I agree with the audit library. I've never had to stop our 4
3494 tape libraries to get the tape inventory back to "sane". I ~have~
had to restart a TSM server a few times to get the 'audit library' to
run successfully. (The 'audit library' would show up as a process but
would never do anything and had to be killed. Only a recycling of the
TSM software and then an audit library resolved the issue).

        A note on the "audit library". You cannot have any tapes in use
for that command to run, so you have to unmount all the tape drives
first. Then look in the activity log for what it had to clean up.

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:43 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: storage media inaccessible? - fixed


In the absence of major problems, which would be reflected in the TSM
server Activity Log, and perhaps AIX Error Log, the 3494 Library Manager
database should always be in sync with the TSM server. The combination
is just that reliable. I would presume that in your elective library
stoppage that you likewise suspended activities on the TSM server, just
in case. In the rare case when it's necessary, the AUDit LIBRary can be
run to re-synchronize information.  See the IBM doc for the
authoritative scoop on the operation of that command, and ADSM
QuickFacts for additional notes.

    Richard Sims     http://people.bu.edu/

On Sep 24, 2004, at 12:08 PM, William Rosette wrote:

> I just stopped and started my 3494 tape library and received the same 
> results.  I was thinking that the PC that controls the DB on the 3494 
> was not "synced" up with the AIX SP TSM server.  I'd be interested if
> anybody
> else has any ideas.