Do the tapes show up in your library inventory
and are they in the same slots that the q library output shows?


-----Original Message-----
From: Nancy Reeves [mailto:Nancy.Reeves AT WICHITA DOT EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 1:45 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: storage media inaccessible?


I have 3 tape volumes that I cannot access. Anything that accesses the
tape (including Space Reclamation & Move Data) get  errors (different for
each command) that include "xxxx terminated for volume 999999 - storage
media inaccessible."

I can't figure out why! It doesn't seem to matter whether the volumes are
checked into the library or not. (If not, I should get a mount request.)
Here is the result from a "q vol 99999 f=d" for one of them.

Volume Name: 075D8D
             Storage Pool Name: WSUTAPEBACKUP
             Device Class Name: MAGSTARTAPE
       Estimated Capacity (MB): 10,240.0
                      Pct Util: 6.3
                 Volume Status: Filling
                        Access: Read/Write
        Pct. Reclaimable Space: 35.5
               Scratch Volume?: Yes
               In Error State?: No
      Number of Writable Sides: 1
       Number of Times Mounted: 1
             Write Pass Number: 1
     Approx. Date Last Written: 09/17/04 02:43:24
        Approx. Date Last Read: 09/17/04 01:00:44
           Date Became Pending:
        Number of Write Errors: 0
         Number of Read Errors: 0
               Volume Location:
Last Update by (administrator): REEVES
         Last Update Date/Time: 09/22/04 15:00:41


Thanks for any ideas. (TSM server is 4.1.0.0 running on AIX with a 3575
tape library.)

Nancy Reeves
Technical Support, Wichita State University
Nancy.Reeves AT wichita DOT edu          316-978-3860