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I would like to know if there's a way to update tape location in batches. We recently sent 5000 old tapes for destruction and I would like to create a new location for these tapes. The only way I know and not enthuis about is go to click each tape then set new location. For 5000 tapes this is going to be forever....

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You will need to use the "SetMediaLocation" utility located in the Media Management section of the Simpana Resource Pack. The basic steps you need to accomplish this are as follows:

1. Copy the "SetMediaLocation.exe" to your Base directory on your CommServe.
2. Create you new location within the Storage Resources>Locations within the CommCell Console.
3. Create a .csv in Excel with two columns. In the first column, list all of the tape numbers which need to be set to this new location. In the second column, enter this location exactly as you had entered it in the CommCell Console. You should end up with something like this:

Col 1          Col 2
101233      Offsite Warehouse
101234      Offsite Warehouse
101235      Offsite Warehouse

4. Save this .csv as a .txt file.
5. Copy this .txt file to you Base directory.
6. From a command prompt, CD to your base directory.
7. Run the SetMediaLocation.exe from the command prompt as follows: "SetMediaLocation.exe -filename input.txt" where "input.txt" is the name of the .txt file you copied to your Base directory.

An easy way to get the .csv initially created is to create a Media Information report from the CommCell Console and export it in "Tab" format. You can then open it in Excel and easily delete the unnecessary columns except for the tape numbers and easily paste the location in the second column.

Great guide. Thanks so much!