AHA..............that explains the delay. Yes, I did have a tape mounted.
Thanks for the enlightenment !
Of course, it would have been nice to get some feedback from the AUDIT
process other than "OK.....I finished !!".
"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 05/14/2004
09:52:43 AM:
> Eric seems to have left out one item -- the audit does not run while
tapes
> are mounted in drives, so you may have been waiting until that last tape
> dismounted. At least that's the effect I've seen up through TSM 5.1.6
with
> SCSI libraries.
>
> Tom Kauffman
> NIBCO, Inc
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [mailto:zforray AT VCU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 8:38 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: To Audit or Not to Audit.......that is the question !
>
> Thank you for the feedback/information.
>
> I must have a messed-up library. I start the audit when I got your
> message. It ran about 20 minutes.
>
>
>
>
> "Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM" <Eric-van.Loon AT KLM DOT COM>
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> 05/14/2004 08:32 AM
> Please respond to
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
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>
> To
> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> cc
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> Subject
> Re: To Audit or Not to Audit.......that is the question !
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hi Zoltan!
> You should run a AUDIT LIBR 3494ATL CHECKL=B which runs in less than a
> minute. I can be cancelled and it will not resume.
> Auditing a 3494 causes TSM to re-synchronize it's inventory with the
> library's inventory. When you add the CHECKL=B parameter, no tapes will
be
> mounted, unless a barcode is unreadable.
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
> KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [mailto:zforray AT VCU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 14:24
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: To Audit or Not to Audit.......that is the question !
>
>
> We recently had some connectivity issues between our 3494 ATL and the
TSM
> AIX 5.2.1.3 server.
>
> After numerous failures, the TSM server issued the message: 5/13/2004
> 4:00:08 PM ANR8358E Audit operation is required for library 3494ATL.
>
> So, the question is, do I really need to run this AUDIT LIBRARY ?
>
> How long will the AUDIT take ? There are +700 volumes in the library !
>
> Can the AUDIT be canceled ? Resumed ?
>
> What does the AUDIT really do ? Does it scan all tapes ? Does it MOUNT
> all of the tape ?
>
> Inquiring minds want to know !!!!!!!!!
>
>
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