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Status Future consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 13, 2023

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Handle LTO9+ initialization process with parallellisation

I would like a dedicated command added to the SP server admin client for initialization of LTO9+ volumes. I have seen TL43-I-23, but doing it in SP makes it work for all libraries, not just TS.

When we first took the LTO9 library in use, I scripted the initialization process to use all drives in parallel through the library's own API. However, now that it is in production, I can not just grab a bunch of drives and media without TSM knowing about it - that would predictably lead to problems.

I have since used LABEL LIBV to good effect, however:

 * label libv is strictly serial, and initialization of a volume can take up to 2 hours as per spec. 

 * label libv blocks any checkin, checkout and move drm commands - so a typical maintenance script is going to hang until the label process is done.

I would suggest either a new command or a change to label libv with the following features:

 * specify the number of drives to use in parallel

* allow optional mountpoint retention

* allow for using more or less drives as they are available (unlike label libv which ends if it can't get a drive)

* prevent interfering with move drm commands, as those are not going to be touching yet-to-be-initialized volumes anyway

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Juan Carlos Jimenez Fuentes
    Reply
    |     Jul 14, 2023

    This request may not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with the current multi-year strategy. IBM may consider and evaluate any RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.

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