Is there a way to check how many times data is written/deleted to a tape.

[satishfunz]

I have several LT05 tapes under which data is being archived using a TSM environment.

I want to know how to check the now of times data has been written/deleted/modified on a tape. If not at least a log of what happened to the tape from the time it was used in the TSM environment.

 

[moon-buddy]

I don't think there is a direct way with just plain TSM

Maybe some third party TSM tool can do this - tracking tape usage and storing in a database. However, I don't know which as I don't use third party TSM tools.

Anyone on this forum that has pondered on and done this?

 

[mmobeen]

There are couple of things worth exploring i dont have access to check the same
1. On the physical IBM Tape Library Console query the volume - if you dont get the details you are looking for here
2. This method is tedious - query activity log to determine the same

Let us know