DRM – Tapes Management

TAPE MOVEMENT FROM ON-SITE TO OFF-SITE USING DRM:

1) First we need to identify the copy storage pool tapes and TSM DB backup tapes
by using below query:
a. Q drm * wherestate=mountable

2) Then we need to change the status of copy tapes and TSM DB backup tapes
from mountable state to not mountable state:
a. Move drm D00011L6 wherestate=mountable tostate=notmountable

3) Once we executed the above command the copy and TSM DB backup tapes will
get ejected from tape library and available at I/O station.

4) If we want to list the tapes in the library which are in not mountable state and in
the I/O slots, use below command:
a. Q drm * wherestate=notmountable

5) Verify the output of step 3 with the ejected tapes in the I/O slots from the tape
library of each site:

6) Once we changed the status of tapes from mountable to not mountable next
we have to physically remove the tapes from I/O slots of the tape library
after executing the following command:
a. Move drm * wherestate=notmountable tostate=vault

7) Once tapes are removed, the media management team have to send them to
off-site location as the following per site:
 8) In all the above mentioned commands * means all tapes.

TAPE MOVEMENT FROM OFF-SITE TO ON-SITE USING DRM

1) After off-site reclamation (reclamation for off-site tapes) the status of tapes will
change from vault state to vaultretrieve state.

2) To know which tapes are in vault retrieve state, use below command:
a) Q drm * wherestate=vaultretrieve

3) Once we came to know which tapes are in vault retrieve state we need to ask
the media management team to recall those tapes from off-site to on-site:
4) Once we informed the media management team to recall the tapes we need to
change the status of those tapes from vaultretrieve to courier retrieve by using
below command:
a) Move drm * wherestate=vaultretrieve tostate=courierretrieve

5) Once the tapes are bought to on-site location we have to change the status of
those tapes from courier retrieve to on-site retrieve by using below command:
a) Move drm * wherestate=courierretrieve tostate=onsiteretrieve

6) Once the status of tapes has been changed from courier retrieve to on-site
retrieve we can load those tapes into the I/O slots of the tape library:
7) Finally, we have to check in those retrievable tapes, which were inserted in the
I/O slots, as scratch tapes by running the following script:
a) run checkin_tapes.
8) checkin libvolume 3584 search=bulk status=scratch checkl=barcode waitt=0

checkin libvolume 3584 search=bulk status=Private checkl=barcode waitt=0

9) In all the above mentioned commands * means all tapes.

If update scratch still no scratch then take all vols which updated scratch ,those become as Private so
then use
CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME ts3310 A01310L4 REMOVE=BULK CHECKL=no
LABEL LIBVOLUME TS3310 search=bulk labels=barcode checkin=scratch
QUERY REQUES
REPLY 004
To check Vol status use below one
QUERY DRMEDIA A01029L4
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