Author: David Bronder <david-bronder AT UIOWA DOT EDU>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 11:05:51 -0500
If it were the REUSEDELAY setting, the volume would be Pending, not Empty. David Ehresman's suggestion to do a "delete volume" on them should address the immediate issue of the volumes staying Empty
I'll bet today's lunch money that what's going on is that these aren't scratch volumes; they're volumes that were assigned to the pool with a DEF VOLUME command. On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Dav
Author: George Huebschman <george.huebschman AT PNC DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:47:04 -0400
It's a VTL, so the tapes are virtual. What does q libvol <library_name> <volser> say about the volumes in question? Their location is already "null", so from that and the fact that they are VTL I am
Make sure the status of the volumes in question is "Read/Write". Also, issue query content against the empty volumes to make sure they are really empty. Library Name: XDCVTL Library Type: SCSI ACS Id
Author: "Leonard, Matthew" <Matthew.Leonard AT ATLASAIR DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:52:54 +0000
Yes sorry its VTL. No DRM and no Copy pools. And actually after deleting the volume it has seemed to correct most of these "empty" volumes so Thanks all for the information. Greatly appreciated.. Reg
Author: "Leonard, Matthew" <Matthew.Leonard AT ATLASAIR DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 18:53:47 +0000
Yes thanks Rick I did this and actually by deleting the volumes this corrected the issue. Thanks for your help!! Regards, Matthew J. Leonard Network Infrastructure Administrator IT Network Operations
Author: George Huebschman <george.huebschman AT PNC DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:02:08 -0400
I wonder if the problem might recur as someone noted. I wonder if the issue is related to the VTL itself having a hold on the tapes. George Huebschman (George H.) (301) 699-4013 (301) 875-1227 (Cell)
Author: "Leonard, Matthew" <Matthew.Leonard AT ATLASAIR DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 19:18:27 +0000
Trust me, we have more problems with the use of a VTL especially with relabeling and the headers within the virtual tape being marked as in-use. Even though Tivoli might say a volume is full, the VTL