Hey guys, quick question. We recently upgraded to an IBM3584 library from an older 3494. We now have to manually interact with the library for tape check in or outs. When our DR media is created we h
Author: David Longo <David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:28:36 -0400
To avaid havign a "rep" to each tape, for instance on CHECKIN, use option "Search=BULK" on CHECKOUT use "Remove=BULK". DRM CHECKOUT commands have a SIMILAR OPTION. This way you only have to REPLY onc
Author: William Boyer <bjdboyer AT COMCAST DOT NET>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:32:53 -0400
Here's a little AIX shell script we used to use pre-5.3 days. dsmuser="admin" dsmpass=`cat /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin/local/admin.pass` dsmadmc -id=$dsmuser -pa=$dsmpass "run checkin" sleep 15 REQNO=
Author: "Barnes, Kenny" <Kenny.Barnes AT GMACINSURANCE DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:30:56 -0400
This was learning curve for us as well. TODAY=`date +%Y/%j` TIME=`date +%H%M` TDATE=`date +%b%d%y` INPUTFILE=/tmp/tsm_today_mtable_tapes.txt for i in `cat $INPUTFILE` do dsmadmc -id=xxxxx -pa=t1voli2
Thanks David, I'll have to look into that! To avaid havign a "rep" to each tape, for instance on CHECKIN, use option "Search=BULK" on CHECKOUT use "Remove=BULK". DRM CHECKOUT commands have a SIMILAR
wow looks fun..haha. Thanks! This was learning curve for us as well. TODAY=`date +%Y/%j` TIME=`date +%H%M` TDATE=`date +%b%d%y` INPUTFILE=/tmp/tsm_today_mtable_tapes.txt for i in `cat $INPUTFILE` do
Author: "Gill, Geoffrey L." <GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 13:38:08 -0700
If that's true I wish someone would post how that works because I still have to reply. For checkouts the process continues after the I/O port is emptied. For checkin we have to reply. I hear there i
Author: John Monahan <JMonahan AT COMPURES DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:45:56 -0500
5.3 adds a "waittime" parameter to the checkin command. Just add "waittime=0" to the end of your checkin command and it won't ask for a reply. ______________________________ John Monahan Consultant I
Author: "Barnes, Kenny" <Kenny.Barnes AT GMACINSURANCE DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 16:56:06 -0400
You can turn on Virtual IO from the web console which will place all tapes placed in the IO door into the library. This worked great except then we search=yes option did not work. We use scripts to c
Hello Kenny, It worked for us with the search=bulk option. The tapes are placed into the library, but they are not in the virtual library, but the virtual i/o station for the virtual library. len You