Re: Problem while using "move drmedia"

This may be a manifestation of the following APAR.  This was repaired in
4.2.1.13

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IC33056 TSM 4.2.1 3494 CATEGORIES SCRATCH PRIVATE INSERT

 When multiple TSM V4.2.1 Servers are using the same
 partitioned 3494 Tape Library it is possible for a volume to
 get checked into the wrong server.  As of 4.2.1 and higher the
 TSM server will not check  what category a volume belongs to
 during a "checkin libvol  xxxxxx search=no" command. Therefore
 it is possible for a volume belonging to one TSM server to get
 checked into a different TSM server. The Server will change
 the volume category to reflect the category assigned to that
 particular status for that specific TSM server.  This issue
 will only occur when a manual checkin is done and the
 "search=no" parameter is used.
 This particular issue was found when a customer setup multiple
 instances of the TSM Server on the same Unix machine but can
 also occur when two separate machines are used to access a
 partitioned 3494 Tape Library.
 Output from a PVR trace will show TSM recognizing that the
 volume being checked in has a different category than what
 has been defined for that server instance, for example;362
 TSM changing the tape category to cat=65280 (FF00) (the insert
 category) then changing the category to the appropriate status
 for that server, for example; 372 for a scratch tape.

Orville L. Lantto
Datatrend Technologies, Inc.  (http://www.datatrend.com)
IBM Premier Business Partner
121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700
Minnetonka, MN 55305
Email: Orville.Lantto AT datatrend DOT com

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Tommy Templeton <tommy.templeton AT MMRS.STATE.MS DOT US>
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02/27/2003 09:57 AM
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Hi *SM'ers

This morning I was running this script:

move drmedia * wherestate=vaultretrieve copystgpool=offsitepool1
source=dbsnapshot
checkin libv 3494vts search=yes status=scratch devt=3590 checkl=no
query actlog search="MOVE DRMEDIA"

I got some unexpected results. Not only did I get the tapes that I was
expecting but I got several tapes that I had on "could not locate" list of
tapes that seemed to be missing from the vts. What was stranger is that I
checked in about 10 volumes that don't even belong in my library. I share
the VTS "robitics unit" with another state agency but my 3494 library is
not shared. Has anyone had any problems like this?

Environment:
  Server: RS/6000-AIX5.1     TSM V4.2.1.9
  Client:  NT4-SP6,
            Win2k-SP1,
            SP2-AIX5.1              TSM V4.2.1.9
Environment:
  Server: RS/6000-AIX5.1         TSM V4.2.1.9
  Client: NT4-SP6, Win2k-SP1,SP2-AIX5.1 TSM V4.2.1.9


thanks,


Tommy Templeton
Senior System Administrator
DFA-MMRS
601-359-3106
e-mail - templeton AT mmrs.state.ms DOT us