Hi Andy, I'm not familiar with the TS3500 library, but if TSM can see the bulk import/export slots (definitely possible if it's SCSI-connected), then you could do a check-in with CHECKLABEL=YES rather than CHECKLABEL=BARCODE. This will have TSM mount each cartridge and read the tape label, rather than trust the barcode reader.
Failing that, I wonder if you could setup a library partition to place these volumes in, and do something similar with SEARCH=YES. On Fri, Mar 31, 2017 at 04:14:52PM +0000, Huebner, Andy wrote: > We have recently received a number of tapes from a remote site that have tape > labels that are not compatible with out TS3500. They are too long and the > paper label does not exactly match the electronic label. > > We have found we can hand mount a tape and see the soft label. > > The problem is the soft is not a valid label for the library. An example is > LTO00021L, we have all of the 20 series. Truncating leaves me with a bunch > of LTO0002 tapes. > > Short of hand mounting many tapes, how can I have TSM mount and read these > tapes? > > Thank you, > > Andy Huebner -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine
