If you really want to do this, the only way I can think of is to partition your library. I believe the TS3200 does support this.
You said "tape may be reused by the primary pool." What is the concern with this? This is the standard way TSM operates and I'm not sure why you would want to keep them separate. Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet andy.hueb...@alconlabs.com Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 06/28/2012 09:24 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] TSM V6 tape labels I may be wrong, but the only way I know to divide media is by device class, so I do not think you can do it in 1 library with 1 drive type. Why the concern about using 1 pool of media for both primary and copy? DRM will take care of what tapes go where. Andy Huebner -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Victor Shum Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 2:24 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM V6 tape labels Dear All : I am implementing a TSM V6 EE on AIX with IBM TS3200 with 4 x LTO5 drive. Is it any easy way that I can use different LTO-barcode labeling scheme for primary and copy pool ? My concerns is : DRM will be implement to handle offsite tape cycling, when offsite tape media back to the Tape library; it shall become "scratch" type. So I concerns those tape may be reused by the primary pool. So it seems that cannot use different tape labeling scheme for primary and copy pool.. e.g. BON000 ~ BON999 label will be used for primary pool tape media; BOF000 ~ BOF999 labels will be used for all copypool.. Best regards, Victor Shum This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you. This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.