This one has caught us a couple of times since moving to V5. We have a
series of "q" commands that we run daily and then e-mail the results. Just
added "q path" to the report that used do only do a "q drive" earlier this
week.

tsm: GASSRV01>q drive

Library Name     Drive Name       Device Type     On-Line
------------     ------------     -----------     -------------------
GBG3494          DRIVE1           3590            Yes
GBG3494          DRIVE2           3590            Yes
GBG3494          DRIVE3           3590            Yes
GBG3494          DRIVE4           3590            Yes
GBG3494          DRIVE5           3590            Yes
GBG3494          DRIVE6           3590            Yes

tsm: GASSRV01>q path

Source Name     Source Type     Destination     Destination     On-Line
                                Name            Type
-----------     -----------     -----------     -----------     -------
GASSRV01        SERVER          GBG3494         LIBRARY         Yes
GASSRV01        SERVER          DRIVE1          DRIVE           Yes
GASSRV01        SERVER          DRIVE2          DRIVE           Yes
GASSRV01        SERVER          DRIVE3          DRIVE           Yes
GASSRV01        SERVER          DRIVE4          DRIVE           Yes
GASSRV01        SERVER          DRIVE5          DRIVE           Yes
GASSRV01        SERVER          DRIVE6          DRIVE           Yes

Curt Magura
Lockheed Martin EIS
Orlando, Fla.
321-235-1203


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Stapleton [mailto:stapleto AT BERBEE DOT COM]
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 1:33 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: help required for configuring Tape storage pool


From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Davidson, Becky
> One of your drives is offline.  Try bringing that back online and see how
> things go.  You only have 2 drives and if the other is busy then it will
> fail.

Don't forget that, now with version 5.x, you have to check the PATH as well
as the drive.

Run Q PATH and see if that shows anything offline.

--
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Certified TSM consultant
Certified AIX system engineer
MCSE