Geoffrey, Whenever I have to do similar operations on lots of volumes, I use my word processor's (MS Word in this case) mail merge feature to help. The sequence goes like this.
1. Obtain a list of volumes to be processed. If the volume name is the only thing that will change, you can save to a text file. But text files only accommodate one variable. If more variables (fields) are needed, use the native WP doc format. 2. Select the file from step 1 as the data source. 3. Create the master document with the desired command line like: checkout libv library_name [volume] checkl=no remove=no where "volume" is the "merge field" to be used for the final document. 4. Merge the data. You will end up with a document that has a line from step 3 for each volume. 5. Because that document will be in the native WP format, do a Save As...text of the document. 6. Reopen the text version of the document. You will have a script. 7. Paste that text document's contents into the text entry window of the Create Script page of the TSM web client. The final result will be a server script consisting of the command from step 3 for each volume. 8. Execute the server script in TSM. I know this sounds a bit complicated, but once you've done it a time or two, you can create in less that five minutes scripts that process thousands of volumes. This technique was vital when I was doing our data reorg after the library upgrades and I had to Move Data the contents of hundreds of tapes. Good luck. Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram Corporation "Gill, Geoffrey L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 04/11/2002 12:34:16 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: 3494 library swap out. On Monday IBM will be removing a leased 3494 and installing a replacement 3494. The library is shared with MVS but MVS has it's own set of tapes and exits ignore my tapes(TSM 4.2.1.9 on AIX 4.3.3) when they are inserted. It's been sugested I "checkout" all of my tapes, some 800 or so, probably with a remove=no since a 10 slot I/O port would slow things down. IBM says they need to remove all the tapes so they can re-level the library once they put it together. So now questions: (I am not concerned with the MVS side of things since someone else takes care of that.) Do I really need to do this? If yes, is there an easy way to do this or amI going to have to struggle through it? How about getting them back in/available? Should I be doing any TSM inventory? If anyone ahs gone through this or has suggestions please, please send them. Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
