I like it. I'll squirrel this away into my things for AIX list.
Thanks,
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Cook, Dwight E
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 9:40 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: multiple label libvols?
just break down the tape volser list into 5 differnet files the perform from
aix
nohup dsmlabel -library=/dev/lmcp# -drive=/dev/rmt1 -keep <filewith1st5th &
nohup dsmlabel -library=/dev/lmcp# -drive=/dev/rmt2 -keep <filewith2nd5th &
nohup dsmlabel -library=/dev/lmcp# -drive=/dev/rmt3 -keep <filewith3rd5th &
nohup dsmlabel -library=/dev/lmcp# -drive=/dev/rmt4 -keep <filewith4th5th &
nohup dsmlabel -library=/dev/lmcp# -drive=/dev/rmt5 -keep <filewith5th5th &
and that will keep'em all pretty busy
dwight
> ----------
> From: Snyder.John[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 10:11 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: multiple label libvols?
>
> I've found that if I issue multiple "label libvol" commands (from the
> webadmin gui), only ONE of the commands will run to completion
> before the second will start. I have 5 3590 drives and wanted to
> use all of them at once to label several hundred new
> tapes... but I can't figure out how to start multiple streams
> simultaneously. (Mountlimit is set to "drives" on the device class.)
>
> Is it possible to multi-thread this kind of operation?
>
> (TSM 3.7.3 on AIX 4.3.3)
>
> Thanks...JRS
>
