Nope... "q libv" command will list all tapes in defined libraries; you can
wild-card the library name and/or the volume number.  Seems to me that when
you do bulk-loading the library (ie, you open the door and load slots), then
run TSM "audit libr", there's a missing step or 2 -- make sure no drives are
mounted when you do this, and let the library complete its barcode audit
before asking TSM to do anything.

Other libraries, (eg IBM 3575, Dell 130T) want to do a barcode audit every
time the door is opened; the 3575 prompts the operator (on its external
control screen) to do it, the 130T just does it. Doing more than onsey-twosy
loads is more practical, but you must be careful to ensure the library and
drives are not busy; if you do this while a tape is in a drive, you must
make sure you don't populate its slot, else library (and TSM) will become
unhappy, and you may ultimately need to restart TSM (after clearing things
up with the library inventory and drive status).

(Why didn't you use "checkl=b"?  With ACSLS, that's not allowed, but with
SCSI libraries supported by TSM, that's the way to go, imo.)

Don France
Technical Architect -- Tivoli Certified Consultant
Tivoli Storage Manager, WinNT/2K, AIX/Unix, OS/390
San Jose, Ca
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Chetan H. Ravnikar
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:15 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: tape missing under q libv (HELP)


On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Seay, Paul wrote:
> 4.2.2.0 is a really bad release to be running but I do not think it is
your
> problem.  4.2.2.12 or 4.2.2.13 are pretty good.
we are thinking of moving to 5.1.51 and we have been testing

>
> When you issue the q libvolume command you must specify the library and
the
> volume otherwise you will always get not found.  If you just specify q
> libvolume it will show all volumes.
do I need to specify the lib, even when we have only one lib defined.
q libv <lib-name> still did not show the vol required.

I can q vol <vol-name> and it does come back saying it is part of onsite
storage pool! Not sure how it went out of sync!


> When you do the checkin command what does the log say?  Is it really being
> checked in or is the checkin failing.
the checkin come back un-succesful in the beginnning, we had weird
combination of errors. TSM  lost element information on the LIB, a lib
audit failed. After reseating the QIPs the lbtest came back fine.

Now we moved the tape out to the E/E port (manually)and re-checked in the
tape as private, with the below comand which failed to see the tape again
as there were some I/O errors.

CHECKIN  libv gator64k l05232 search=n stat=pri checkl=n

10/29/02 12:03:16     ANR8306I 003: Insert 8MM volume L05232 R/W into the
slot  with element number 0 of library GATOR64K within 60  minutes; issue
'REPLY' along with the request ID  when ready.

apparently on a SpectraLogics gator 64k using TSM, the limitation is that
the E/E port is configured for exports only for TSM. There is no way one
can have tapes in the E/E port and do a BULK checkin via TSM.

We BULK load tapes via the lib console and then do a TSM audit.

Now here is how it worked. we put in the tape back in the E/E/ port and
then ran this comand

CHECKIN libv gator64k search=y stat=pri

ANR8430I Volume L05232 has been checked into library GATOR64K



> What kind of library do you have?
anybody using TSM with Spectra Logics libs and how are they working with
the sequence numbers going out of sync. This happens when we do a BULK
load via the lib-console and say at the same time there is a tape which is
currently being read/written to (basicaly mounted), the lib could just go
load the tape to a slot which had a VALID tsm volume in it and when TSM
returns back with the volume, it freeks out!

it makes me wonder if spectra logics is really really compatible with
TSM!

Not sure how other libs work with TSM on this issue

Many thanks for your time Paul



> Paul D. Seay, Jr.
> Technical Specialist
> Naptheon Inc.
> 757-688-8180
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chetan H. Ravnikar [mailto:Chetan.Ravnikar AT SYNOPSYS DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:28 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: tape missing under q libv (HELP)
>
>
> Hello
> I have a strange situation, when doing a restore. The process keeps
waiting
> for a media unavialable and bails out.
>
> The volume it is looking for is in the on-site tapepool, but doesn't show
> under q libv. I had re-checked in the volume as private, also I can *q
cont*
> on this vol but for some reason it does not show under q libv.
>
> I have even audit'd the lib, but no success.. any pointers/advice is a
great
> help. I have a customer waiting on this restore
>
> we are on TSM server 4.2.20 on sol-2.8
>
> thanks
> Chetan