How to export/import tapes from SL3000

Export tapes

Explanatory task: tapes from the secondary copy of a file system should be exported

• Log into metadata server
• identify which tapes could be exported, e.g. if in /etc/opt/SUNWsamfs/archiver.cmd the file system under question is listed as

ssq05_LTO4____2 li 040[4,5,6,8,9][0-9][0,2,4,6,8] 041[0,1][0-9][0,2,4,6,8]  #NOTAPE #

try finding full tapes via

samcmd v | egrep '(040[4,5,6,8,9][0-9][0,2,4,6,8]|041[0,1][0-9][0,2,4,6,8])'|grep -v ERROR | awk '/100%/ {print $7"."$8}'|sort

• Use samexport . for each medium

Fully automatically (25 tapes, maximum of SL3000 CAP):

samcmd v | egrep '(040[4,5,6,8,9][0-9][0,2,4,6,8]|041[0,1][0-9][0,2,4,6,8])'|grep -v ERROR | awk '/100%/ {print $7"."$8}'|sort |head -25|xargs -n 1 samexport

Wait until robot is done, then you may remove the tapes from the CAP.

Import tapes

• Place all new cartridges into CAP
• close CAP
• call samimport 1200 (1200 is the robot)
• you should be set