,

Karel
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Thomas Rupp
Sent: woensdag 27 juli 2005 13:02
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Barcode with 8 characters

Hi *Smers,

I knew there was a discussion about BarCodes with more than 6 characters
on this list some time.
Unfortunately I couldn't find the thread anymore.

I've got a "HP SureStore Tape Library C7200" with 2 "HP Ultrium 1"
Drives. As the tapes are from a
Legato Networker Environment they are labeled with 8 characters
(FS.M1.01, FS.M1.02 ...).
TSM reads the first 6 characters and therefore only accepts 1 volume.

Is there a way to use this volumes with TSM 5.2.6.0 or should I relabel
them with 6 characters?

Thanks in advance
Thomas Rupp