I have been wondering the answer to this question myself and did some research. According to the administrator's guide what you did is the proper way to checkout and checkin a volume to a library. But, it does not say you can move the volume to a new library (device class/storage pool).
This is what I am speculating. You cannot change the device class of a in a storage pool without deleting and redefining it. Once a tape has a private status I am betting you cannot do what you are trying to do. However, if the tape has no data on it and you change its status from private to scratch I am betting you can check it out and back in to a different library. Yes, this sucks. Remember TSM manages objects between storage pools. So, you can move all the data off a volume easily with the move command. Then you should be able to change the status of the volume to scratch and move it. I do not know if you will have to run expiration to be able to change the volume's status. I have not tried this but bet that this is the situation. I think there is a requirement here for us to be able to associate a super device class to a storage pool that contains many libraries and to be able to change the location of a volume so long as it is in the super device class. Maybe Andy has an idea. -----Original Message----- From: Michel David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 6:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Changing Library box Hi all TSM'rs I want to change my library from 20-tape lib to a bigger. I connected both of them together to reansfer the tapes. for a tape name 000104 I made Checkout libv oldlib 000104 I eject the tape checkin libv newlib 000104 q libv seems to be OK. q libv: newlib 000104 data When I try to make an audit vol or Retrieve (with API) He look's for the Tape IN THE OLD LIBRARY !!! What can I do to convince him ?? Please HELP !!! Michel MARNET. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1
