                         Moving Single or Multiple Volumes


When you move volumes in or out of a robot or from one robot to another,
you must both physically and logically move the volume. The physical part 
of the move is when you physically remove or insert the volume. The logical 
move changes the volume configuration to show the volume at the new location.
 
Common instances where you use the move options are:

 - Replacing full volumes in a robot. When a robotic volume is full and there
   are no more empty slots in the robot, you move the full volume to
   Not Robotic and then either configure a volume for the empty slot or move
   a volume into that slot. You could use a similar process to replace a
   defective volume.

 - Moving volumes from a robot to an offsite location or from an offsite
   location into a robot. When you move tapes to an offsite location you move
   them to Not Robotic.

 - Moving volumes from one robot to another (for example, if a robot is down).

 - Changing the volume group for a volume or volumes.


In a single move operation, xvmadm allows you to move single volumes,
multiple volumes, or complex combinations of single and multiple volumes.
You are limited only in that you cannot move media to an invalid location (for
example, optical disk to an 8-mm robot).

In all instances, you use the same Move command from the Actions menu in
the Media Management window. The primary difference between the
processes is in which and how many volumes you select. The dialogs are also
slightly different between single volume and multiple volume moves.

The best approach is to keep your moves simple by selecting and moving only
one type of media at a time and to a single destination. For example, if you
have to move both 8-mm cartridge tapes and optical disks, you may want to
do it in separate moves.

The following are the basic steps to perform when moving volumes. Several
examples follow this procedure.

1.      From the Volumes list in the Media Management window, select the
	volumes you want to move. The selected volumes are highlighted.

2.      Choose Move from the Actions menu.

	This opens a move dialog box with the current attributes of the selected
	volumes as default values. The dialog that opens depends on the volumes
	you selected (several examples follow this procedure).  Fields that have
	no meaning for moving the media and robot you selected cannot be changed.

	If you selected volumes of different media types or residences, a 
	separate Move Volumes dialog appears for each residence and media type. 
	For example, if you selected two full volumes to move out of a robot and
	two nonrobotic volumes as replacements, one dialog box opens for the 
	full robotic volumes and another for the nonrobotic volumes. You must
	complete both dialogs to execute the move (moving the full volumes out
	first).

3.      Choose OK to complete the operation or Cancel to cancel it.

4.      Move the volumes physically to their new location.

	Moving a volume in xvmadm changes only its logical residence in the
	database. It must also be moved physically. You receive a message
	reminding you to physically insert and/or remove the volume unless it is
	injected or ejected using the mailslots (inports and outports on TLD).

	When you move a volume to a robot that has a barcode reader, Media
	Manager automatically performs an Update Barcode operation on that
	volume.



			Dialog Description for Moving Volumes

Volume to Move
	Displays the media IDs of the volumes you selected. If an optical 
	platter was selected, both volumes that make up the platter (side A 
	and side B) will be moved even if only one was selected. 
	You cannot change this field.

Media Type
	The media type of the volumes you selected. You cannot change this 
	field.

Current Residence
	Displays the current robot information and volume group for the volumes.
	You cannot change these fields.

Robot Type
	The Robot Type option menu consists of the possible robot types to which
	you can move the volumes. Make your selection.

	The existing devices of the appropriate type are displayed in a list 
	next to the Robot Number.

Robot Control Host
	Enter the name of the host that drives the robot you specified for Robot
	Type.

	This is the host where you have defined the Robotic Device File for this
	robot (with xdevadm or tpconfig).

Robot Number
	If you selected a Robotic Type residence, enter a new robot number or 
	choose one that already exists from the displayed list. Robot numbers 
	must match those you use when adding the robot (see "Adding Robots" 
	in the Media Manager System Administrator's Guide).

Slot Number
	If you selected a Robotic Type residence, move the slider until it 
	shows the slot number to which you are moving the volume. The slider 
	will allow only the range of numbers possible for the Robot Type.
	See below for the TL8 coordinate chart, and appendix E of the 
	Media Manager System Administrator's Guide for slot maps.

New Volume Group
	Select a name from the list or enter the name of a volume group in the 
	Selection box. Leave the Selection box blank to accept a name generated 
	by xvmadm. If a name in entered that is not an existing volume group,
	a new volume group will be created.

	The following are some rules for moving volumes:

	- The volume being moved must be moved either to a new volume group 
	  or to an existing volume group that contains the same type of 
	  media as you are moving.

	- All volumes in a robot must belong to a volume group. You cannot 
	  move volumes into a robot without either specifying a group or 
	  having the utility generate a name. You cannot set the volume 
	  group to None for a volume in a robot without moving it to Not Robotic.

	- More than one group can share a given location. For example, more 
	  than one group can exist in a robot and you can have more than one 
	  nonrobotic group.

	- All members of a group must be either in the same robot or be 
	  nonrobotic. That is, xvmadm will not let you move some members to 
	  another robot without changing one of the group names.

Inject Via Mailslot (inport on TLD)
	If you are moving volumes to an ODL, TL8, or TSH robot, select whether
	to inject the media into the robot using the device's mailslot. For a 
	TLD robot, choose whether to use the inport. This option will only
	be shown if the move is of a single volume (or the two volumes of
	the same optical platter) and the media is of a type that can be put
	in a robot that supports the inject.

Eject Via Mailslot (outport on TLD)
	If you are moving volumes from an ODL, TL8, or TSH robot, select whether
	to eject the media through the device's mailslot. For a TLD robot, choose
	whether to use the outport. This option will only be shown if the move
	is of a single volume (or the two volumes of the same optical platter) 
	and the media is in a robot that supports the eject.




                          TL8 coordinate chart

The TL8 robot has the following coordinate to slot mapping:

        (for EXB-120 and EXB-60)
    ====================================
    A01-A10:   1-10    A11-A16:  111-116
    B01-B10:  11-20    B11-B20:   61- 70
    C01-C10:  21-30    C11-C20:   71- 80

    E01-E10:  31-40    E11-E20:   81- 90
    F01-F10:  41-50    F11-F20:   91-100
    G01-G10:  51-60    G11-G20:  101-110

        (for EXB-440 and EXB-480)
    ================================
             Fixed slot: 0
    Face 0:   1-10    Face 4:  41-50
    Face 1:  11-20    Face 5:  51-60
    Face 2:  21-30    Face 6:  61-70
    Face 3:  31-40    Face 7:  71-80

    Note - the side/face column of the display will show the
    EXB-120/EXB-60 versions of the mapping, even if the robot
    is an EXB-440/EXB-480 (i.e. slot 1 will show A01, slot 61
    in an EXB-480 will show B11, etc).

