I would like to monitor the following and would like to get generate an alert 
(mail/page).

(1) When ADSM is sitting on MediaW for X amount of time.

We have DB2 API backups to ADSM performed under the direct control of DBAs 
which is all under a batch schedule (DB2 backups is under a job schedule 
(autosys) which is dependent on some other jobs finishing (i.e. can't be 
scheduled at a fixed time) and have experience tape contention every so often.  
When this occurs at some odd hours in the night or morning 12pm or 3am, the 
MediaW times out after 1 hour (set to 1 hour).  

I am unable to get any records of this in the actlog but am able to do a q 
sess, q mount and q proc and cancel whatever sessions that can hold to free up 
tapes (we have 6 tape drives 3590) in a 3494 library.  The scheduled backups 
are working fine as I am able to plan and have the daily backups staggered over 
a time period to accomodate the enviroment.  I have set tape_reclamation on at 
80 as it's hard to plan a fixed time to actually do it and seems better to have 
ADSM perform it when it needs to.

As this does not happen very often, I would like to avoid getting more tape 
drives for now but would like to be a little more proactive.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks 

E. Meng Tan
Trans Union Corporation
555 W. Adams
Chicago, IL 60661

312-559-8272 (O)
312-466-7993 (Fax)
etan AT tuc DOT com