Just suggesting...
I've been throught a similar situation once, and the only thing that worked
was a stop/start on the TSM Server.
Rgs,
Mauricio




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when check with lsdev -Cc tape showing rmt2 is available.


>>> fred AT MIDWAY.UCHICAGO DOT EDU 09/24/01 01:52pm >>>
Is the drive available to the operating system?  On occasion we've seen the
drive as unavailable when we enter lsdev -Cc tape.


At 01:36 PM 9/24/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi * SMs,
>
>I have a drive(/dev/rmt2) proble showing "drive unavailable since
>/09/23/01 09:09:27"
>I used update commad to make it online, but I could not do.
>
>we have total 8 drives in that third drive /dev/rmt2 is giving this
>problem.Remaining drives working properly.
>
>Please can anybody send probable causes and solutions.
>libraryname=3494LIB1
>drivename=3590_2
>device name=3590
>device=/dev/rmt2
>
>thanks in adv
>
>/muthyam