From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Orville Lantto
>For newer tape technologies, the information is on the chip in each
>tape.  If only TSM would retrieve that info.

(Sounds like an opportunity for an inventive code writer.)

Technically, this is incorrect. The smart chip technology in LTO and
other tape cartridges tracks mounts/dismounts, duration of mounts, and
such. It does not track scratch tapes and really can't. Since scratch
tapes have no existence within storage pools (by definition), and
there's no way to track anything that doesn't reside within the library,
scratch tape tracking must be done externally; it can be done with a
fairly simple spreadsheet and a little ODBC connectivity to the TSM
database.

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Mark Stapleton (mark.s AT evolvingsol DOT com)
Senior TSM engineer