On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Seay, Paul wrote:
> 4.2.2.0 is a really bad release to be running but I do not think it is your
> problem.  4.2.2.12 or 4.2.2.13 are pretty good.
we are thinking of moving to 5.1.51 and we have been testing

>
> When you issue the q libvolume command you must specify the library and the
> volume otherwise you will always get not found.  If you just specify q
> libvolume it will show all volumes.
do I need to specify the lib, even when we have only one lib defined.
q libv <lib-name> still did not show the vol required.

I can q vol <vol-name> and it does come back saying it is part of onsite
storage pool! Not sure how it went out of sync!


> When you do the checkin command what does the log say?  Is it really being
> checked in or is the checkin failing.
the checkin come back un-succesful in the beginnning, we had weird
combination of errors. TSM  lost element information on the LIB, a lib
audit failed. After reseating the QIPs the lbtest came back fine.

Now we moved the tape out to the E/E port (manually)and re-checked in the
tape as private, with the below comand which failed to see the tape again
as there were some I/O errors.

CHECKIN  libv gator64k l05232 search=n stat=pri checkl=n

10/29/02 12:03:16     ANR8306I 003: Insert 8MM volume L05232 R/W into the
slot  with element number 0 of library GATOR64K within 60  minutes; issue
'REPLY' along with the request ID  when ready.

apparently on a SpectraLogics gator 64k using TSM, the limitation is that
the E/E port is configured for exports only for TSM. There is no way one
can have tapes in the E/E port and do a BULK checkin via TSM.

We BULK load tapes via the lib console and then do a TSM audit.

Now here is how it worked. we put in the tape back in the E/E/ port and
then ran this comand

CHECKIN libv gator64k search=y stat=pri

ANR8430I Volume L05232 has been checked into library GATOR64K



> What kind of library do you have?
anybody using TSM with Spectra Logics libs and how are they working with
the sequence numbers going out of sync. This happens when we do a BULK
load via the lib-console and say at the same time there is a tape which is
currently being read/written to (basicaly mounted), the lib could just go
load the tape to a slot which had a VALID tsm volume in it and when TSM
returns back with the volume, it freeks out!

it makes me wonder if spectra logics is really really compatible with
TSM!

Not sure how other libs work with TSM on this issue

Many thanks for your time Paul



> Paul D. Seay, Jr.
> Technical Specialist
> Naptheon Inc.
> 757-688-8180
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chetan H. Ravnikar [mailto:Chetan.Ravnikar AT SYNOPSYS DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:28 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: tape missing under q libv (HELP)
>
>
> Hello
> I have a strange situation, when doing a restore. The process keeps waiting
> for a media unavialable and bails out.
>
> The volume it is looking for is in the on-site tapepool, but doesn't show
> under q libv. I had re-checked in the volume as private, also I can *q cont*
> on this vol but for some reason it does not show under q libv.
>
> I have even audit'd the lib, but no success.. any pointers/advice is a great
> help. I have a customer waiting on this restore
>
> we are on TSM server 4.2.20 on sol-2.8
>
> thanks
> Chetan