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.

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

Sample Script

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

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

set TTSERVER=tapemaster:-@localhost

TMSS10SlotAllocation -S %TTSERVER% > "%TMSS10REPORTS%\slotting_report.txt" 2> "%TMSS10REPORTS%\slotting_error.txt"