Etienne, What we do is this:
MOVE MEDIA * STG=COPYPOOL WHERESTATUS=FULL,FILL CHECKL=NO REMOVE=YES That ejects all the copypool tapes from the library but doesn't affect any other storage pools defined on the same library. Semi-weekly, we eject full and filling tapes (since files can "span" tapes) and send to our vault vendor. We don't check labels because our library hasn't made any mistakes and an administrator is there to verify the tape ID upon removal. That speeds things up significantly. Then we do an ordinary CHECKOUT of the latest DB backup tape, which is created after all copypool data is written. CHECKOUT LIBV DLTLIB volume_name CHECKL=NO REMOVE=YES So that DB backup has an up-to-date snapshot of the contents of ALL copypool tapes. Then we create a floppy disk holding the updated volume history file and various other system configuration files. We send the copypool tapes, the DB backup tape, and the config floppy to the vault as one package. Good luck. Tab Trepagnier TSM Administrator Laitram Corporation Etienne Brodeur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 12/10/2001 02:40:16 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Script to CHECKOUT multiples tapes on SCSI library But If I do what you suggest it would also checkout the tapes for my onsite copies that are full right? I am looking for a way to check out multiples tapes with one command (running a script would be my guess) to take a list of predetermined tapes out of a LTO 3583. I want to be able to check out the OFFSITE tapes that are full and filling and the daily DB backup that is in the OFF devclass. Is ther a script that will allow me to identify them and then create a macro file that could be run from to check them out one by one with REMOVE=BULK?\ If anyone has this would you mind sharing? Thanks for your help, Etienne Brodeur Martin Trcka <mtrcka@SMPAS To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] .CZ> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Script to CHECKOUT multiples tapes on SCSI library "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU> 2001-12-10 08:07 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > Is the MOVE MEDIA a command I could use to do this? Yes. Issue "MOVE MEDIA * STG=* wherestatus=full", f.e. This will check all full tapes from your library out. Martin Trcka