Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrator's Guide


Labeling Volumes Using TSM Commands

Administrators can label volumes with the LABEL LIBVOLUME command. The following example demonstrates using the LABEL LIBVOLUME command to label tapes for a manual library device and for an automated library device. Assume the automated device is attached to SCSI address 4, and the manual device is attached to SCSI address 5. You want to insert media into the device's entry/exit ports and you want the device's bar-code reader to read bar-code labels and overwrite existing labels with the information on the bar-code label.

Automated Library Device:

label libvolume storagelibname overwrite=yes
labelsource=barcode
 

Manual Library Device:

label libvolume storagelibname volname

If the server is not available, issue the following command:

Automated Library Device:
> dsmlabel -drive=mt3.0.0.0,116 -drive=mt4.0.0.0,117
 -library=lb5.0.0.0 -overwrite -keep
 

Manual Library Device:
> dsmlabel -drive=mt5.0.0.0

See Administrator's Reference for more information about the LABEL LIBVOLUME command.


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