It is an Exabyte 7 slot single tape drive if that helps out.

Barrett 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 9:01 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DRPOOL Space Reclamation Problems

On May 24, 2007, at 8:39 AM, Barrett Keziah wrote:

> ...  The tape in question, "A00005" is an archtape and is loaded in 
> the tape library.  ...
>

> ANR1044I Removable volume A00005 is required for space
>       reclamation.
> ...

A tape may be physically present in a library, but not in a way which
allows it to be mountable.  In a 3494, for example, a tape may be
"misplaced" because the 3494 Library Manager lost track of it, typically
because it's stuck in a drive (dismount failure, which is often apparent
through the drive or path being offline in TSM). More simply, the tape
may not be checked in to TSM.  Not knowing your library type, we can't
specifically advise, but you know how to perform the needed library
and/or TSM queries to track this down.
The TSM SHow LIBRary command may help, if it's a drive issue.  If a
"SCSI" library, an Elements review may help, or an Audit Library may be
needed.  But start with the library itself.  A physical inspection of
the library may be a good move, to assure that the tape wasn't dropped
inside it, for example.

   Richard Sims
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