Scratch Tape 1

[samirm]

Hi,

I am very very new this TSM environment.
Yesterday I was executing the following command to find the list of Scratch tapes in the Tape Library ..

select count(*) as scratch_count from libvolumes where status='Scratch'

Its showing following :-

SCRATCH_COUNT
-------------
0

Now I have inserted 15 new Scratch tapes inside the Tape Library. I thought it will recognise automatically.
Even after 15 minutes I am executing the same command, and its returning search-count = 0

Could you please tell me whether the TSM will recognise these new tapes automatically as Scratch or I have to do something.

Thanks for all your help.

Sam

 

[RMGBELGIUM]

checkin libv <libname> <tape> checklabel=yes stat=scratch

rgds,

R.

 

[ProbablyDown]

then:
1)q req
2)reply <##>

 

[mccleld]

If they're brand new tapes (never been used before), then you'll need to label them before you use them (unless you've automatic labelling turned on - not too many places have yet from my experience). Thankfully, the 'label libvolume' process can kill two birds with one stone, labelling and checking in a volume to the library at the same time. As an example, it goes like this:

label libvolume <library name> search=yes labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch

For the full text, try:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.itsmmsmunn.doc/anrsrf53236.htm

or 'help label libvolume' from the admin command prompt.

 

[comtec17]

Great post mccleld, a star for you