The PERL script was more portable than an shell script. We do TSM
implementations on both Unix and Windows platforms. Yes, I work with Ted
Byrne. The Perl script can be used on any platform with Perl and the TSM
admin client loaded.

Bill Boyer
DSS, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Wilcox, Andy
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 8:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Checkin libvol


Hiya Ted,

Just out of complete curiosity, why would you want to run such a script from
somewhere other than on the server itself??? We do something pretty much the
same except the scipt runs from AIX on our TSM server...

Cheers

Andy Wilcox
Midrange Services
Aquila Networks Services Ltd


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Byrne [SMTP:ted.byrne AT ADELPHIA DOT NET]
> Sent: 10 October 2003 13:57
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Checkin libvol
>
> > >Hi everyone!
> > >Everytime I try to checkin my tapes to my library I need to run q
> > request and reply <request nr>
> > >Is it possible to checkin tape without to run a reply <request nr>?
>
> Checking in the tapes through an I/O station (search=bulk) does require
> that a reply be issued to a request.  However, for many of our customers,
> it is not practical to have the operator who  is actually handling tapes
> running a checkin manually after the Entry/Exit port is loaded with the
> day's tapes (almost always less than the capacity of the entry/exit port).
>
> For this situation, we have written a small perl script that gets
> scheduled
> once a day,  typically at the end of each weekday.  It's defined as a
> client event to run on a machine with the administrative client
> installed.  The script runs, issues the checkin libv command, issues the
> "q
> request", parses the output to get the request number, and then issues the
> reply.
>
> Works well for us and our customers...
>
> Ted
>
>
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