Example for the above..
Process Process Description Process Status
Number
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2,499 Space Reclamation Offsite Volume(s) (storage pool LTO_OFFSITE)
, Moved Files: 0, Moved Bytes: 0 bytes, Deduplic
ated Bytes: 0 bytes, Unreadable Files: 0, Unread
able Bytes: 0 bytes. Current Physical File (byte
s): 46,813 KB Waiting for mount of output volume
LTO052L6 (575 seconds).
Protect: TSM717AIX>q act s=LTO052L6
Date/Time Message
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06/06/2018 16:27:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 60 minut
es. (SESSION: 537299, PROCESS: 2499)
06/06/2018 16:28:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 59 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:29:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 58 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:30:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 57 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:31:14 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 57 minut
es. (SESSION: 537479)
06/06/2018 16:31:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 56 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:32:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 55 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:33:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 54 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:34:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 53 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:35:14 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 53 minut
es. (SESSION: 537487)
06/06/2018 16:35:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 52 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:36:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 51 minut
es.
06/06/2018 16:37:50 ANR8308I 021: LTO volume LTO052L6 is required for use in l
ibrary TS3200; CHECKIN LIBVOLUME required within 50 minutes
Once the process fails, the tapes in question (as seen above) go into an 'Unavailable' state and the same cycle begins again the next day!!
Is there a way to force ISP to use the scratch tape available to it in the library for this process or will this just make things worse?