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Re: Old tapes

2005-07-19 11:04:55
Subject: Re: Old tapes
From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:03:25 -0400
Sure. We (and most folks) vault copypool tapes, all the time.  If the tape
is marked as "offsite", the reclaim process "creates" a replacement tape
by recopying from the original tapes/files, those files that are still
valid.

If they aren't marked as offsite, the server issues a mount/message for
the tape that isn't in your library, to which you then respond once you
locate and load the tape into your library.  We are going through this,
right  now. We don't have enough slots in our 3583. We remove tapes and
reload them, as necessary.




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If a tape volume is physically and logically moved out of the tape
library,
will reclamation of the tapepool still be possible?

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Hey Ben,

I am wanting to use this command, but my sup. wants to know how to get
those tape back if needed???


Thank You,
Bill Rosette
WWJD



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We have had to do this in the past to free up library space.
Rather than using the checkout libvol command, I would suggest using the
functions within the TSM server to store tapes outside of the library:
the "move media" command.

Do a 'help move media' for how it works.

Here is an example command I have used that would check tapes
out of the library from our "I_TAPEPOOL" storagepool that have not been
touched in 60 days:

move media * stg=I_TAPEPOOL wherestate=mountableinlib wherestatus=full
day=60 ovflocation='Bldg26 rack'

Ben

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Owings, Don
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Subject: Re: Old tapes

#1, what's your retention for this data if you don't need it reuse the
tapes.   #2 if they aren't at 100% do "move data" on them to free up the
tapes that way.   #3 if your solution calls for long term storage then
just check them out and you should be good to go.

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Dave Zarnoch
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Subject: Old tapes


Oh mighty Gurus.....

Please forgive my naive question......

We are running out of slots in our library and I have examined some of
the tapes and have found that some of them haven't been read for  1 1/2
years and some haven't been written to in 3 or 4 years.

Can I eject these tapes and store them in a rack?

I tried 5 of them and used the following commands:

update volume <vol> loc=shelf
checkout libv <lib> <vol> checkl=no rem=b

Is this kosher?

Thanks!

DaveZ


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