Responding to Ed's question: New media usually means new tape number ranges. Once the new media is in use for HSM it is a simple matter to recycle using: RECYCLE EXECUTE ML2 PERCENTVALID(99) - SELECT(INCLUDE(RANGE(E20000:E20999)))
-----Original Message----- From: Mike Schwab [mailto:mike.a.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 8:21 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Data offload to DVDs or external drives You can also specify volsers. Very useful if one is damaged. On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 5:27 PM, Ed Gould <ps2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > David, > > Great reply. Thank you for pointing this out. > As a small side question (I have never had to do this) how does one identify > tapes that need recycling? > I have just done recycles on percent valid and was never worried about doing > it based on device type. > > Ed -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
