At 20:17 1/10/2005, you wrote:

For what it is worth we just moved our 3584 from St Louis MO to Cincinnati
Ohio.  We left all of the tapes in the library and added some that we had
been storing onsite also to the library.  When we brought things back up we
did a audit library and then a checkin search=yes status=private.  It worked

The correct order would be:

audit library
checkin search=yes status=scratch
checkin search=yes status=private

When doing checkin status=private first, all your scratch tapes wille be
checked in private and disappear from your scratchpool....

OTOH, if you put back the same tapes you removed, the tapes are still
checked in as far as tsm is concerned, only in different slots.... a
checkin private would not do much harm to your already checked in scratch
tapes....
In all other cases (manually adding tapes which were not previously checked
in), and to be on the safe side (ie when there are accidently scratch tapes
in your lib which are not checked in) do the check-in in the suggested order!

Adrie

very well for us.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Todd Lundstedt
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 12:58 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject:


We will be moving our 3584 library (including the TSM server, shark, and
everything else in our data center) across town to a new facility.  I am
trying to decide what the best method is to accomplish certain aspects of
the library move.  We don't want to leave the tapes in the library during
the move.  Is it best to "checkout" the tapes before the move, or just
remove the tapes, and put them back into the library after the move in no
specific order, and run an "audit library libname checklabel=barcode" after
the move?

If we go the checkout route, I have a script to remove the scratch tapes
first using the I/O slots.  We will have to run the script several times (10
slots), until all the scratch tapes are removed.  Then, I planned on
creating and executing a script that for each VOLNAME in a "query libv"
command, it would do a "checkout libv libname $VOLNAME remove=no
checklabel=no".  The way I understand the help commands, this will leave all
the existing volumes (which should be only "in use" volumes) in their
current SCSI slot.  We would then remove and box up all the tapes. At the
new datacenter, we would place all the tapes in no particular order directly
back into the library storage slots, then I would run a "checkin libv
libname search=yes checklabel=barcode status=private". After that completed,
I would run through several "checkin libv" commands to put the scratch
volumes back into the library through the I/O slots.

All that sounds like a lot of work when, in theory, I should be able to just
shut down the TSM server, remove the tapes (scratch and private together),
transport the tapes and library (and everything), re-insert the tapes, start
TSM and run an "audit library libname checklabel=barcode" as soon as it
comes up... right?

Of course, I would, via the 3584 User Panel or the 3584 Web Interface,
remove the cleaning cartridges and diagnosis cartridge after TSM shuts down,
and insert them before TSM starts up again.

Thoughts? Suggestions?  Horror stories?

ps, please reply directly to me, as well as the listserv.  I never did
unsubscribe to the listserv, but I have not been getting any email from the
listserv in several months.  I subscribed again today, so we will see how it
goes.

Thanks in advance,

Todd