onday, November 13, 2000 12:09 PM
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Subject: Re: "Move media" vs. checkout
I know this thread is a few days old, but I wanted to comment on this issue
because I don't think any of the responses so far have got it quite right,
and I know from experience as an instr
I know this thread is a few days old, but I wanted to comment on this issue
because I don't think any of the responses so far have got it quite right,
and I know from experience as an instructor that this is a very important
but most often misunderstood concept.
You should always think of volume
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>-Original Message-
>From: Maria Paz Gimeno [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 08 November 2000 10:15:AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: "Move media" vs. checkout
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>I use MOVE
Checkout is when the volume will no longer be managed by the automated
library, ie, volumes going offsite. If ADSM wants that volume, its mount
request fails.
move media is used to move media to an overflow location, ie, the "tape
room" because you don't have enough room in your library to conta
I use MOVE MEDIA for this operation both ways, out and in the library.
With CHECKOUT you have to provide the volume labels of the tapes you want
to remove from the library, while with "move media" you can select by
stgpool. I am not sure if the "checkout" changes the access to offsite but
"Move m
"Diana J. Noble" wrote:
> Then when and for what would I use the "move media"?
Good question. I always wondered where the benefits of move/query media compared
to checkin/checkout/query volume are.
BTW: you can checkout a volume by move media in a single step. To bring back the
volume into the l
Then when and for what would I use the "move media"?
At 04:29 PM 11/7/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Diane,
>If all you want to do is remove the tape from the library and send it offsite
>then the checkout command is what you want to do.
Diane,
If all you want to do is remove the tape from the library and send it offsite
then the checkout command is what you want to do.
