Don't forget to check the requests and reply to the active one - "q req"
and "reply X" so that TSM knows the tape is there.

Nick Cassimatis

----- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 12/19/2005 11:03 AM
-----

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 12/19/2005
10:53:37 AM:

> I guess I should have passed on that I pre labeled one tape and when TSM
> kicked off a db backup it asked for a tape, which I inserted, but TSM
never
> recognized it. A migrate did the same thing. Since there is only one
drive
> at least I know I didn't screw that up...
> I also have read via messages and info on the admin console screen in 5.3
> that scratch tapes need to be checked in. It sort of tells you how to do
> this but locating it hasn't been possible yet.
>
> Well I'll give it another try and see what happens.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff Gill
> TSM Administrator
> SAIC M/S-G1b
> (858)826-4062
> Email: geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
Bob
> Booth - UIUC
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:30 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: manual tape drive
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 07:19:19AM -0800, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote:
> > I've set up TSM 5.3 in a test environment with an external dat drive.
> > Unfortunately since I've only worked with automated libraries I don't
know
> > the process for checking in a scratch tape to use with TSM. I also
haven't
> > been able to find the solution in the manuals so I was wondering if
> someone
> > could help me out please? I guess I'm not sure why the commands seem to
be
> > readily available for automated libraries but not this case. I've been
> able
> > to label some tapes just fine.
>
> You don't check in tapes in a manual mode.  Pre-label your tapes with
> dsmlabel
> or label libv.  TSM will ask for a scratch tape to be loaded when it
needs
> one, and you just plop it in to the requested drive.  Once the label is
> read, it is registered to the storage pool.  When the tape is emptied it
is
> deleted.
>
> hth,
>
> bob