Author: "Jones, Eric J" <eric.j.jones AT LMCO DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:31:34 -0400
We are running TSM 5.2.2 server on AIX with clients 5.2.2(windows/UNIX). We had the picker hang up today and is in the process of being repaired. We are running a IBM 3484 library. The problem is wit
Author: David Longo <David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 13:36:08 -0400
Try running an "audit library". David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax: 321.434.5509 david.longo AT he
Author: Nathan Reiss <Reiss_Nathan AT CAT DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:40:48 -0500
Don't just do audit library. Do "audit library lib-name checklabel=barcode". Otherwise, it will go a long,long time as it loads every tape into a drive. Thanks, David N. Reiss Unix Engineer/Disaster
Author: Aaron Durkee <ADurkee AT CHSBUFFALO DOT ORG>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:40:04 -0400
actually won't the audit "hang" if there is tape operation going on? .... waiting for that operation to release the tape? Aaron Durkee Infrastructure Analyst Networking and Technical Group Catholic H
Author: David Longo <David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:14:20 -0400
Yes, make sure no tape ops going on. Check with "q mount". David Longo actually won't the audit "hang" if there is tape operation going on? .... waiting for that operation to release the tape? Aaron
Author: "Gilbert, Guillaume" <guillaume_gilbert AT STORAGETEK DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 15:18:40 -0600
I don't think an audit will be necessary here. The drive is "unknown" state because TSM hasm't talked to it yet. Once TSM gets a tape in there, the state will change to "loaded", and after that "empt
Author: "Jones, Eric J" <eric.j.jones AT LMCO DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 06:50:57 -0400
I did an audit on the library to see if it would recognize it again but it still comes up "UNKNOWN". I toggled the drive off-line and back on-line to see if it would come back and it still stays in a
Author: RAMNAWAZ NAVEEN <NAVEEN.NR AT SBM.INTNET DOT MU>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:02:49 +0400
May be you could try the following: (i.) run the folw cmd from in aix : lsdev -Cc tape and verify to ensure that the device state is "avaialble" for the required drive. (ii) note the drive path and s
Author: "Jones, Eric J" <eric.j.jones AT LMCO DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:23:35 -0400
I had done a lsdev -Cc tape to verify since the drive was giving errors that indicated that it could not see them. Is there a way to have the server start polling the drive again? IBM came in and rep
Author: RAMNAWAZ NAVEEN <NAVEEN.NR AT SBM.INTNET DOT MU>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:45:26 +0400
Can you try putting all the other drives to offline except the one having problem, then issuue a tape library cmd such as checking a tape and see what happens. This may force the server to use the on
Author: RAMNAWAZ NAVEEN <NAVEEN.NR AT SBM.INTNET DOT MU>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:10:15 +0400
Hi I have simulated the problem. In fact I disconnected the tape library from my AIX server. The drive state goes to "UNKNOWN" though the drive still shows online. I changed reset the drive from onli
Author: "Brents, James" <James.Brents AT VALERO DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:12:49 -0500
If the drive is available at the O/S level and deleting and reconfiguring the drive did not work I would try shutting down TSM and restarting it. Good luck, James I did an audit on the library to see
Author: Andy Huebner <Andy.Huebner AT ALCONLABS DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 08:12:14 -0500
If the drive and the path are on-line, then TSM should try to use the drive. When TSM tries to use the drive the Status will change accordingly. We see this situation frequently. Andy Huebner We are
Author: "Jones, Eric J" <eric.j.jones AT LMCO DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:51:38 -0400
I went in and toggled the drive and path "Online" then off-line and it came back. It took toggling the "Path" to get it to come back. Thanks for the help, Eric If the drive and the path are on-line,
Author: AMHOUCHE Youssef <Youssef.Amhouche AT SOCGEN DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 12:06:37 -0500
Hi what issue with "drive state =UKNOWN" ? all checkin and checkout operations failed (TSM V5.1 library 3583) please help me b.rds Joseph ** Ce message et toutes les pieces jointes (ci-apres le "mess
Author: Sebastian Szumczyk <Sebastian.Szumczyk AT INGNN DOT PL>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 15:34:31 +0200
Every day I send here an e-mail with some problems and questions.... what kind of administrator am i? And once again I have to do it, cause I have got a problem with drives in library 3494. Got this
Or that for some reason your drive is no longer available to ITSM. Have there been any configuration changes that you may or may not know about? Shannon Bach Madison Gas & Electric Co. Operations Ana
Author: "Seay, Paul" <seay_pd AT NAPTHEON DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 22:10:31 -0400
Check you microcode levels in your switches and drives. It can also happen when the cardpack fails. inaccessible; This indicates a hardware problem. Have your hardware support fix the drive, then var