Copying folders of sym-linked clips between libraries...

Hi
Sorry, but just to be sure: Copying folders of sym-linked external clips between libraries will only reproduce the sym links, it won't copy the original file.
Correcto?
best
elmer

Your original statement was correct assuming it really is a sym link:-
"If the original is External Media, meaning linked to the Library, then only the link will be copied, not the physical original file". (Excerpt from Ben's article)

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Happy New Year, and welcome to the Support Communities!
I’m assuming you have updated your events and projects to the new library structure in FCPX 10.1. The documents below will provide detailed information on how to manage the data in this structure.
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We have an SL500 tape library as our main backup device. We also added an SL24 to the OSB domain for testing prior to installation elsewhere. We have an RMAN-FULL-MF media family, which at some point in the past had unexpired media in both libraries.
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in 5: volume RMAN-ARCH-MF-000003, barcode 000004, 358014976 kb remaining, content manages reuse
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in 13: volume OSB-CATALOG-MF-000086, barcode 000014, 408708096 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/03.07:02
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in 15: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000043, barcode 000008, 407586816 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/17.03:03
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in 18: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000029, barcode 000017, 318909440 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/05.05:08
in 19: volume CLIENTS-INCR-MF-000041, barcode 000018, 408406016 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/11.05:09
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in 21: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000031, barcode 000020, 312597504 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/12.05:04
in 22: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000033, barcode 000021, 389140480 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/19.05:08
in 23: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000034, barcode 000022, 392922112 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/19.05:08
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in 27: volume CLIENTS-FULL-MF-000030, barcode 000026, 375496704 kb remaining, expires 2008/10/12.04:18
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in 35: unlabeled, barcode 000058
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VOID OOID Seq Volume ID Barcode Family Created Attributes
166 166 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000005 000005 RMAN-FULL-MF 07/06.03:20 never closes; content manages reuse
167 167 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000006 000007 RMAN-FULL-MF 07/06.03:23 never closes; content manages reuse
324 324 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 000057 RMAN-FULL-MF 08/31.02:27 never closes; content manages reuse
288 288 1 RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 000057L3 RMAN-FULL-MF 08/31.02:27 never closes; content manages reuse
The volume RMAN-FULL-MF-000007 appears twice! The long version of this command gives:
lsvol -lf RMAN-FULL-MF
Volume OID: 166
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000005
Barcode: 000005
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Current location: SL500
Label host: ldvbspa01
Created: 2008/07/06.03:20
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Space remaining: 336.8 GB
Original OID: 166
Volume OID: 167
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000006
Barcode: 000007
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Current location: SL500
Label host: ldvbspa01
Created: 2008/07/06.03:23
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Space remaining: 345.1 GB
Original OID: 167
Volume OID: 324
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
Barcode: 000057
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Current location: SL500
Label host: ldvbsm01
Created: 2008/08/31.02:27
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Original OID: 324
Volume OID: 288
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
Barcode: 000057L3
Volume sequence: 1
Media family: RMAN-FULL-MF
Label host: ldvbsm01
Created: 2008/08/31.02:27
Closes: never
Expires: never; content manages reuse
Space remaining: 390.1 GB
Original OID: 288
I ran the 'lspiece' command to get information about the specific backup pieces in question and I get:
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Database: ukldmoms
Database ID: 3307807331
Content: full
Copy number: 0
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BSOID: 3378
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File: 1
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Warning: can't obtain section and volume data for piece OID 2059 - UUID not found
Backup piece OID: 2059
Database: ukldmoms
Database ID: 3307807331
Content: full
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Created: 2008/08/31.02:31
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BSOID: 3379
Volume ID: RMAN-FULL-MF-000007
File: 2
Sect: 1
This appears to indicate that OSB still thinks the volume is in the SL24, which has now been removed from the domain.
Does anyone know what I can do to get OSB to recognise that the volume is now in the SL500? Do I need to run the 'obtar' command with the -G option to re-catalogue the tape?
Ultimately I like to see some documentation on how to transfer tapes between libraries in the same domain, and also between domains, with specifc commands to run.
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Not quite as straightforward as you suggest, but we have made progress.
The volume has to have a rotation policy before the 'chvol' command will run, which seems logical. So I created a policy for movement of tapes between the SL24 and SL500, and created and ran the media movement job. However, I then tried to remove the rotation policy, but could not because it was associated with the volume just moved.
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