Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-19 Thread Paul Zarnowski
At 10:53 AM 10/18/2006, Bos, Karel wrote: So, we need an extra table containing all volumes at any point defined in ITSM containing at least date_first_used, #mounts, #errors, #write_passes and current_state. Or something like that. Something along these lines would do the trick. I agree that

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-19 Thread Lars-Erik Öhman
Are there a Windows version of this tapeutil somewhere? -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: den 18 oktober 2006 21:25 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape TTL On Oct 18, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Mark

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Orville Lantto
IL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Stapleton Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape TTL From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orville Lantto >For newer tape technologies, the information is on the chip in each >t

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Orville Lantto
18, 2006 3:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape TTL From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orville Lantto >For newer tape technologies, the information is on the chip in each >tape. If only TSM would retrieve that info. (Sounds like an op

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Richard Sims
On Oct 18, 2006, at 3:14 PM, Mark Stapleton wrote: From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orville Lantto For newer tape technologies, the information is on the chip in each tape. If only TSM would retrieve that info. (Sounds like an opportunity for an inventive

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Mark Stapleton
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orville Lantto >For newer tape technologies, the information is on the chip in each >tape. If only TSM would retrieve that info. (Sounds like an opportunity for an inventive code writer.) Technically, this is incorrect. The sma

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Orville Lantto
: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Leigh Reed Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 11:05 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape TTL There was some discussion recently about saving the output of your daily actlogs as text files and keeping them (ad infinitum

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Leigh Reed
: 18 October 2006 15:42 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [SPAM: 4.000] Re: [ADSM-L] Tape TTL -Paul Zarnowski wrote: - >I have long wished that TSM could track statistics for scratch >volumes as well. I wonder why they can't track these statistics in >the libvol record in

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Bos, Karel
Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: woensdag 18 oktober 2006 16:42 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Tape TTL -Paul Zarnowski wrote: - >I have long wished that TSM could track statistics for scratch volumes >as well. I wonder why they can't track these statistics in the libv

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Thomas Denier
-Paul Zarnowski wrote: - >I have long wished that TSM could track statistics for scratch >volumes as well. I wonder why they can't track these statistics in >the libvol record instead of the volume record. There would still be significant coverage limitations with this approach. Volumes

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Paul Zarnowski
At 08:15 AM 10/18/2006, Richard Sims wrote: TSM tracks tape statistics while the tape is in a storage pool, as is apparent in Query Volume reporting only tapes in storage pools. Scratch rotation causes the accumulated values to be discarded. I have long wished that TSM could track statistics fo

Re: Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Richard Sims
On Oct 18, 2006, at 7:44 AM, Lars-Erik Öhman wrote: Library: 3584 Drives: 3592 Have been looking for any recommendations about how long I could use a tape before it´s necessary to change them to new ones. I know that it´s up to how much a tape have been used, mounted, read, written and wh

Tape TTL

2006-10-18 Thread Lars-Erik Öhman
Library: 3584 Drives: 3592 Have been looking for any recommendations about how long I could use a tape before it´s necessary to change them to new ones. I know that it´s up to how much a tape have been used, mounted, read, written and whatever. Or is it ok to use a tape until it failures? Be