3590 drives? That's the last one I recall using pneumatics.

Curtis 

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Debbie Bassler
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 1:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Log Containing Tape Drive Info

We have a 3494 tape library. The tech told me that was the problem,,,he
replaced the part and it works fine..





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I gotta ask: what kind of tape library uses a vacuum to pull the
cartridges into the drives?

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Management
Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX Office
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
>Of Debbie Bassler
>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:27 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Log Containing Tape Drive Info
>
>The Operational Reporter shows all drives online. That's because the 
>drive did not go offline. I had to manually take the drive, and path, 
>offline.
>
>The error message is that the "volume  ****** could not be mounted into

>drive ***". After the SE arrived, we found that the actual problem was 
>that the pump, for the vacuum that sucks the tape in, had gone out.
>
>This is not the first time we've had a problem, and didn't know the 
>tape drive was inaccessible. Last time it was over a weekend. I'll keep

>looking.
>
>Thanks for all the input,
>Debbie
>
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>
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>"Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor

>Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>08/29/2005 10:35 AM
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>There isn't, but if you use the hourly monitor facility from TSM's 
>Operational Reporter, one of the statuses it looks for by default is 
>offline drives. Since hourly monitor reports can be emailed, the 
>balance of the task is easily left to the student.
>
>
>--
>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage 
>Management Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert 
>(CATE) AIX Office 262.521.5627
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>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
>>Of Debbie Bassler
>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:32 AM
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: Log Containing Tape Drive Info
>>
>>Our TSM server, 5.1, is on an AIX OS, 4.3.3. Does anyone know of a log

>>containing information about the tape drives? One of our drives has 
>>been inaccessible since 3:20 this morning. I'd like to write a script 
>>to page me when this happens, but, I don't know if there is a log 
>>available to pull the information from.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Debbie
>>
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