Thanks for all the responses/suggestions.  Yes, I have been playing with
CAP and also shuffling tapes around to try to maintain contiguous tape
ranges.


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Baker, Jane <Jane.Baker AT clarks DOT com> 
wrote:

> Cartridge Asssignment policy should allow different number sequences for
> each virtual library to stop any problems that you might see, that's what
> we do.
>
> Also, checkin libvol xxxx search=bulk status=scratch checklabel=barcode
> wait=0 will do it... for scratch anyway.. change as appropriate!
>
> Jane.
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> Subject: [ADSM-L] Now that I have a TS3500 - I have questions
>
> Our new TS3500 was installed this weekend (replacing our 17-year old 3494)
> and I have lots of questions about how things should be done/configured and
> why it is doing what it is doing.
>
> First off, the library is configured as 2-virtual librarys, each side with
> fixed drive assignments and each side managed by a separate TSM server.
>
> 1.  Per other discussions, I configured 255 "Virtual IO".  We also
> configured/enabled "Insert Notification". However, some tapes keep being
> inserted "unassigned" while most are properly assigned to the right
> library?.  Why?
>
> 2.  What is the proper CHECKIN command options for doing mass checkins from
> the IO/VIO slots?    SEARCH=BULK or SEARCH=YES - CHECKLABEL=YES or
> CHECKLABEL=BARCODE?  The book says for a SCSI library you can't specify
> SEARCH=YES and CHECKLABEL=NO....
>
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