Move physical volumes
Use this page to move a range or quantity of physical volumes used by the IBM® TS7700 to a target pool, or cancel a previous move request.
If the cluster does not possess a physical library, the Move physical volumes page is not visible on the IBM TS7700 management interface.
The Select Move Action menu provides options
for moving physical volumes to a target pool. Options available to
move physical volumes to a target pool include:
- Move Range of Physical Volumes
- Moves to the target pool physical volumes in the range specified. This option requires you to select a Volume Range, Target Pool, and Move Type. You can also select a Media Type.
- Move Range of Scratch Only Volumes
- Moves to the target pool scratch volumes in the range specified. This option requires you to select a Volume Range, Target Pool, and Move Type. You can also select a Media Type.
- Move Quantity of Scratch Only Volumes
- Moves a specified quantity of physical volumes from the source pool to the target pool. This option requires you to select Number of Volumes, Source Pool, and Target Pool. You can also select a Media Type.
- Move Export Hold to Private
- Moves all copy export volumes in a source pool back to a private category if the volumes are in the Export/Hold category but have not yet been selected to be ejected from the library. This option requires you to select a Source Pool.
- Cancel Move Requests
- Cancels any previous eject request.
NOTE: This option applies only to private media, not scratch tapes.
- Volume Range
- The range of physical volumes to move. You may use either this
option or Existing Ranges, below, to define
the range of volumes to move, but not both.
- To
- VOLSER of the first physical volume in the range to move.
- From
- VOLSER of the last physical volume in the range to move.
- Existing Ranges
- The list of existing physical volume ranges. You may use either this option or Volume Range, above, to define the range of volumes to move, but not both.
- Source Pool
- The number (0-32) of the source pool from which physical volumes
are moved. Note: If you are selecting a source pool for a Move Export Hold to Private operation, the range of volumes displayed is 1-32.
- Target Pool
- The number (0-32) of the target pool to which physical volumes are moved.
- Move Type
- Used to determine when the move operation will occur. Possible
values are:
- Deferred Move
- Move operation will occur based on the first reclamation policy triggered for the applied source pool. This operation is dependent on reclaim policies for the source pool and may take some time to complete.
- Priority Move
- Move operation will occur as soon as possible. Use this option if you want the operation to complete sooner.
- Honor Inhibit Reclaim Schedule
- An option of the Priority Move Type, it specifies that the move schedule will occur in conjunction with Inhibit Reclaim schedule. If this option is selected, the move operation will not occur when Reclaim is inhibited.
- Number of Volumes
- The number of physical volumes to be moved.
- Media Type
- Specifies the media type of the physical volumes in the range to be moved. The physical volumes in the range specified to move must be of the media type designated by this field, or else the move operation will fail.
After you define your move operation parameters and click the Move button,
you will be asked to confirm your request to move physical volumes.
If you select Cancel, you will return to the Move
Physical Volumes page. To cancel a previous move request, select Cancel
Move Requests from the Select Move Action menu.
Available options to cancel a move request are:
- Cancel All Moves
- Cancels all move requests.
- Cancel Priority Moves Only
- Cancels only priority move requests.
- Cancel Deferred Moves Only
- Cancels only deferred move requests.
- Select a Pool
- Cancels move requests from the designated source pool (0-32), or from all source pools.