Dear TSM guys,

Some bad news about TSM Server version 5.5.1.0 in combination with VTL systems 
(FalconStor and NetApp systems) and the parameter 'RELABELSCRATCH'.
This parameter seems to be buggy.
In our TSM Server environment the complete TSM (virtual) tape inventory seems 
to be shuffled.

The fact is that tape labels are not written to the tape volumes correctly.
That means that the physical written tape labels do NOT match the barcode of a 
tape volume within the TSM inventory.

In our case some restore job could not be started because the incorrect tape 
volume was mounted for this restore session.
The session was stopped because the data was unavailable to server, seen in the 
activity log.

The IBM support team (tech 2) is working on this issue but I?d guess it needs 
some time to find a permanent solution.


So please do not set the parameter 'RELABELSCRATCH' to 'YES' in order to avoid 
the same situation like we have now on 11 TSM servers now.



Mit freundlichen Gruessen / kind regards / Selamlar / ??????? / ?? ???????? 
???????????? / ?????????? / ?dv?zlettel / Com os melhores cumprimentos

Thorsten Arbes
Campus Communication Services - Office Communication - Backup Group
MGI METRO Group Information Technology GmbH

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