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Add Remove Flags Based Off Last Read Time
Add or Remove Flags based off last read time of Volumes using TMSS10ModifyFlags and a config file.
The purpose of this method allows you to lock any Volumes in your Library that have been recalled for data restoration and then automatically remove the move lock once the last read time passes a set number of days. The Sync can then place the Volumes in a move back to the offsite vault until the data expires.
The process involves TMSS10ModifyFlags loading an input file, using a definition file, to extract the Volume-ID's. The Volume-ID's are then filtered using the configuration file and adding any qualifying Volumes to a scan file.
The scan file is then processed, adding or removing the defined Flags against the scan list Volumes.
Sample Files
Input file - Volumes.csv
001,OFFS,2021/07/15 22:10:33 002,OFFS,2021/07/15 22:10:34 003,OFFS,2021/07/15 22:10:35 004,OFFS,2021/07/15 22:10:36 005,OFFS,2021/07/15 22:10:37 006,OFFS,2021/06/15 22:10:38 007,OFFS,2021/06/16 22:10:39 008,OFFS,2021/06/17 22:10:40 009,OFFS,2021/06/18 22:10:41 010,OFFS,2021/06/19 22:10:42
Definition file - default.ttidef
The definition file provides the information on how to extract the Volume-ID from the input file into the barcode field, as well as setting the Customer-ID and Media-ID.
# Set input file (use full path if not in current directory)
setFile(volumes.csv);
# Set delimiter used in CSV file
setCSVDelimiter(",");
# Set Customer-ID
setLiteral(CUSTOMER, 0002);
#Set Media-ID
setLiteral(MEDIA, LTO);
# Extract Volume-ID into BARCODE field
extract(BARCODE, 1, 3, 0);
Configuration file - last_read.cfg
Configuration file sets definition file for translating and extracting Volume-ID's and filters input by Customer-ID (0002), Media-ID (LTO). The last read time is then compared to the lastreadtime filter, if the last read time is 30 or more days ago, the Volume is added to the scan file, if not it is discarded.
traversal =
{
scanfile= { file="default.ttidef"; };
customer =
(
{
id="0002";
media =
(
{
id="LTO";
volume =
(
{
id="*";
lastreadtime = "P:*-30";
skip=false;
},
{
id="*";
skip=true;
}
);
}
);
}
);
};
Batch file - run_remove_lock_flag.bat
Run TMSS10ModifyFlags to remove lock flag from all Volumes in the input file with a last read date of 30 or more days ago. Using the Volume filter (-V) to only read in Customer-ID 0002 to save processing time by avoiding reading in all other Customer-ID's. Output from the process being written to stdout.txt and stderr.txt. The output files can written to any directory by using full directory paths.
TMSS10ModifyFlags -S user:-password@server -F "!l" -c last_read.cfg -V 0002.LTO.* > stdout.txt 2> stderr.txt
Example Output
ZBT001N-10:22:48 TMSS10ModifyFlags (c) GazillaByte 1998-2021 ZBT002N-10:22:48 Compiled Jul 14 2021 at 16:17:38 ZBT010I-10:22:48 this program allows you to set or unset volume flags ZBT006N-10:22:48 Running Under Windows 10 (build 19043 10.00) on platform x64 ZBT000N-10:22:48 Host is Little Endian ZBT000N-10:22:48 Host is ASCII ZBT000N-10:22:48 Binary is 64 bit ZBT000N-10:22:48 Current Working Directory is C:\Users\GazillaByte ZBT004N-10:22:48 Today is Friday, July 30, 2021 ZBT005N-10:22:48 Running on GazillaByte ZBT006N-10:22:48 Process ID 12376 ZBT000N-10:22:48 Parsing and validating command arguments ZBT001N-10:22:48 Server Interpreted as: Server(localhost) Port(5000) User(tapemaster) Password(******) ZBT002N-10:22:48 Program Options: ZBT002N-10:22:48 (F) New Flags=!l ZBT002N-10:22:48 (S) Server=<VALUE HIDDEN> ZBT002N-10:22:48 (V) Volume Filter=US02.LTO.* ZBT002N-10:22:48 (c) Configuration File=last_read.cfg ZBT000N-10:22:48 Arguments parsed and validated with 0 errors ZBT000N-10:22:48 Reading Config File last_read.cfg ZBT000I-10:22:48 Flags to set: ZBT000I-10:22:48 Flags to unset: l ZBT000N-10:22:48 Checking for environment variable TMSSSERVERPROXY ZBT000N-10:22:48 Connection to server (127.0.0.1) successful ZBT000N-10:22:48 Logging on to TapeTrack Server ZBT000N-10:22:48 Registering Client at MACID(1c:69:7a:02:49:71:00:00) Result(Request OK) ZBT000N-10:22:48 Last Logon was at Friday, July 30, 2021 - 10:21:50 from 127.0.0.1 (GazillaByte) ZBT000N-10:22:48 Welcome to Server: Production ZBT000N-10:22:48 Loading Scan List from definition file ZBT001N-10:22:48 Opening Configuration File file: default.ttidef ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Information for: Configuration File ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Size: 132 ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Created: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 11:58:26 ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Last Accessed: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 10:21:50 ZBT001N-10:22:48 Closing file: Configuration File ZBT001N-10:22:48 Opening Import File file: VOLUMES.CSV ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Information for: Import File ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Size: 350 ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Created: Thursday, July 15, 2021 - 11:55:58 ZBT001N-10:22:48 File Last Accessed: Friday, July 30, 2021 - 10:22:26 ZBT001N-10:22:48 Closing file: Import File ZBT000N-10:22:48 Scan-File load is now complete. 10 records loaded ZBT000I-10:22:48 Initializaing Attribute Control: Index[0] ZBT001N-10:22:48 Volume filter interpreted as: Customer(US02) Media(LTO) Volume(*) Repository(*) Flags() ZBT000N-10:22:48 Listing Customers ZBT000N-10:22:48 Customer List successful: Customers(24) Excluded(0) ZBT000N-10:22:48 Processing Customer: US02-Los Angeles Data Center (1602/606) ZBT000N-10:22:48 Listing Media ZBT000N-10:22:48 Media List successful: Media(2) Excluded(0) ZBT000N-10:22:48 Processing Media: LTO-LTO Cartridge ZBT000N-10:22:48 Listing Volumes ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume List successful: Volumes(1597) Excluded(0) ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100001L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100002L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100003L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100004L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100005L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100006L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100007L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100008L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100009L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Volume (US02.LTO.100010L5) updated OK ZBT000N-10:22:48 Closing connection to TapeTrack Server ZBT000N-10:22:48 Session Statistics: ZBT000N-10:22:48 Seconds Connected: 0 ZBT000N-10:22:48 Queries Completed: 36 ZBT000N-10:22:48 Bytes Sent: 3,088 ZBT000N-10:22:48 Bytes Received: 38,832 ZBT000N-10:22:48 - ZBT000N-10:22:48 Return Code Statistics ------------------------------------------------ ZBT000N-10:22:48 Message Total ZBT000N-10:22:48 Request OK 36 ZBT000N-10:22:48 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ZBT000N-10:22:48 - ZBT900N-10:22:48 Program Complete ZBT901N-10:22:48 Elapsed time 0 minutes and 0 seconds ZBT991N-10:22:48 CRC values for this session: 0x7a9bacb (0x4c566fb9) ZBT992N-10:22:48 Number of records written: 76 ZBT993N-10:22:48 Number of bytes written: 4,236 ZBT999N-10:22:48 Program ended