Specifying ACS Numbers

ACSLS lets you configure or reconfigure libraries without assigning all ACS numbers in sequence.

Example:

You want to migrate from an SL8500 library to an SL3000 library. The SL8500 ACS is now ACS 0 and the SL3000 ACS is ACS 1.

Skipping ACS numbers lets you migrate all of the cartridges and drives to the SL3000 ACS and remove the SL8500 ACS without having to renumber the SL8500 ACS.

If you renumbered the SL3000 ACS all volumes would be deleted, and then re-added in a subsequent audit. It would also cause all of the drive_ids to change.

To change the number of an existing ACS, see acs_renumber.sh.