Ginny,
     This is the command we run to move our tapes from vaultretrieve to
     onsitretrieve.  This command creates a file that has the checkin
     commands required when the tapes are returned.
     MOVE DRMEDIA * WHERESTATE=VAULTRETRIEVE TOSTATE=ONSITER -
     CMD="CHECKIN LIBVOL LIB_3590 &VOL STATUS=SCRATCH DEVT=3590" -
     CMDFILENAME="/usr/lpp/adsmserv/bin/checkin.mac" WAIT=YES

     When the tapes are returned and inserted in the vault we run the following
     DSMADMC / -ID=ADMIN -PASSWORD=xxxx MACRO /usr/lpp/adsmserv/bin/checkin.mac

     Jim Sporer



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Subject: DRM on AIX
Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>  at IPNET
Date:    6/2/99 2:51 PM


Hi all,

     Can someone help me out with the sequence of events in the process of
returning tapes from a state of VAULTRETRIEVE under DRM to a state of
ONSITERETRIEVE??  I can't quite get it right - no matter how hard I try!!

     My plan is to do this once per week.  On Monday morning I query
drmedia wherestate=vaultretrieve, which gives me a list of volumes to be
returned.  I print a report based on this list, and send it to the offsite
operator for them to be returned the following day.  On Tuesday morning I
planned on performing the move drmedia wherestate=vaultretrieve
tostate=onsiteretrieve (followed by the checkin libv command) - but when I
first query the vaultretrieve state I have one additional volume that was
not on the list on Monday!  I suppose this is the db backup that expired
when I created a new version later Monday.  There must be a way, however,
to seal the original retrieve list created on Monday, so that they can be
moved and checked in on Tuesday.

     What am I doing wrong here?  I've been fooling with DRM for over a
month now and still can't get it right.  Thanks for any pointers....

                              Ginny