I was having this problem with IBM Ultrium LTO drives in an IBM 3583 library
until I upgraded the firmware for the drives and the library itself. And the
RMU for good measure.
I didn't find out what the original problem was.
Regards,
Steve Rivers
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bertrand [mailto:Mark.Bertrand AT USUNWIRED DOT COM]
Sent: 15 July 2003 22:04
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: q drive = status unknown
Thanks Kenny, that did it. Still trying to figure out what caused it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Barnes, Kenny [mailto:Kenny.Barnes AT GMACINSURANCE DOT COM]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 3:21 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: q drive = status unknown
You might want to check the defined path as well. They have to be defined
as on-line there as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Bertrand [mailto:Mark.Bertrand AT USUNWIRED DOT COM]
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 4:08 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: q drive = status unknown
We have two drives that show state unknown when queried with f=d.
According to TSM:
"Unknown The drive begins in drive state unknown as a result of being
defined, as a result of server initialization, or as a result of having its
status updated to online."
We have had to update the status of these two drives to online after some
tapes had knocked them offline.
The drives are now online but TSM is not using them.
Is there a way to change the drive state to empty or ready for operation?
Storage Management Server for Windows 2000- Version 5, Release 1, Level 6.3
Thanks,
Mark Bertrand
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