Moving copy storage pool and active-data pool volumes offsite

After you created the backup copies of your primary storage pools and database, you can send your backup media offsite. To send media offsite, mark the volumes as unavailable to Tivoli® Storage Manager and give them to the courier.

Complete the following steps to identify the database backup, copy storage pool, and active-data pool volumes and move them offsite:

1. Identify the copy storage pool, active-data pool, and database backup volumes to be moved offsite For example, issue the following command:

   query drmedia * wherestate=mountable

   DRM displays information similar to the following output:

   Volume Name      State             Last Update          Automated
                                      Date/Time            LibName
   ---------------  ----------------  -------------------  -----------------
    TPBK05          Mountable         01/01/2000 12:00:31  LIBRARY
    TPBK99          Mountable         01/01/2000 12:00:32  LIBRARY
    TPBK06          Mountable         01/01/2000 12:01:03  LIBRARY

2. Indicate the movement of volumes whose current state is MOUNTABLE. For example, issue the following command:

   move drmedia * wherestate=mountable

   Restriction: Do not run the MOVE DRMEDIA and BACKUP STGPOOL commands concurrently. Ensure that the storage pool backup processes are complete before you issue the MOVE DRMEDIA command.
   For all volumes in the MOUNTABLE state, DRM does the following:

   • Updates the volume state to NOTMOUNTABLE and the volume location according to the SET DRMNOTMOUNTABLENAME. If this command is not issued, the default location is NOTMOUNTABLE.
   • For a copy storage pool volume or active-data pool volume, updates the access mode to unavailable.
   • For a volume in an automated library, checks the volume out of the library.
   1. During checkout processing, SCSI libraries request operator intervention. To bypass these requests and eject the cartridges from the library, first issue the following command:

      move drmedia * wherestate=mountable remove=no

   2. Access a list of the volumes by issuing the following command:

      query drmedia wherestate=notmountable

      From this list identify and remove the cartridges (volumes) from the library.
   3. For the 349X library type, if the number of cartridges to be checked out of the library is greater than the number of slots in the I/O station, you can define a high capacity area in your library. Then, use the following command to eject the cartridges to the high capacity area, rather than to the I/O station:

      move drmedia * wherestate=mountable remove=bulk 

3. Send the volumes to the offsite vault. Issue the following command to have DRM select volumes in the NOTMOUNTABLE state:

   move drmedia * wherestate=notmountable

   For all volumes in the NOTMOUNTABLE state, DRM updates the volume state to COURIER and the volume location according to the SET DRMCOURIERNAME. If the SET command is not yet issued, the default location is COURIER. For more information, see Specifying defaults for offsite recovery media management
4. When the vault location confirms receipt of the volumes, issue the MOVE DRMEDIA command in the COURIER state. For example:

   move drmedia * wherestate=courier

   For all volumes in the COURIER state, DRM updates the volume state to VAULT and the volume location according to the SET DRMVAULTNAME command. If the SET command is not yet issued, the default location is VAULT. For more information, see Specifying defaults for offsite recovery media management.

5. Display a list of volumes that contain valid data at the vault. Issue the following command:

   query drmedia wherestate=vault

   DRM displays information similar to the following output:

   Volume Name       State           Last Update          Automated
                                     Date/Time            LibName
   ----------------- --------------  -------------------  -----------------
   TAPE0P            Vault           01/05/2000 10:53:20
   TAPE1P            Vault           01/05/2000 10:53:20
   DBT02             Vault           01/05/2000 10:53:20
   TAPE3S            Vault           01/05/2000 10:53:20

6. If you do not want to step through all the states, you can use the TOSTATE parameter on the MOVE DRMEDIA command to specify the destination state. For example, to change the volumes from NOTMOUNTABLE state to VAULT state, issue the following command:

   move drmedia * wherestate=notmountable tostate=vault

   For all volumes in the NOTMOUNTABLE state, DRM updates the volume state to VAULT and the volume location according to the SET DRMVAULTNAME command. If the SET command is not yet issued, the default location is VAULT.