Thanks Dave, that explains everything! On 5/21/06, David Longo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I started a thread on this about 9 months ago. Short summary: The "tsm barocde length" on AIX is for LTO1 and LTO2 tapes only - note comment by that on your lsattr output. The outout is corect, LTO1/2 wil show up as 6 char if that is what you were initially using. And will stay 6 char, even for new LTO1/2 tapes you label/initialize. LTO3 is 8 char. Best practice going forward is to use 8 char. There is an IBM Technote# 1217789 on this with lot of details. David Longo >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/21/06 3:20 PM >>> I have a stranger behavior in my TSM Server ( at least to me). TSM Server 5.3.3 on AIX 5.3, tape library 3584 with LTO3 drives. library on AIX, it shows "tsm_barcode_len 6" root# lsattr -El smc0 alt_pathing no Enable Alternate Pathing Support True debug_trace no Debug Trace Logging Enabled True dev_status N/A False devtype 03584L32 Device Type False location Location True lun_id 0x1000000000000 Logical Unit Number True new_name New Logical Name True node_name 0x500507623f0d6e01 World Wide Node Name False primary_device smc0 Primary Logical Device False reserve_support yes Use Reserve/Release on Open and Close True retain_reserve no Retain Reservation False scsi_id 0x30000 SCSI Target ID True trace_logging no Trace Logging Enabled True *tsm_barcode_len 6* TSM Barcode Length for Ultrium 1/Ultrium 2 Media True ww_name 0x500507630f4c6d01 World Wide Port Name False Library definition on TSM Server as: DEFINE LIBRARY 3584 LIBTYPE=SCSI SHARED=YES AUTOLABEL=NO RESETDRIVE=YES On TSM Server, we have old LTO1 tapes as as below although from Specialist we see "L1" at the end of it: A00001 A00002 ........... Yesterday when I used the command to checkin new LTO3 tapes with the command: LABEL libv 3584_LIB search=bulk checkin=scratch labels=barcode The new tapes were labeled as: B00001L3 B00002L3 .............. How could this happen? If those LTO1 tapes get expired and reclaimed, will it become 8 character or still keeps 6 character? Thanks in advance. ############################################################## 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. ##############################################################
