dubweiser
Active Newcomer
Hey guys -
I've recently inherited a TSM environment that, at one point, had physical tape libraries with tapes going offsite to Iron Mountain. They decided it would be wise to move to a Data Domain VTL setup. The new Data Domain library is working fine, but there are a bunch of old tapes still hanging around and I'm not sure how to deal with this.
I believe they deleted the old library from TSM, but left the storage pools:
tsm: DAPTSM01>q stgpool
Storage Device Storage Estimated Pct Pct Hig- Lo- Next Stora-
Pool Name Class Name Type Capacity Util Migr h M- w ge Pool
ig Mi-
Pct g
Pct
----------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----- ----- ---- --- -----------
DDFILEPOOL DDFILE DEVCLASS 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70
TAPE_MONTHLY LTO4 DEVCLASS 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70
TAPE_OFFSITE LTO4 DEVCLASS 2,229,779 G 0.0
TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 DEVCLASS 2,753,581 G 0.0 1.8 100 0 VTL_ONSITE
VTL_ONSITE LTO4_VTL DEVCLASS 344,988 G 19.1 44.0 90 70
The tree storage pools that begin with "TAPE_" are the pools that were left behind. All of the tapes are in boxes in a closet, and the library has been Ecycled.
tsm: DAPTSM01>q vol stgpool=tape_onsite
Volume Name Storage Device Estimate- Pct Volume
Pool Name Class Name d Capaci- Util Status
ty
------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- --------
B00005L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.0 T 0.0 Full
B00016L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.3 Full
B00025L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.0 T 0.0 Filling
B00028L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Full
B00030L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
B00036L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.6 T 0.0 Full
B00048L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.1 T 0.4 Full
B00049L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
B00054L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.0 T 0.1 Full
B00059L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
B00147L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Full
B00165L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.1 T 0.0 Full
B00172L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.5 T 0.0 Full
B00175L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.9 T 0.0 Full
B00180L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.7 T 1.0 Full
B00186L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.5 T 0.0 Full
B00205L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Full
B00207L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.0 T 0.0 Full
tsm: DAPTSM01>q vol stgpool=tape_offsite
Volume Name Storage Device Estimate- Pct Volume
Pool Name Class Name d Capaci- Util Status
ty
------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- --------
B00006L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00008L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00017L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00018L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.8 T 0.1 Filling
TE
B00019L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.7 T 0.1 Filling
TE
B00040L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00041L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00052L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00057L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.7 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00073L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00082L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.2 Filling
TE
B00084L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.6 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00086L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00121L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.7 T 7.2 Filling
TE
B00122L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00133L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00144L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00152L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.9 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00156L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 0.0 M 0.0 Empty
TE
B00167L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00168L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.8 T 2.6 Filling
TE
B00169L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00170L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00173L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00182L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.5 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00187L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00189L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00190L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00191L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00196L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00198L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00202L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.5 Filling
TE
B00203L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00204L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00215L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00217L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.1 Full
TE
tsm: DAPTSM01>q drm
Volume Name State Last Update Automated
Date/Time LibName
---------------- ----------------- ------------------- ----------------
B00006L4 Vault 07/09/2013 08:15:01
B00008L4 Vault 11/26/2013 09:24:34
B00017L4 Vault 02/28/2014 09:56:36
B00018L4 Vault 07/06/2011 14:27:05
B00019L4 Vault 02/27/2014 08:46:12
B00041L4 Vault 03/10/2014 08:09:48
B00052L4 Vault 02/21/2014 08:18:08
B00057L4 Vault 08/05/2013 08:47:31
B00073L4 Vault 08/21/2013 08:52:11
B00082L4 Vault 02/25/2014 12:43:09
B00086L4 Vault 03/05/2014 13:54:33
B00121L4 Vault 05/01/2014 07:58:09
B00122L4 Vault 06/25/2014 10:33:10
B00133L4 Vault 12/04/2013 14:30:22
B00144L4 Vault 01/20/2014 15:22:05
B00152L4 Vault 12/10/2013 15:37:23
B00156L4 Courier retrieve 08/14/2013 16:09:39
B00167L4 Vault 12/26/2013 08:15:16
B00168L4 Vault 07/26/2013 13:36:26
B00169L4 Vault 09/09/2013 09:36:08
B00170L4 Vault 08/05/2013 08:48:00
B00173L4 Vault 03/03/2014 16:03:43
B00182L4 Vault 03/06/2014 09:46:42
B00187L4 Vault 03/03/2014 08:19:38
B00189L4 Vault 08/26/2013 15:08:07
B00190L4 Vault 03/07/2014 08:40:33
B00191L4 Vault 10/14/2013 09:46:56
B00196L4 Vault 02/03/2014 11:35:50
B00198L4 Vault 03/24/2014 08:11:38
B00202L4 Vault 02/21/2014 16:34:21
B00203L4 Vault 03/06/2014 09:48:11
B00204L4 Vault 02/18/2014 10:40:12
B00215L4 Vault 03/31/2014 08:01:26
B00217L4 Vault 02/21/2014 16:35:52
W00034L4 Mountable 07/11/2017 03:00:18 DDLIB
W00095L4 Mountable 07/09/2017 03:00:04 DDLIB
W00145L4 Mountable 07/08/2017 03:00:13 DDLIB
W00075L4 Mountable 07/07/2017 03:00:20 DDLIB
I've recently inherited a TSM environment that, at one point, had physical tape libraries with tapes going offsite to Iron Mountain. They decided it would be wise to move to a Data Domain VTL setup. The new Data Domain library is working fine, but there are a bunch of old tapes still hanging around and I'm not sure how to deal with this.
I believe they deleted the old library from TSM, but left the storage pools:
tsm: DAPTSM01>q stgpool
Storage Device Storage Estimated Pct Pct Hig- Lo- Next Stora-
Pool Name Class Name Type Capacity Util Migr h M- w ge Pool
ig Mi-
Pct g
Pct
----------- ---------- --------- ---------- ----- ----- ---- --- -----------
DDFILEPOOL DDFILE DEVCLASS 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70
TAPE_MONTHLY LTO4 DEVCLASS 0.0 M 0.0 0.0 90 70
TAPE_OFFSITE LTO4 DEVCLASS 2,229,779 G 0.0
TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 DEVCLASS 2,753,581 G 0.0 1.8 100 0 VTL_ONSITE
VTL_ONSITE LTO4_VTL DEVCLASS 344,988 G 19.1 44.0 90 70
The tree storage pools that begin with "TAPE_" are the pools that were left behind. All of the tapes are in boxes in a closet, and the library has been Ecycled.
tsm: DAPTSM01>q vol stgpool=tape_onsite
Volume Name Storage Device Estimate- Pct Volume
Pool Name Class Name d Capaci- Util Status
ty
------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- --------
B00005L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.0 T 0.0 Full
B00016L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.3 Full
B00025L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.0 T 0.0 Filling
B00028L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Full
B00030L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
B00036L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.6 T 0.0 Full
B00048L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.1 T 0.4 Full
B00049L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
B00054L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.0 T 0.1 Full
B00059L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
B00147L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Full
B00165L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.1 T 0.0 Full
B00172L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.5 T 0.0 Full
B00175L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.9 T 0.0 Full
B00180L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.7 T 1.0 Full
B00186L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 3.5 T 0.0 Full
B00205L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Full
B00207L4 TAPE_ONSITE LTO4 2.0 T 0.0 Full
tsm: DAPTSM01>q vol stgpool=tape_offsite
Volume Name Storage Device Estimate- Pct Volume
Pool Name Class Name d Capaci- Util Status
ty
------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- --------
B00006L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00008L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00017L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00018L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.8 T 0.1 Filling
TE
B00019L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.7 T 0.1 Filling
TE
B00040L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00041L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00052L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00057L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.7 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00073L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00082L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.2 Filling
TE
B00084L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.6 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00086L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00121L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.7 T 7.2 Filling
TE
B00122L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00133L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00144L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.4 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00152L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.9 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00156L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 0.0 M 0.0 Empty
TE
B00167L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00168L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.8 T 2.6 Filling
TE
B00169L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00170L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00173L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00182L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.5 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00187L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00189L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00190L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.2 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00191L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.8 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00196L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00198L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00202L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.5 Filling
TE
B00203L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00204L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.1 T 0.0 Full
TE
B00215L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 1.5 T 0.0 Filling
TE
B00217L4 TAPE_OFFSI- LTO4 2.3 T 0.1 Full
TE
tsm: DAPTSM01>q drm
Volume Name State Last Update Automated
Date/Time LibName
---------------- ----------------- ------------------- ----------------
B00006L4 Vault 07/09/2013 08:15:01
B00008L4 Vault 11/26/2013 09:24:34
B00017L4 Vault 02/28/2014 09:56:36
B00018L4 Vault 07/06/2011 14:27:05
B00019L4 Vault 02/27/2014 08:46:12
B00041L4 Vault 03/10/2014 08:09:48
B00052L4 Vault 02/21/2014 08:18:08
B00057L4 Vault 08/05/2013 08:47:31
B00073L4 Vault 08/21/2013 08:52:11
B00082L4 Vault 02/25/2014 12:43:09
B00086L4 Vault 03/05/2014 13:54:33
B00121L4 Vault 05/01/2014 07:58:09
B00122L4 Vault 06/25/2014 10:33:10
B00133L4 Vault 12/04/2013 14:30:22
B00144L4 Vault 01/20/2014 15:22:05
B00152L4 Vault 12/10/2013 15:37:23
B00156L4 Courier retrieve 08/14/2013 16:09:39
B00167L4 Vault 12/26/2013 08:15:16
B00168L4 Vault 07/26/2013 13:36:26
B00169L4 Vault 09/09/2013 09:36:08
B00170L4 Vault 08/05/2013 08:48:00
B00173L4 Vault 03/03/2014 16:03:43
B00182L4 Vault 03/06/2014 09:46:42
B00187L4 Vault 03/03/2014 08:19:38
B00189L4 Vault 08/26/2013 15:08:07
B00190L4 Vault 03/07/2014 08:40:33
B00191L4 Vault 10/14/2013 09:46:56
B00196L4 Vault 02/03/2014 11:35:50
B00198L4 Vault 03/24/2014 08:11:38
B00202L4 Vault 02/21/2014 16:34:21
B00203L4 Vault 03/06/2014 09:48:11
B00204L4 Vault 02/18/2014 10:40:12
B00215L4 Vault 03/31/2014 08:01:26
B00217L4 Vault 02/21/2014 16:35:52
W00034L4 Mountable 07/11/2017 03:00:18 DDLIB
W00095L4 Mountable 07/09/2017 03:00:04 DDLIB
W00145L4 Mountable 07/08/2017 03:00:13 DDLIB
W00075L4 Mountable 07/07/2017 03:00:20 DDLIB