We will be moving our 3584 library (including the TSM server, shark, and everything else in our data center) across town to a new facility. I am trying to decide what the best method is to accomplish certain aspects of the library move. We don't want to leave the tapes in the library during the move. Is it best to "checkout" the tapes before the move, or just remove the tapes, and put them back into the library after the move in no specific order, and run an "audit library libname checklabel=barcode" after the move?
If we go the checkout route, I have a script to remove the scratch tapes first using the I/O slots. We will have to run the script several times (10 slots), until all the scratch tapes are removed. Then, I planned on creating and executing a script that for each VOLNAME in a "query libv" command, it would do a "checkout libv libname $VOLNAME remove=no checklabel=no". The way I understand the help commands, this will leave all the existing volumes (which should be only "in use" volumes) in their current SCSI slot. We would then remove and box up all the tapes. At the new datacenter, we would place all the tapes in no particular order directly back into the library storage slots, then I would run a "checkin libv libname search=yes checklabel=barcode status=private". After that completed, I would run through several "checkin libv" commands to put the scratch volumes back into the library through the I/O slots. All that sounds like a lot of work when, in theory, I should be able to just shut down the TSM server, remove the tapes (scratch and private together), transport the tapes and library (and everything), re-insert the tapes, start TSM and run an "audit library libname checklabel=barcode" as soon as it comes up... right? Of course, I would, via the 3584 User Panel or the 3584 Web Interface, remove the cleaning cartridges and diagnosis cartridge after TSM shuts down, and insert them before TSM starts up again. Thoughts? Suggestions? Horror stories? ps, please reply directly to me, as well as the listserv. I never did unsubscribe to the listserv, but I have not been getting any email from the listserv in several months. I subscribed again today, so we will see how it goes. Thanks in advance, Todd
