Geoffrey,

Whenever I have to do similar operations on lots of volumes, I use my word
processor's (MS Word in this case) mail merge feature to help.  The
sequence goes like this.

1. Obtain a list of volumes to be processed.  If the volume name is the
only thing that will change, you can save to a text file.  But text files
only accommodate one variable.  If more variables (fields) are needed, use
the native WP doc format.

2. Select the file from step 1 as the data source.

3. Create the master document with the desired command line like:
checkout  libv  library_name  [volume]  checkl=no  remove=no

where "volume" is the "merge field" to be used for the final document.

4. Merge the data.  You will end up with a document that has a line from
step 3 for each volume.

5. Because that document will be in the native WP format, do a Save
As...text of the document.

6. Reopen the text version of the document.  You will have a script.

7. Paste that text document's contents into the text entry window of the
Create Script page of the TSM web client.  The final result will be a
server script consisting of the command from step 3 for each volume.

8. Execute the server script in TSM.

I know this sounds a bit complicated, but once you've done it a time or
two, you can create in less that five minutes scripts that process
thousands of volumes.

This technique was vital when I was doing our data reorg after the library
upgrades and I had to Move Data the contents of hundreds of tapes.

Good luck.

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram Corporation









"Gill, Geoffrey L." <GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 
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12:34:16 PM

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Subject:  3494 library swap out.


On Monday IBM will be removing a leased 3494 and installing a replacement
3494. The library is shared with MVS but MVS has it's own set of tapes and
exits ignore my tapes(TSM 4.2.1.9 on AIX 4.3.3) when they are inserted.

It's been sugested I "checkout" all of my tapes, some 800 or so, probably
with a remove=no since a 10 slot I/O port would slow things down. IBM says
they need to remove all the tapes so they can re-level the library once
they
put it together.

So now questions: (I am not concerned with the MVS side of things since
someone else takes care of that.)

Do I really need to do this?

If yes, is there an easy way to do this or amI going to have to struggle
through it?

How about getting them back in/available?

Should I be doing any TSM inventory?

If anyone ahs gone through this or has suggestions please, please send
them.

Thanks,

Geoff Gill
TSM Administrator
NT Systems Support Engineer
SAIC
E-Mail:   gillg AT saic DOT com <mailto:gillg AT saic DOT com>
Phone:  (858) 826-4062
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