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

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

• -V Volume Filter which can be used to filter the traversal of Customer, Media, Volume, Repository and Flag values.
• -c The config file argument specifies the path to the Batch Configuration File. The Batch Configuration File allows you to perform advanced traversal of Customer, Media and Volumes, perform advanced Barcode pre and post-processing and route program output to syslogd.
• -r Repository Filter to restrict what Repositories are included in the Slotting process.

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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

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