Steve --

Manual libraries are just that - Manual - and do not have a path to the
library.

You need to use the local library management system (I'm not familiar with
3494 as such) to mount tapes by hand for the restore.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Harris [mailto:Steve_Harris AT HEALTH.QLD.GOV DOT AU]
> Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 1:54 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: V5.1 3494 manual library gotcha
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm trying to move datacentres by restoring a 4.2.2 database
> to 5.1.5.3 at the new site - anyone tried an upgrade at the
> same time as a restore? - I'd like to hear your war stories.
>
> Anyway, I've defined my server and I'm running scripts
> modified from the DRM plan scripts. When I come to do the
> restore, obviously the devconfig file has to have the new
> V5.1 path statements in it.  The restore fails but I see that
> I'm using a 3494 and there's an old bug about having to
> define a manual library for  restoring a 3494.
> So, I go to my test instance and try to define a manual
> library so I can see what the devconfig file looks like, and
> here's the gotcha.
>
> I can define the manual library, and the drive in the
> library, and the path to the drive, but when I try to define
> the path to the library I get
>
> tsm: TSMDCT>define path tsmdct fred srctype=server
> destt=library device=/dev/rmt1
> define path tsmdct fred srctype=server destt=library device=/dev/rmt1
> ANR8416E DEFINE PATH: The DEVICE parameter is invalid for
> library type MANUAL.
> ANS8001I Return code 15.
>
> tsm: TSMDCT>DEFINE PATH TSMDCT FRED SRCTYPE=SERVER
> DESTTYPE=LIBRARY ONLINE=YES
> DEFINE PATH TSMDCT FRED SRCTYPE=SERVER DESTTYPE=LIBRARY ONLINE=YES
> ANR2022E DEFINE PATH: One or more parameters are missing.
> ANS8001I Return code 3.
>
> Have I missed something  here or found a bug?
>
> Regards
>
> Steve Harris
> Unix, Backup and Storage Admin
> Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia
>
>
>
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