Matt, I know that it's bad form for me to tout my own product, but STORServer Manager (the TSM operational interface) may help you to solve this problem. It is a GUI to your tapes at the vault, in the library, in scratch etc. It was designed to make TSM media management a little easier. You can check it out on our website, and you can sign up for a live demo.
Laura Buckley STORServer, Inc. www.storserver.com www.storsol.com ph: (719) 531-5133 cell: (719) 337-2436 fax: (719) 266-55576 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@;VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Matt Simpson Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: drm operator scripts At 11:32 AM -0400 10/25/02, Nelson, Doug wrote: >We move tapes from VaultRetrieve to CourierRetrieve and then move them >(individually) from CourierRetrieve to OnSiteRetrieve once we have >verified that we have received them. It only takes a minute >(literally). I don't like the process of invidually moving them to OnSiteRetrieve, with or without an intermediate stop at CourierRetrieve. Computers are supposed to eliminate manual processes. I guess I'm spoiled by coming from a world where Tape Management Systems remember that a tape exists unless they're specifically told that it no longer exists. TSM should be smart enough to checkin a tape that's in CourierRetrieve status, and say "Oh .. I guess it's back now". If it could do that, then if a tape got moved to CourierRetrieve and did not get checked back in, the fact that it was remaining in CourierRetrieve status would be a red flag. Moving them to OnsiteRetrieve, which "disappears" them, just seems like an unnecessary and dangerous step. -- Matt Simpson -- OS/390 Support 219 McVey Hall -- (859) 257-2900 x300 University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 <mailto:msimpson@;uky.edu> mainframe -- An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies serving billions of obsolete customers and making huge obsolete profits for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice as fast as last year's.
