Another possibility....IF your update drive command syntax INCLUDES
device=.....then please drop it....
        Try leaving off the device= parm   (only use this parm if you want
to update the device characteristics....
        I ran into this problem which should lead into some doc
updates.....one wouldn't have thought (me), but
        there is a difference!
        FYI Thanks Tim




        Mahesh Babbar <mahesh.babbar AT ST DOT COM>
        12/18/2000 03:36 AM
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        Subject:        ANR 8413E UPdate Drive : Drive is currently in use

             Hello WIZs,

             I have following issue:

             At times, the tape volume is not able to unload it self from a
3590
             E1A tape drive ( for any reason) and the drive becomes
'unavailable"
             for TSM. Though the problem gets rectified in the library but I
"have"
             to restart the TSM server to make it available again in TSM.

             When I manually try to update the status of the drive , using
"update
             drive .." command it gives me error:

             ANR8413E UPDATE DRIVE : Drive RMT1 is currently in use

             I don't know where it gets locked?

             Is there any way I can make it 'online' w/o restarting the TSM
Server.

             Details are:

             OS: AIX 4.3
             TSM : TSM 3.7.3

             Library : 3494
             Drive : Magstart 3590 E1A

             Thanks in advance

             Best Regards

             Mahesh