bob:
You can use tldtest to see what slots are available,
given that there aren't any tapes mounted in the drives.
I'd probably do this:
vmoprcmd -d ds | grep -i yes #see if there are tapes
#mounted in drives
if [ $? = 1 ]; then #1=no tapes mounted
echo "s s" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t0l0 | grep "= no" \
| awk '{print $2}' >>/tmp/workfile.o
fi
That gives you the empty slot numbers
The way you can move these around would be.
echo "m s1 s$X" | tldtest -r /dev/sg/c0t0l0
if you have used tldtest before, you know what these
commands are, if not I encourage you to run it and see
what the commands are all about.
hope this helps
david
Quoting Bob Bolt <bob.bolt AT ualberta DOT ca>:
> I have a small DLT tape library that has an 8-
slot "load pack" and a single
> slot loading door. To do my off-site duplications, I
need to move some of
> the tapes out of the library to make room for the
duplication tapes. Now
> what I am doing is using the hardware contol pad on
the library to shuffle
> the tapes around so that the tapes I want to eject
(incrementals or
> available) are in the load pack. The I remove the
load pack, swap these
> tapes with the duplication pool tapes and then
reload/update in the
> library.
>
> As you might expect this is a tedious process, and
being the lazy guy that
> I
> am, I wanted to write a script to perform this. But I
can't find the
> commands I need:
>
> 1. A command that queries the library to determine
where the empty slots
> are
> (to be used as "shuffling locations")
>
> 2. A command that physically moves a tape from one
slot to another and then
> logically updates the volume database.
>
> I looked at the vmchange -res command, which lets you
specify a robot slot
> number, but can't see how I might coerce it into
moving with the library.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Bob
>
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