Mid-Range Silo Media Manager Installation and User's Guide (G06.27+)

Using the MSMM Utility Interface Program
(INTFACE)
Mid-Range Silo Media Manager Installation and User’s Guide—541530-001
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REPORT Function
3. The operator imports them into the tape library with the GUI.
4. Now the MSMM utility REPORT function can be invoked in a TACL routine to
create a tape library inventory file on disk. This can be done immediately or
scheduled for a certain time of day using a batch scheduler such as Netbatch.
5. The TACL routine uses the inventory output file to check each tape cartridge
against the DSM/TC database. If the status of the tape cartridge is RELEASED,
the routine sets the status to SCRATCH in the DSM/TC database.
This is a sample TACL routine to perform the task of scratching tape cartridges:
?TACL routine
==
== This TACL routine will be used to set tapevolumes in MEDIACOM from a
== RELEASED state to a SCRATCH state if they are filed in a tape library. It
== does nothing to a tape status that is not RELEASED state or not in catalog.
Variables
== in BOLD have to be changed for your environment.
==
== Usage: Create a list of RELEASED tape cartridges, have your operator enter
(IMPORT)
== as many RELEASED tape cartridges into the tape library as needed, once all the
tape cartridges that
== are to be entered have been filed into the slots by the robot, run this TACL
== routine.
==
== RUN <$vol.svol>.SCRATCH
==
== It uses the MSMM utility to report on tape cartridges filed in the tape library slots
== Parameters shown are needed.
== Run <MSMM ISV location>.INTFACE REPORT <filename> <MSMM ISV location>
==
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#frame
==
== Create the variables needed by the routine