I believe that with LTO3 tapes you don't have the choice of 6 or 8-character 
tape numbers. You can only use 8. And the TS3310 only
supports LTO3 drives. I guess that's why there's no option for 6/8-char volsers.

If you're going to have to use the TS3310 for the older tapes labeled with the 
6-char volser, then just use the CHECKLABEL=YES for
the checkin command for those tapes. I would also not set the library up for 
AUTOLABEL=OVERWRITE, and maybe not even AUTOLABEL=YES
until I've moved all the data from the old 6-char tapes.

Bill Boyer
"Hit any user to continue..." - ??


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Steven Harris
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:47 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: TS3310 and 6 character bar codes

Hi All

I've just finished migrating a customer from a 3583 with LTO2 drives to a new 
TS3310 with LTO3 drives.  As the customer planned to
have both libraries attached at the end of the process  I  had no trouble with 
copying everything again using the 8 character tape
labels on the new library, even though it was not my original plan.

I now have another such migration in the works but this time won't have the 
luxury of having both libraries connected for an
extended period.
I've been through the TS3310 manuals and web interface and can find no way to 
run the library in six-character mode.

Can someone please point me to the section in the manuals I've missed or the 
magic command known only to the initiated that can be
used to configure six-character labels on a TS3310?

Many thanks

Steve

Steve Harris
AIX and TSM admin
Brisbane Australia
Soon to move to Sydney -  Anyone got a job going?