Re: 3494 library swap out.

I guess different people like different tools...I'm a command-line bigot.

The idea of turning a list of volumes into a script is a very good idea.
Here's a unix-ified way to do it for those who will, maybe faster:

1. Obtain a list of volumes (or stgpools, or...) into a file, say,
"/tmp/vols"
2. cat /tmp/vols | awk '{print "checkout libv library_name $1 checkl=no
rem=no"}' >/tmp/macro
                                      vol name is here ----^^
3. dsmadmc -id=... -pas=... -itemcommit macro /tmp/macro
                itemcommit means if one line fails, don't roll back the whole 
script

Not trying to one-up you, Tab - people more comfortable with MS Word should
use it.
The idea is great.  I often see people doing stuff like this manually, and
it makes me cringe.
Thanks for the post.

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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Mr. Lindsay Morris
CEO, Servergraph
www.servergraph.com
859-253-8000 ofc
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Tab Trepagnier
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:56 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: 3494 library swap out.
>
>
> 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
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> "Gill, Geoffrey L." <GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on
> 04/11/2002
> 12:34:16 PM
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> Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
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> Subject:  3494 library swap out.
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>
> 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>
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