Author: "Schneider, John" <John.Schneider AT MERCY DOT NET>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 00:15:42 -0500
Greetings, We are running TSM 5.4.2 server on AIX 5.3. We are in a shared library environment, with 10 TSM server instances sharing a IBM3584 tape library, while one TSM server instance acts as the l
Author: Howard Coles <Howard.Coles AT ARDENTHEALTH DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 07:58:30 -0500
I'm not sure any of this would affect your situation, but just to cover some ground and get basic questions out of the way: 1. Are all the tapes in the same storage pools? 2. Are there any Reuse dela
Author: Anil Maurya <Anil.Maurya AT SANOFI-AVENTIS DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 10:07:30 -0400
I have seen similar behavior some time. I would suggest run audit library from library clients ( AUIDT LIBRARY LIBRARYNAME CHECKL=BARCODE ). Make sure no tapes mounted on library clients. This proces
Author: "Schneider, John" <John.Schneider AT MERCY DOT NET>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:20:58 -0500
Anil, Thanks for your email, but the tapes that are in this state are NOT in a library. They are tapes that are coming back from offsite. And the library does not show these tapes in their inventory.
Author: Anil Maurya <Anil.Maurya AT SANOFI-AVENTIS DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:34:59 -0400
As you know each tsm instance has its own volume history .Volume history ( library manager ) contains history of all volume which physical in library as well as not in library. It can happen a partic
Author: "Schneider, John" <John.Schneider AT MERCY DOT NET>
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 11:47:46 -0500
Anil, Thanks for your reply. An Audit Library shouldn't be a big deal, but since it has to be done when no tapes are mounted, it becomes a big deal. Our library has tapes mounted round the clock, so