I did the same thing 3 years ago.  I was using RMM instead of CA-1.
z/OS with a TMS would automatically check in volumes.

I have schedule a administrative command to run once a week to check in
the volumes

checkin libvolume library-name search=bulk checklabel=barcode
status=private waittime=0

That is what I missed about the mainframe, all of the automation is
built in. I had a lot of automation base on messages that no longer
works.
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Pagnotta, Pam
Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 7:18 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: New to TSM on AIX and using TSM as Library Manager

Hello,

We have been running TSM on MVS for 15 years, using CA-1 as our Tape
Management system without any problems, but we have recently been
working on moving to TSM on AIX. We have a TS3500 Tape Library and we
are using our new TSM server as the Library Manager. We also are using
TSMManager and its Vaulting Manager.

We send our tapes off-site on a weekly basis and when tapes are returned
they go to another area in our building for an extra week before being
returned to the Tape Library. This leaves a gap of 10 days between the
time the Check-in report was originally run to when the tapes are
actually available for use again.

Does anyone have a clever way to handle this so that the tapes are once
again made available to the Library Manager? We are finding that the
tapes go into the library but are left in import mode. Do we need to
rerun the Check-in?

Any insights into how others are handling similar situations, would be
greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Pam


Pam Pagnotta
Sr. Systems Engineer
Energy Enterprise Solutions (EES), LLC
Supporting IM-621.1, Enterprise Service Center East
Office: 301-903-5508
Mobile: 301-326-7296
Email: pam.pagnotta AT hq.doe DOT gov
Location: USA (EST/EDT)