On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 03:12:32PM -0700, Vats.Ashok wrote:

> I don't think I understand how inventory & audit works. When you do Audit 
> library 3584lib checkl=barcode should I see the robotics move and read each 
> and every tape slot and resysnc with TSM data base ? how do I get these back 
> in sync

A 3584 library remembers which cartridges are where. After you open and
then close the door, the library scans every slot and builds up an
inventory. When you issue the AUDIT LIBRARY command in TSM, the library
already knows which cartridge is where so it can tell TSM without having
to scan anything.

In your situation, after an AUDIT LIBRARY you'll see that TSM noticed
that the tape was missing, and was removed from the TSM library inventory.
(The library itself already knew it was missing, so it wasn't in the
*library* inventory at all.)

After this, you can check in the tape normally (with status PRIVATE if
there's any data on it).

Note that during an AUDIT LIBRARY you can get the following error:
"ANR8788W Unable to read the barcode of cartridge in slot-id 1044 in
library 3584;  loading in drive to read label." This happens when
TSM expected a tape in a particular slot, but the library told TSM
that slot is now empty. This is harmless; if you don't receive any
errors about missing volumes everything is OK. It means that you
(or someone/something else) rearranged the tapes in the library without
TSM knowing about it. If this rearrangement was expected, all is fine.

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