ADSM-L

Re: Stoping the server through a script

2000-04-17 12:16:24
Subject: Re: Stoping the server through a script
From: Scott Fluegge <sfluegge AT VENATORGROUP DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:16:24 -0400
Actually I am running adsm 3.1.2.20 on two 3494s, two 3575s, 7 3570s and a
3595...  We have at one time or another run into this problem on each of these
libraries!!

Scott






Lindsay Morris <lmorris AT OPENMIC DOT COM> on 04/17/2000 08:03:23 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

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cc:    (bcc: Scott Fluegge/COR/MLW/US/venatorgroup)
Subject:  Re: Stoping the server through a script



Thanks Fred.  maybe I'm not crazy.  But I wonder what version and
library
Scott is using?  I hope not a 3494 at 3.1.2.20+ ....  :-}

Fred Johanson wrote:
>
> I think I stopped seeing this, in a 3494, after installing 3.1.2.20.
>
> At 10:29 AM 4/17/2000 -0400, you wrote:
> >Tapes go unavailable when you halt, eh?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >I sure would like to continue my lazy ways, though.  Think you could
> >mail me a couple of hours of your activity log around the time when the
> >tape goes unavailable?  I'd like to see why...
> >
> >Either way, thanks for the input.  I haven't seen this - but maybe I
> >just wasn't looking hard.
> >
> >Scott Fluegge wrote:
> > >
> > > Lindsay,
> > >
> > > I have had a problem when I stop the server and it still has tapes in the
> > > drives.  It updates the volume status, making it unavailable.  To
> > insure this
> > > does not happen I want to unmunt any mounted volumes.  I need to stop the
> > > processes only to make sure they do not request new mounts after my
> > script runs
> > > to un-mount and before it issues the halt command.
> > >
> > > Scott
> > >
> > > Lindsay Morris <lmorris AT OPENMIC DOT COM> on 04/17/2000 08:42:59 AM
> > >
> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > >
> > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > cc:    (bcc: Scott Fluegge/COR/MLW/US/venatorgroup)
> > > Subject:  Re: Stoping the server through a script
> > >
> > > perhaps I'm naive, but...
> > >
> > > I have frequently done a "halt" on the ADSM (TSM) server when it's
> > > busy.  it
> > > always comes back up, no problem, and picks up where it left off.
> > >
> > > So what is the concern? i mean why do you need to carefully cancel
> > > every process and every sesssion and unmount every tape
> > > before you shut it down?
> > >
> > > Scott Fluegge wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Question...
> > > >
> > > > I am trying to write a script that can be put in rc.shutdown that will
> > > > gracefully bring down the adsm server.  That means I need to insure
> > that there
> > > > are no tapes mounted.  I can write a script that will chack for
> > mounts and
> > > even
> > > > un-mount tapes.  The problem I am having is checking for processes
> > running and
> > > > then stoping them.  If I just unmount the tapes, and if something like
> > > > reclemation is running, another tape will just be mounted.
> > > >
> > > > Does anyone know of a way to get the process numbers into a
> > script?  There is
> > > no
> > > > unique entry on the process line (when "q pr" is used) that I can
> > grep for as
> > > I
> > > > can with requests or mounts!
> > > >
> > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > >
> > > --
> > > Mr. Lindsay Morris
> > > Certified: AIX,ADSM, TSM, HACMP,SP
> > > Gresham Enterprise Storage
> > > lmorris AT openmic DOT com
> > > 606-253-8000
> >
> >--
> >Mr. Lindsay Morris
> >Certified: AIX,ADSM, TSM, HACMP,SP
> >Gresham Enterprise Storage
> >lmorris AT openmic DOT com
> >606-253-8000
>
> Fred Johanson
> System Administrator, ADSM
> S.E.A.
> University of Chicago
> 773-702-8464

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Mr. Lindsay Morris
Mr. Lindsay Morris
Certified: AIX,ADSM, TSM, HACMP,SP
Gresham Enterprise Storage
lmorris AT openmic DOT com
606-253-8000
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