Can you do a move data and have the tape(s) mounted?  I don't know what that
would prove, but...  Out of curiosity, how did you manage to do migrations
to tape for as long as it sounds that you must have been doing them and just
recently start doing reclamations.

Jim B

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> From:         Lisa Baas[SMTP:lbaas AT MSAC.MTSAC DOT EDU]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Wednesday, October 06, 1999 9:55 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Reclamation problem
>
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> Sender:       "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Poster:       Lisa Baas <lbaas AT MSAC.MTSAC DOT EDU>
> Subject:      Re: Reclamation problem
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> > From:    "Bohnsack, JA James (6030)" <BohnsackJA AT GVL.ESYS DOT COM>
> > Subject: Re: Reclamation problem
> >
> > Lisa--I'm using a VM V2 server as well.  Getting tape handling to work
> > properly was pretty messy.  I'll be glad to send you my mount and
> deletion
> > execs if you want.  They are set up to work with Sterling's VMTAPE.
>
> Jim,
>
> I think I have tape handling working ok because we've been humming along
> for
> a few years now. But this is the first time I've attempted reclamation.
> The
> exit machine is terminating before it ever gets to the point of talking to
> our tape management system (CA/EPIC) because there's nothing on the stack.
>
> Here's the trace:
>
> 13 *-* Address Command
> 15 *-* /* ------------------------------------- */
> 16 *-* /* Make sure something is on the stack.  */
> 17 *-* /* ------------------------------------- */
> 19 *-* If Queued() = 0
> >>>   "1"
> *-*  Then
> *-*  Do
> 20 *-*   'CP MSG OP No parms passed on AUTOLOG -- contact ADSM
> Administrator
>
> .'
> >>>     "CP MSG OP No parms passed on AUTOLOG -- contact ADSM Administrat
>
> or."
> 21 *-*   'CP LOGOFF'
> >>>     "CP LOGOFF"
>
> > Finally, the server does seem to get confused at times, altho typically
> when
> > it is very busy with reclaims, migration, backups, and you name it going
> on,
> > and will start putting out the message you saw, ANR5241E Exit Machine
> ...
> > not logged on, mount for 002353 cancelled.  Quite often when that
> happens,
> > the only thing to do is to quiesce the server and recycle it.  I assume
> it
> > is a programming/logic error that, hopefully, will be fixed in V2.
>
> The server isn't very busy. In fact, I scheduled the reclamation during
> what
> I know to be a quiet time and I've tried it at various other times after
> tweaking this or that. Same result each time.
>
> > I don't have a magic answer for your problem.  I would look again at the
> > situation where you say that no data is passed to the server.
>
> Strange. It's got to be something unique to my environment or everyone
> with a
> VM server would know about this. There are no apars that address this
> particular problem and I've searched all over the tech support databases
> and
> got no hits. It looks like I'll be calling support on this one.
>
> Thanks to everyone. Additional suggestions/comments always welcome.
>
>
> /lisa
>