At 11:32 AM -0400 10/25/02, Nelson, Doug wrote:
We move tapes from VaultRetrieve to CourierRetrieve and then move them (individually) from CourierRetrieve to OnSiteRetrieve once we have verified that we have received them. It only takes a minute (literally).
I don't like the process of invidually moving them to OnSiteRetrieve, with or without an intermediate stop at CourierRetrieve. Computers are supposed to eliminate manual processes.
I guess I'm spoiled by coming from a world where Tape Management Systems remember that a tape exists unless they're specifically told that it no longer exists. TSM should be smart enough to checkin a tape that's in CourierRetrieve status, and say "Oh .. I guess it's back now". If it could do that, then if a tape got moved to CourierRetrieve and did not get checked back in, the fact that it was remaining in CourierRetrieve status would be a red flag. Moving them to OnsiteRetrieve, which "disappears" them, just seems like an unnecessary and dangerous step. -- Matt Simpson -- OS/390 Support 219 McVey Hall -- (859) 257-2900 x300 University Of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506 <mailto:msimpson@;uky.edu> mainframe -- An obsolete device still used by thousands of obsolete companies serving billions of obsolete customers and making huge obsolete profits for their obsolete shareholders. And this year's run twice as fast as last year's.
