good idea, only it doesnt help me right now...the server is reclaiming and
getting ready to start the backups for the rest of the night. I could try
this tommorow (if it hasnt crashed by then lol) Does anyone have a clue to
why the scratch tape I mannully assigned to the tapepool is being used by
the server to write on? it normally doesnt work that way does it? I thought
the server assignes tapes from the library to the tapepool if it asks for
it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nelson, Doug [mailto:DNelson AT CHITTENDEN DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:10 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: scratch tapes not recognized


You could try an Audit of the library (Check label = yes). This will make it
load and read each tape. Maybe that will "convince" it that it has scratch.

Douglas C. Nelson
Distributed Computing Consultant
Alltel Information Services
Chittenden Data Center
2 Burlington Square
Burlington, Vt. 05401
802-660-2336



-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Wiedeman [mailto:michelle.wiedeman AT MULTRIX DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:05 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: scratch tapes not recognized


yup theyre there, looked there already, funny thing is I moved one of the
volumes to the tapepool and tsm picked it up at once and started writing on
it and changed the status from scratch to private.
its not a matter of checking in i can be sure of that, there are tapes among
it which have been in the library for over a year and have worked fine
before.
I was thinking if it could be a communication failure between the library
and the server, but it does do a reclamation of the tapepool so this cannot
be the issue.

-----Original Message-----
From: MacMurray, Andrea (CC-ETS Ent Storage Svcs)
[mailto:Andrea.MacMurray AT CONAGRAFOODS DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 4:54 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: scratch tapes not recognized


Try a 'q libvol library_name' and see if the scratch tapes are listed in
there as well. If not the problem might be a matter if they are checked in
correctly.

Andrea Mac Murray
Enterprise Unix and Storage Services
(402) 577 - 3603




-----Original Message-----
From: Michelle Wiedeman [mailto:michelle.wiedeman AT MULTRIX DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:13 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: scratch tapes not recognized


hi all,

does anyone have a clue,

I have 13 scratch tapes available in the library, but the diskpool doesnt
want to backup coz it says theres  insufficient space in subordinate storage
pool.
ive checked the volumes which are scratch and theyre still in the library,
not defined to any storagepool and readwrite enabled.
thnx!