so you would actually do a * and not specific tapes? I did 7 and there is 50 tapes at this time. I went all the way to 28 and got 11. I guess I have to determine on my own what is best.
thanks Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: David Longo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: how to determine which tapes to move > > To see a list of tapes to pull out of library do: > > q media * stg=POOLNAME days=X wherestate=mountablein > > Where POOLNAME = your tape poll name. For X in days=, I would > start high, say 7 days. THis will showe you tapes in this stgpool > that are mountableinlibrary and haven't been accessed in 7 days. > You can adjust this X value till you get as many tapes as you need to pull > out. > > The do: > > move media * stg=POOLNAME days=X wherestate=mountablein > > This will remove all tapes with this criteria out of library. (You can > add > remove=bulk if you havew a bulk I/O station) > > This doesn't gaurantee that these tapes won't be needed an hour after > you remove them, but using the days parameter reduces the possiblity. > > When a restore/retrieve/reclamation needs one of the tapes you removed, > there will be a pronpt on the Console for that tape. No real way to > predict > when a tape is needed. I do this a lot with my IBM 3575-L32 library. > > When a tape is needed just check backin as you would a scratch tape > except use status=private. > > David Longo > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/01/02 09:38AM >>> > HI, since our library is full and we need to keep the data we have > (Exchange a years worth 30gb a night) aaaaahhhh!!!!! (sorry- it has > become > the bane of our existence), I have been using an overflow location, > Taperoom. We were running SSM up to now but our demo license has run out > and we are in the process of waiting to hear if the budget is approved. > Which will also give us 98 more slots (joy) anyway we've lost that > capabilty > for now. So the following questions are: > > config of AIX 4.3.3 TSM 4.1.3 and a 100 tape ATL P2000 > > How does one select which tapes to move off to an overflow > location? > with out TSM requiring them the same day or even next. also How do you > monitor when the tape is needed? > > thanks > > Paul > > > Paul J Coviello > Sr Systems Analyst > Catholic Medical Center > 2456 Brown Ave > Manchester, NH 03103 > 603 663-5326 > > > > "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following > annotations on 03/01/02 13:28:57 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If > you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all > copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify > the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, > distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the > intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail > communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in > this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where > the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular > entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views > or opinions. > > ========================================================================== > ====
