I'm just doing this sort of stuff in reverse We have a 3494 with mixed J and K tapes that is bursting at the seams (750 slots about 1400 tapes). Being government, the wheels turn extremely slowly and our 3592 upgrade won't happen until February, but because its going to happen we can't spend any money on an interim solution. Thus we have to maximise the capacity of the existing equipment.
To do this I'm moving all offsite data to Js and onsite to Ks. So, every day, I check my scratches. J's get explicity allocated to an offsite copypool with define volume. I also run an update libvol ... status=pri, because otherwise the status doesn't change until the tape is written to and I think I've got scratches that I don't have. K tapes stay as scratch. When it comes time to write the copypool, the explicitly defined volumes are used first so eventually the copypools migrate to Js I started this about a month ago and it was a bit of a chore for the first two weeks. Now its down to just 4 or 5 tapes a day to handle. All thats left is a leisurely move data on some long term archives. Regards Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/12/2003 5:11:43 >>> If I take a copypool volume and insert it into my tape library and run the checkin process and check it in as a private volume will the DRM Manager update the status of the volume? What I am trying to do is figure out the best way to move data that is in the copypool from J type tapes to K type tapes. I could do it with the move data using a reconstruct=yes, but this is quite slow. I was thinking I could load a few of the copy pool tapes into the library, copy the data to a higher capacity tape, then use the Move DRMedia command to move it the newly filled tape to vault status Does this sound like it is possible? Bill William Fitzgerald Software Programmer TSM Administrator Munson Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] *********************************************************************************** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipients(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipients(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. ***********************************************************************************
