Thanks for the reply.

But since its just a 8mm 5GB tape drive and not a library so I think I can't
have any scratch volume, here is what I have got when I try to label a tape


tsm: TSM>label libvolume lib8mm tape01 checkin=scratch overwrite=yes
ANR8494E LABEL LIBVOLUME: An option specified is not valid for MANUAL
libraries.
ANS8001I Return code 3.



okay next I tried the same command without checkin=scratch statment and it
worked.


tsm: TSM>label libvolume lib8mm tape01 overwrite=yes
ANS8003I Process number 8 started.

tsm: TSM>q proc

Process Process Description  Status
 Number
-------- --------------------
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
      8 LABEL LIBVOLUME      ANR8804I Labelling volume TAPE01 in library
      8 LABEL LIBVOLUME      ANR8804I Labelling volume TAPE01 in library
                              LIB8MM.


tsm: TSM>q actlog begint=now-0:01

Date/Time            Message
--------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------
03/21/01   11:29:16  ANR8372I 002: Remove 8MM volume TAPE01 from drive
03/21/01   11:29:16  ANR8372I 002: Remove 8MM volume TAPE01 from drive
DRV8MM
                     (/dev/mt0) of library LIB8MM.
03/21/01   11:29:16  ANR8800I LABEL LIBVOLUME for volume TAPE01 in library
                     LIB8MM completed successfully.
03/21/01   11:29:16  ANR0985I Process 8 for LABEL LIBVOLUME running in the
                     BACKGROUND completed with completion state SUCCESS at
                     11:29:16.


Its a single tape drive attached to the system. How can I define scratch
volume for it. In stgpool I put maxscratch parameter as 10.

Arshad

From: George Lesho <glesho AT AFCE DOT COM>
Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: What's wrong here
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:06:11 -0600

Arshad, It would seem that there are not scratch volumes available for use
as a
db backup tape. Try the following select at your dsmadmc prompt  to
identify how
many scratch tapes are in your library:

select count(*) as num_scratch_tapes from libvolumes where status='Scratch'

George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises





Arshad Sheikh <amshaik70 AT HOTMAIL DOT COM> on 03/21/2001 11:32:14 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: George Lesho/Partners/AFC)
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Subject:  What's wrong here



Hi there,

I am a newbie so forgive my naiveness. I want to setup TSM 3.7 on a box
with
8mm drive, so I create a library, drive,devclass,stgpool and label my
volume. I also created the domain,policyset,mgmtclass and copypool for
backing up files and register the node in it.
Now when I tried to do a db backup

backup db devclass=c8mm type=full

I got the following from actlog

03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: BACKUP DB
                      devclass=class8mm type=full
03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR0984I Process 6 for DATABASE BACKUP started in the
                      BACKGROUND at 09:10:51.
03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR2280I Full database backup started as process 6.
03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR8447E No drives are currently available in library
                      LIB8MM.
03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR1404W Scratch volume mount request denied - mount
                      failed.
03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR4578E Database backup/restore terminated - required
                      volume was not mounted.
03/21/01   09:10:51  ANR0985I Process 6 for DATABASE BACKUP running in the
                      BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE
at
                      09:10:51.


What I need to do to make it work, I already labeled the volume, its
already
inserted in the drive. What is wrong here?? Checkin volume command only
works with automated libraries so I can't check in the volume.

Any help is deeply appreciated.

Arshad.
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