You could schedule TSM to run a script that took the macro file and
generated the relevant commands and executed them....

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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Maria Paz Gimeno [mailto:mpgimeno AT IBERCOM DOT ES]
>Sent: 08 November 2000 10:15:AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: "Move media" vs. checkout
>
>
>I use MOVE MEDIA for this operation both ways, out and in the library.
>With CHECKOUT  you have to provide the volume labels of the
>tapes you want
>to remove from the library, while with "move media" you can select by
>stgpool. I am not sure if the "checkout" changes the access to
>offsite but
>"Move media" creates a file with the volume label of the tapes that
>processes, and you can afterwards run a command to perform an
>update of the
>volumes with access=offsite.
>The only problem is that, what the command creates is a macro
>and can only
>be scheduled by a cron job,( my system is UNIX.)
>The macro can not be scheduled by TSM, not included in a
>script. It has to
>run from the command line.
>Regards
>Maria
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Reiner Sauer <ReinerSauer AT VINZENZ DOT DE>
>To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 8:26 AM
>Subject: Antw: "Move media" vs. checkout
>
>
>I've learned that to get the tape out and set in the db to
>offsite, is to
>use the command checkout and the tape get offsite. Now the tape is not
>availiable fpr the library. To get the tape in you should use
>the commands
>checkin and update volume.
>
>>>> djk AT UMICH DOT EDU 7.11.2000 22:14:11 >>>
>I'm looking at moving our copypool tapes offsite.  We are not running
>DRM.  I've been reading the archive of this list and it seems
>some people
>use the adsm checkout command and others the Move media
>command to remove
>the tapes from the library for offsite storage.  I've read up
>on both and
>it seems the move media command is the right one for removing
>the tape from
>the library and a checkin command to bring it back in.  Does
>anyone have
>any comments on the checkout versus "move media" command that
>might help
>explain their use?  Am I on the right track thinking the "move media"
>command should be used?
>