Geoff,

You can also get that message when the tape is in use.  I have a server
that hosts a lot of RMAN logsweeps going straight to tape, and our "Backup
Stgpool" process gets that message a lot.

Nick Cassimatis
nickpc AT us.ibm DOT com

He who laughs last has a good backup.



                                                                       
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This morning I've noticed these messages in the log and have not been able
to figure out why when q vol acc=unav and q vol acc=destr come back with no
tapes in either status. The tapes are in the library, and available so I
don't get it. Am I missing some other way to check this? There are 8 tapes
that show this message in the log.



12/20/04 05:00:11     ANR1229W Volume U02251 cannot be backed up - volume
is


                       offline or access mode is "unavailable" or
"destroyed".



Geoff Gill
TSM Administrator
NT Systems Support Engineer
SAIC
E-Mail:   gillg AT saic DOT com
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