I gotta ask: what kind of tape library uses a vacuum to pull the
cartridges into the drives?

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
  Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX
Office 262.521.5627

 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>Behalf Of Debbie Bassler
>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:27 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: Log Containing Tape Drive Info
>
>The Operational Reporter shows all drives online. That's 
>because the drive
>did not go offline. I had to manually take the drive, and 
>path, offline.
>
>The error message is that the "volume  ****** could not be mounted into
>drive ***". After the SE arrived, we found that the actual problem was
>that the pump, for the vacuum that sucks the tape in, had gone out.
>
>This is not the first time we've had a problem, and didn't 
>know the tape
>drive was inaccessible. Last time it was over a weekend. I'll keep
>looking.
>
>Thanks for all the input,
>Debbie
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>"Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM>
>Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>08/29/2005 10:35 AM
>Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
>
>
>        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>        cc:
>        Subject:        Re: [ADSM-L] Log Containing Tape Drive Info
>
>
>There isn't, but if you use the hourly monitor facility from TSM's
>Operational Reporter, one of the statuses it looks for by default is
>offline drives. Since hourly monitor reports can be emailed, 
>the balance
>of the task is easily left to the student.
>
>
>--
>Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional
>Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005
>IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX
>Office 262.521.5627
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
>>Behalf Of Debbie Bassler
>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:32 AM
>>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>Subject: Log Containing Tape Drive Info
>>
>>Our TSM server, 5.1, is on an AIX OS, 4.3.3. Does anyone know of a log
>>containing information about the tape drives? One of our
>>drives has been
>>inaccessible since 3:20 this morning. I'd like to write a
>>script to page
>>me when this happens, but, I don't know if there is a log available to
>>pull the information from.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Debbie
>>
>