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TMSS10SlotAllocation

TMSS10SlotAllocation allocate slots to all Volumes that have no slots and are in a slot managed Repository.

Synopsis

TMSS10SlotAllocation [-S logonstring]] [-V vloume filter] [-c configuration file] [-r repository filter]

Options

If an argument value starts with the value FI:, the value for that attribute will be read from the file name specified immediately after it. For example, if a file named ACME_volumes has the content ACME_*.*, specifying FI:/etc/ACME_volumes will have the same effect as -V ACME.*.*. Using FI: to refer to a file for an attribute value works for all attributes.

If the pattern being matched starts with *LIST: then rather than matching the literal value, each record in the file specified as *LIST:filename will be tested. If one matches the match will succeed.

Technical Support

The TapeTrack Software is commercially supported by a full time help desk staff.

If you are experiencing problems or want some advice on how to configure or use the product please see the Accessing Technical Support page.

Exit Statuses

  1. zero Program has ended successfully.
  2. non-zero Program has not ended successfully.

Sample Script

A sample slotting script to execute TMSS10SlotAllocation can be found in your TapeTrack Install at TapeTrack\TapeTrack Framework Server\scripts\Slotting.bat

This script will allocate a Volume to a vacant Slot that is in a location eligible for slotting.

You will need to edit the variable TTSERVER to reflect your username, password and server address if any of these values are updated (eg if you set a password value for tapemaster, or you want to use another User-ID to run the script).

While it is possible to execute this script manually when required, it is recommended that this script be scheduled to run every 5 minutes.

Sample Script

@echo off
::
:: Object Type: DOS Batch Script                                                    
:: Description: TapeTrack Slotting script                                            
::      System: TMSS                                                                
::    SecLevel: Proprietary                                                         
::   Copyright: (c) 2012 GazillaByte LLC                        
::

::
:: set the working directory to the TapeTrack Scripts directory so we can use relative paths
::
cd "%TMSS10SCRIPTS%"

::
:: set the Server logon string
::
set TTSERVER=tapemaster:-@localhost

::
:: execute TMSS10SlotAllocation and write output to the reports directory
::
TMSS10SlotAllocation -S %TTSERVER% > "%TMSS10REPORTS%\slotting_report.txt" 2> "%TMSS10REPORTS%\slotting_error.txt" 
Changelog
2021-05-24Fixed bug when using TMSSLEVELNAME and TMSSNOLEVELSLOT variables (#127)
2020-11-24Added support for JSON output
2019-02-25Added support for HTML output
2019-02-09Added support for Excel output
2019-01-06Added return code list to end of all command line programs that use the TapeTrack API
2018-04-07Fixed bug relating to reserving slots for Volumes that are still moving out
2018-01-28Added support for blocked slots
2017-03-15Fixed bug where reslotted tapes were not blocking slot for reuse
2016-11-18Added fast forward code to reduce runtime
2016-11-18Enhanced argument parser to allow arguments in format *FI:filename that allows loading of arguments from a file
2015-12-26Added flags to Volume Filter syntax (customer.media.volume@repository+flags)
2015-08-24Changed hascontents to contentcount and change contentcount to a filter rather than bool
2015-08-24Added iscontainer and hascontents to the config file filter logic
2015-05-16Added environmental varialbe TMSSCANFILEUNQUALIFIED which will load and check volumes without Customer-ID and Media-ID qualifiers
2015-05-16Added environmental varialbe TMSSSCANFILENOPARSE which will presume scanfile items are only Volumes and not parse them, saving time
2015-05-16When loading scanfile from import definition, added CUSTOMER and MEDIA keywords to set defaults
2015-05-16When loading scanfile from import definition, changed keyword from VOLUME to BARCODE
2015-05-16Added TMSSUNQUALIFIEDVOLUME environmental variable which forces all barcodes to be printed without Customer-ID and Media-ID
2015-05-04Added support for AD passwords to all command line programs (check for environmental variable TMSSNOMD5)
2014-11-19Changed server argument parser to allow colon in password to support z/OS DD name files
2014-10-26Upgraded development environment from Visual Studio 2012 to Visual Studio 2013