Thanks Laura for help, that is a good utility. Any other tools is there
which I might not be aware of it?
Actually the problem got resolved by re-booting the server. Still I'm not
sure why? and what was gone wrong.
Thanks,
Salam
Salam R. Abdulla
Project Leader
Dubai Aluminum Company
P. O. Box: 3627
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Laura Buckley [SMTP:buckley AT STORSOL DOT COM]
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 9:31 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: ANR8441E Initialization failed for SCSI library 3570LIB.
>
> Salam,
>
> It sounds as if the library is not properly configured. You can run a
> test
> using the libtest utility to see if you are correctly communicating with
> the
> library. Run the test as follows.
>
> This utility is located on Windows servers in the tivoli\tsm\utils
> directory
> or on Unix servers in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/server/bin directory.
>
> To run the test on Windows servers
>
> lbtest -dev lb0.0.0.2 (where lb0.0.0.2 is the scsi dev name of the
> library)
>
> and on Unix servers
>
> lbtest -dev /dev/lb0
>
> You will be presented with a menu
>
> Select Manual Test
>
> Select 6: Open. If the open is successful, LBTEST is successfully
> communicating with the library. If the open fails, you may have a
> configuration problem with the library. Verify that the scsi driver is
> loaded and running. Verify that you have the correct scsi id number.
> Verify that the os can see the library at boot.
>
> If the open succeeds you can proceed with the following test:
>
> Select 8: Ioctl Return Element Count (This will report the number and
> types
> of identifiable elements in the library i.e. drives, ioport etc.)
>
>
> Select 9: Ioctl Return All Library Inventory. This will show all of the
> library elements. It will also show what is in each element (i.e. drive,
> slot etc.) Look for the drive numbers and the element numbers for those
> drives. Also confirm that the drives have the correct scsi id. These
> are
> the correct element numbers and scsi ids for the define drive commands.
>
> Hopefully, using this diagnostic procedure, you will be able to determine
> the cause of your problem.
>
> Good luck
>
> Laura Buckley
> SSSI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> ABDULSALAM ABDULLA
> Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 6:20 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: ANR8441E Initialization failed for SCSI library 3570LIB.
>
>
> New library 3570 with two drive assigned to copy pool.
> We are not able to checking or label the tapes. Even Audit is failing.
> Follow is the type of error I'm getting after running audit command.
>
> ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: AUDIT LIBRARY 3570LIB
> ANR0984I Process 10 for AUDIT LIBRARY started in the BACKGROUND at
> 16:26:05.
> ANR8457I AUDIT LIBRARY: Operation for library 3570LIB started as process
> 10.
> ANR0609I AUDIT LIBRARY started as process 10.
> ANR8441E Initialization failed for SCSI library 3570LIB.
> ANR8460E AUDIT LIBRARY process for library 3570LIB failed.
> ANR0985I Process 10 for AUDIT LIBRARY running in the BACKGROUND completed
> with
> completion state FAILURE at 16:26:25.
>
> Thanks,
> Salam
>
>
> Salam R. Abdulla
> Project Leader
> Dubai Aluminum Company
> P. O. Box: 3627
> Dubai, UAE
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