I'd also like to see what you have done.
I have written a script to give me the status of tapes in a library.
It also lets me know if the access mode is wrong.
Mark A. Adams
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brenda Burns [SMTP:Brenda_J_Burns AT DLC.DQE DOT COM]
>Sent: Friday, October 03, 1997 2:29 PM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Tracking off-site or off-line tapes
>
>I am interested in seeing the scripts. Could you please attach them again.
>Thanks
>
>
>
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>abarth AT KEMPER DOT COM on 09/30/97 02:33:34 PM
>
>Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>cc: (bcc: Brenda J Burns/DLC)
>Subject: Re: Tracking off-site or off-line tapes
>
>
>
>
> Tom,
> I am also on AIX, and have written a script based system. It currently
> does the following:
> Backs up the primary tape pool.
> Backs up adsm db.
> Manages offsite tape reclaimation.
> Identifies new tapes to go offsite (including db backups).
> Assigns vault slots.
> Ejects tapes from 3494.
> Produces store listing.
> Identifes tapes to be returned from vault.
> Produces pick list.
> Produces reports of vol history, device config, vault inventory
> (volser and slot orders),
> There are also a number of utility scripts to take care of things like
> reassign vault slots, rebuild vault inventory, checkin new scratch
> tapes, atl private/scratch inventory counts, and probably others that
> don't come to mind right now.
> This is all home grown non rocket science stuff, and I've been using
> them for over a year now. Cron invoked, they have been doing the job
> nicely for us.
>
> I posted them as an attachment some time back to the list, but it
> seems some recipients can't view attachments. I'd be willing to let
> you take a look if interested.
> Al Barth,
> Zurich Kemper Investments
>
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>Subject: Tracking off-site or off-line tapes
>Author: "Kauffman; Tom" <KauffmanT AT NIBCO DOT COM> at ~Internet
>Date: 9/30/97 9:30 AM
>
>Now that I've got more than one tape drive, I've been introduced to the
>wonderful world of storage pool copies -- and the next round of
>questions have cropped up. How are people tracking tapes that have gone
>off-site? We don't have DRM and we don't have anything that resembles a
>tape management system (other than ADSM). We are running ADSM on an AIX
>server.
>So - do I use pencil and paper? A spreadsheet? Yet Another Server
>Database? Some other platform database?
>If you'll email me, I'll summarize the results to the list.
>TIA -
>Tom Kauffman
>Sr. Technical Advisor
>NIBCO, Inc.
>kauffmant AT nibco DOT com
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