Chip,
I hope I am not proven ignorant in this case, but I don't think
there is a way to update the slot count without deleting the
drives/path/library, and then redefining them. The reason is that when
the library path is first defined is when TSM queries the library device
and receives back a list of the element numbers of the library. There
is an element number assigned to each slot, tape drive, and I/O slot.
TSM uses the element numbers from the resulting list to know what
instructions it can give the library robot. I am not aware of a way to
update that list on the fly.
The good news is you don't have to reboot the TSM instance to do
this, just quiet down all the tape drives so nothing is using the drives
or library, then delete it and recreate it.
If you haven't already done this, now would be a good time to
trap all the commands used to delete and redefine the library from the
activity log, and put them in a macro or text file for reuse in the
future. It can save you a lot of typing the next time you have upgrade
the library.
Best Regards,
John D. Schneider
Sr. System Administrator - Storage
Sisters of Mercy Health System
3637 South Geyer Road
St. Louis, MO. 63127
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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Bell, Charles (Chip)
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 2:39 PM
To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Library slot count manipulation in TSM
How does TSM know how many slots are available, say, from the output of
the 'show slots' command below? I have a Sepaton VTL, and I would like
to expand the slot count from the Sepaton side from 400 to 1000. What
could I do from the TSM side to see the 1000 slots and not have to
delete drives/paths/library definitions for the library (3584_vtl1)
shown below? Reboot the TSM server? Perhaps just an audit library? It
would great to not even have to reboot the TSM server, but we can if
necessary. It's less of a pain than rebuilding the library environment
from the TSM side.
tsm: TSM>show slots 3584_vtl1
PVR slot information for library 3584_VTL1.
Library : 3584_VTL1
Product Id : 03584L32
Support module : 4
Mount count : 1
Drives : 16
Slots : 400
Changers : 1
Import/Exports : 32
God bless you!!!
Chip Bell
Network Engineer I
IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional
Baptist Health System
Birmingham, AL
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