problems with the length of the label of tape (6 or 8 characters)

[indy]

I have a problem when I execute an audit of tape library :



TSM gives this information from the tapes



AOI001

AOI001L1

.....

....



but these Tapes are the same tape !!!!



Please



Have-you a document for this problem ?

 

[d1c100]

hi there,



are you using Barcode labels ?



if yes, maybe they are 8 characters not 6



brg

 

[dsf]

I have LTO tape cartridges with bar code labels on them. For example, one is:



ROC000L1



The volume name is ROC000. L1 stands for LTO, 1st generation. ANSI standards

specifies that the volser is six digits, so only the library cares that its full label

is ROC000L1. TSM sees all tapes as ROC000, ROC001, etc.



What kind or model of tape library are you using? You could also try telling TSM

to check out AOI001 and AOI001L1 from the library, then do an AUDIT LIBRARY

and see if that helps any.



What OS and OS version is the server running on? What TSM version is the server?



Also, if it's a 357x or 358x library on an AIX host, you can do:



# tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory > somefile

# grep -p AOI001 somefile



and see if one or two entries shows up. If two, means the library itself is confused.

(Maybe barcode scanner problems or cabling or whatever)



If one tape with AOI001 shows up in grep output, means that TSM is confused.



Good luck, and keep us posted.



-Dan