Re: tape mount retention behaviour
2001-02-05 20:43:57
Joseph, Joel, out of curiosity, is there any chance are you using EXTERNAL
library types?
I know TSM will dismount an idle volume if it needs a mountpoint in 3494's
as Kent has pointed out. I think it may behave the same way with a SCSI
library type also.
In fact, on a hunch, I just now checked my TSM 3.7 Admin Guide, Appendix A,
External Media Management Interface Description. The valid return codes for
a Volume Mount Request are:
SUCCESS
DRIVE_ERROR
LIBRARY_ERROR
VOLUME_UNKNOWN
VOLUME_UNAVAILABLE
CANCELLED
TIMED_OUT
INTERNAL_ERROR
There is nothing that indicates waiting for a mount point. That could
account for idle volumes not being dismounted; TSM doesn't know that the
External Library Manager is waiting for a mount point.
Alex Paschal
Storage Administrator
Freightliner, LLC
(503) 745-6850 phone/vmail
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