Volumes become unavailable when TSM calls for a mount, and the mount cannot
be completed.

You have to go back and search your TSM activity log and find where the
update to access=unavailable occurred.

Check the messages for the previous 2-3 minutes; you will find a message of
some sort explaining why.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Lee, Gary D.
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 12:36 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Tapes going unavailable for no apparent reason


Tsm server v5.1.9.0
Solaris v2.8
Ibm 3494 with 4 3590-b1a drives.

Almost daily, random volumes will be changed to access = unavailable.
When a q vol f=d is done, it is not in error state, and once I do an update
vol back to access=readw, all goes well.

So far, I have detected no pattern in which volumes are effected.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.


Gary Lee
Senior Operating Systems Analyst
Ball State University
phone 765-285-1310