StorageTek 6 manual Volume/Cell Control Functions, Moving Volumes within the Library

Volume/Cell Control Functions

Volume/cell control functions coordinate and control the location of tape cartridges in the library.

Volume/cell control functions described in this section include:

•Moving volumes within the library

•Scratch subpool management

•Scratch threshold task restart.

Moving Volumes within the Library

Often there is need to move a single volume, several volumes, or a range of volumes to other locations within a library. The destination for the volume(s) may be within the same LSM or different LSM(s). The Volume Move function provides you with the capability to move volumes at your discretion. Volume movement may be required because of:

•changes in your library hardware configuration. Addition of tape transports or LSMs to a library configuration often requires that volumes be moved to accommodate the new hardware configuration. Panels can be frozen to prevent allocation of new volumes to those panels. It is not necessary to move volumes that reside on a panel before it is frozen, however, volumes should be moved off frozen panels that will be changed.

•the need to achieve better control over library tape activity.

Volumes can be moved by any of the following methods:

•MOVe operator command

•MOVe utility

•tape management interface MOVE request

•Scratch Redistribution utility.

These methods provide you with the operational flexibility often needed within a library installation.

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