When you do a "Q VOL 00025-L1 F=D", what does it say is the
LOCATION/STATUS and such ?


"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/18/2004
01:17:00 PM:

> I'm trying to recover from a bunch of hardware errors on our tape
library,
> and issued the following to get a good backup for DRM:
>
> backup stg tapepool copypool wait=no
>
> So, it goes ahead and asks for volume 00025-L1, which is currently in a
> NOTMOUNTABLE state, sitting in a fire safe. My question is this: why,
when
> I've told TSM that this volume is not mountable, would the system need
this
> as an output volume? I've got plenty of scratch volumes in there, as
well.
>
> TIA,
>
> Mike Bantz
> Systems Administrator
> Research Systems, Inc