Does "q vol xxx" show the volume as unavailable?  I see this when a volume
is in a drive when someone bounces ADSM.  You can see it in the 3494, but
it doesn't show up in "q libv".  This case requires both "upd vol xxx
acc=readw" and "checkin libv ... stat=provate".



At 11:30 AM 11/17/99 -0600, you wrote:
>That is what is particularly strange about the error, there can be at least
>two mount points available, sometimes more in the library when this happens.
>There is nothing physically wrong with the drives and you can see the
>cartrige sitting in its slot in the library. Moving data on other carts work
>just fine, but we get the error with just a select number of volumes. I've
>tried the moves at different times of the day, when no other processes are
>running but the error is still the same. Any more ideas are very welcome.
>
>Ben Forrester
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vraspir, Mary J. [mailto:MJVraspir AT WEST DOT COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 11:05 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Storage media inaccessible in a 3494 library
>
>
>Move date will fail if there is no empty drives.  It is also one of the
>first processes to be preempted.  Make sure no one is using the drives or
>there is not tapes mounted in any drives you are expecting to use.  You can
>issue dismount vol xxx if necessary.
>MV
>
>        -----Original Message-----
>        From:   Forrester, Benjamin S. [SMTP:ForresterB AT MISSOURI DOT EDU]
>        Sent:   Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:22 AM
>        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>        Subject:        Storage media inaccessible in a 3494 library
>
>        I am trying to move data from some suspect volumes in our library,
>but the
>        move datas consistently fail. The accounting log gives me the
>following
>        errors:
>
>        11/17/99   09:55:11  ANR8447E No drives are currently available in
>library
>                              LIB3494A.
>        11/17/99   09:55:11  ANR1401W Mount request denied for volume A00088
>- mount
>                              failed.
>        11/17/99   09:56:25  ANR1144W Move data process terminated for
>volume A00088
>        -
>                              storage media inaccessible.
>        11/17/99   09:56:25  ANR0985I Process 126 for MOVE DATA running in
>the
>                              BACKGROUND completed with completion state
>FAILURE at
>                              09:56:25.
>        The problem is that there are available 3590E drives available when
>I issue
>        the command, and issuing the move data command on a different volume
>works
>        perfectly. Has anyone seen this before or have any ideas as to what
>is
>        wrong? Is the data or the cart so corrupt that it cannot be mounted?
>Any
>        comments or suggestions would be very helpful. We are at ADSM level
>3.1.2.40
>        and have the latest microcode for the 3590E drives. The following
>        information is the detailed information on the volume I was trying
>to move.
>
>        Thanks,
>
>        Ben Forrester
>        System Administrator
>        University of Missouri - Columbia
>
>                           Volume Name: A00088
>                     Storage Pool Name: BACKUPCART
>                     Device Class Name: 3590
>               Estimated Capacity (MB): 10,240.0
>                              Pct Util: 15.6
>                         Volume Status: Filling

>                                Access: Read/Write
>                Pct. Reclaimable Space: 29.9
>                       Scratch Volume?: Yes
>                       In Error State?: No
>              Number of Writable Sides: 1
>               Number of Times Mounted: 13
>                     Write Pass Number: 1
>             Approx. Date Last Written: 10/07/99   05:18:23
>                Approx. Date Last Read: 10/08/99   10:03:43
>                   Date Became Pending:
>                Number of Write Errors: 0
>                 Number of Read Errors: 0
>                       Volume Location:
>        Last Update by (administrator): DILLB
>                 Last Update Date/Time: 11/16/99   23:49:28
>
Fred Johanson
System Administrator, ADSM
S.E.A.
University of Chicago
773-702-8464