TSM servers sees the drive as being defined and online along with the
library.
Can define a path for the library o.k. without any problems regarding it
staying online.
However as for the paths to the drives these have been  deleted and then
redefined and set to be online.
This is where the  problem arises as from this point the paths to the
drives stay active for maybe 30 seconds before going offline and setting
the drives themselves into a state of polling. This never used to happen
before and can't understand the inability to keep the paths online and
stable. Does anyone know why this kind of behaviour is exhibited ?



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I use a scalar100 which is a 3583.  I dont believe this is a library issue
though .. rather a drive mapping issue.  Sounds like tsm isnt talking to
the drives.. ie.. sure you have the elements correct?  Has it ever worked?

R.

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From: Moses Show [mailto:Moses.Show AT STPAUL DOT COM]
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 10:37 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: 3583 library problems


Hi people
        Am running TSM server 5.2.20 using IBM 3583 LTO library as the
backup device. However seem to have a problem with the drives. The paths
to each of the drives are varied on, but it seems that every time I update
the drives to a status of online, at least two of the drives go into a
status of polling. Anytime I attempt to do an audit library to check the
media in there the paths for the drives in the library seem to get varied
off. Has anybody experienced this before and if so how did they get around
this problem ?
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