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    Default Unable to eject media from TSM

    can anyone help me.

    Unable to eject media from TSM so not able to make room for new scratch media. Tapes that should've been ejected where moved to local_offsite, however where not ejected.
    Most significant error is :

    "Could not move volume T00332L2 from slot-element 1107 to slot-element
    769."

    However the full console output is below

    ANR1694I Server NOT-TSM-002 processed command 'MOVE DRM * WHEREST=mountable
    TOST=vault COPY=local_offsite SOURCE=dbb REMOVE=bulk' and completed
    successfully.
    ANR1694I Server NOT-TSM-003 processed command 'MOVE DRM * WHEREST=mountable
    TOST=vault COPY=local_offsite SOURCE=dbb REMOVE=bulk' and completed
    successfully.
    ANR1697I Command 'MOVE DRM * WHEREST=mountable TOST=vault COPY=local_offsite
    SOURCE=dbb REMOVE=bulk' processed by 4 server(s): 4 successful, 0 with
    warnings, and 0 with errors.
    ANR1462I RUN: Command script EJECT_LOCAL completed successfully.
    ANR6696I MOVE DRMEDIA: CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME for volume T00332L2 in library LIB01
    starting.
    ANR8867I Processing volume T00332L2 for the CHECKOUT command.
    ANR8942E Could not move volume T00332L2 from slot-element 1107 to slot-element
    769.
    ANR8437E CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME for volume T00332L2 in library LIB01 failed.
    ANR6698E MOVE DRMEDIA: CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME for volume T00332L2 in library LIB01
    failed.
    ANR6682I MOVE DRMEDIA command ended: 0 volumes processed.
    ANR0611I MOVE DRMEDIA started by kwollacott as process 694 has ended.
    ANR0985I Process 694 for MOVE DRMEDIA running in the BACKGROUND completed with
    completion state FAILURE at 17:47:38.

    <==# ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (DO NOT EDIT) #=

    ** Current Building
    <empty>

    #==>


    update:
    Following a restart of the tape library and then of TSM the eject_local and eject_remote commands appear to work although few tapes are coming out.
    I will need to go through maintenance task for all db's to ensure they are running and also establish why system is looking for tape number T00332L2 to eject even though I have confirmed it is not physically in the tape library

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    Sounds like you need to audit the library. Try the following.

    audit library LIB01 checklabel=barcode

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    I would recommend:

    Check everything out to TSM DB and then run the check in scratch then then private.
    This will sync the library and TSM up for tape location.

    Checkout volume without removing it from the library with Remove=no

    >>-CHECKOut LIBVolume--library_name----+-volume_name-+---------->
    '-| A |-------'
    .-REMove--=--Bulk-----.
    >--+---------------------+-------------------------------------><
    '-REMove--=--+-Yes--+-'
    +-No---+
    '-Bulk-'

    *********

    Then check libv with search=scratch 1st and then private

    checkin libv library_name search=yes status=scratch
    checkin libv library_name search=yes status=private


    >>-CHECKIn LIBVolume--library_name------------------------------>
    .-SEARCH--=--No-.
    >----+-volume_name--+---------------+-+------------------------->
    '-SEARCH--=--Yes--+-------+------'
    '-| A |-'
    .-OWNer--=--""----------.
    >--STATus--=--+-PRIvate-+--+-----------------------+------------>
    '-SCRatch-' '-OWNer--=--server_name-'
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