Wanda,

Thanks for that info.  I thought about doing exactly what you described
except I completely missed the "mark as destoyed" idea.  Clever.

Ironically, I launched the export less than five minutes before your
message arrived.

I have lists of volumes sorted various ways.  I'll see what order they're
requested and check against the various sort orders.  I'll let everyone
know the results when it finishes.  Could be days...could be
weeks...months not out of the question.

Tab






"Prather, Wanda" <Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU>
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07/24/2003 01:38 PM
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        Subject:        Re: Export order


I can't answer your actual question, and that's an ugly problem.
If you find the right answer, let me know!

My workaround:

Leave the tapes out of the library.
Start the EXPORT.  On my SCSI library, with the tapes checked out, I get
the
"cartridge blahblah required for use, checkin within 60 minutes" message.

One solution is to just change your MOUNTWAIT time to 1440 (24 hrs) for
the
devclass, so the mount will sit and wait until you get in to morrow
morning.


But to do what you actually asked for:

CANCEL the EXPORT.
Mark that tape as DESTROYED.
Start the EXPORT again.
On my 4.2 system, an EXPORT skips the destroyed tape and calls for the 2nd
tape.
Repeat 20 times.

Mark all the tapes back to READONLY and check them all in.

Wanda



-----Original Message-----
From: Tab Trepagnier [mailto:Tab.Trepagnier AT LAITRAM DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 4:24 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Export order


TSM 5.1.7.0 Server on AIX 4.3.3
Admin client 5.1.6.0 both on Win32 and AIX
Client data originally written by IRIX client 3.1.0.7

I am preparing to export permanent archives from an old IRIX node to DLT.
The source data is spread across 75 DLTs in a primary storage pool.  Those
tapes contain the contents of one filespace, but were written across a
four year period.  All tapes are out of the library - they're in a box in
my office.

I will only be able to load the source library with about 20 tapes at a
time.

A preview export is not practical because poor archived directory handling
by old ADSM versions and ADSM clients that followed circular links have
generated *billions* of objects in that filespace.  I discovered that last
week when I ran Expire Inventory with Skipdir=NO.  I killed the process
after 3 days during which it had examined 1/2 Billion objects for this one
node/filespace alone, deleting approx 1 in 1500.

What I need is the expected sequence that TSM will load the source tapes
to obtain files for export.

Is it by last written date?  If yes, then new to old, or old to new?
Is it by volume name?
Is it by quantity of data?  If yes, high to low, or low to high?

Etc.

In other words, I need to be able to load about 20 tapes in the source
library confident that they will supply all required data overnight so I
can load the correct next set the following day, until all 75 tapes have
been processed.

Thanks.

Tab Trepagnier
TSM Administrator
Laitram LLC