Let me restate your question to be sure I understand.
The 3494 lists the tape as private at the same time TSM lists the tape
as scratch.
This is normal.  The TSM server checks in the tape, meaning the 3494
changes the tapes category to private.  After the tape is in a category
the 3494 will only allow the system that checked in the tape to mount
the tape.  TSM then marks the tape as scratch internally to TSM, the
3494 does not know what TSM has done with the tape and does not care.
In my case you can substitute AS/400 for TSM in the proceeding
paragraph.  We have both AS/400 and TSM sharing the library, the
categories help insure that a system does not mount a wrong tape.

Hope this help thin the fog, not thicken it...


Andy Huebner

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
David E Ehresman
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 2:59 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] 3494 catagory vs tsm libvol

I have a mismatch between my 3494 tape categories and tsl libvol status,
i.e. the 3494 tape category is Private while the tsm libvol status is
scratch.

Will an audit library reconcile this?  If so, which way?  By forcing the
3494 categories on the libvol or forcing the libvol status on the 3494
categories?

If audit library is not the fix, what is?  Manually updating the
categories?

David


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