From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Mike Bantz
>When I boot everything up, the drives are unavailable and I'm 
>not able to update them - it says that the 3583 is 
>unavailable. When I look at the 3583 in TSM, it gives me an 
>error that the serial number doesn't match.
>
>I've tried updating this with autodetect, still no go. I've 
>tried updating this with the serial gleaned from the 3583 
>itself, still no go. The admin console will kick back that the 
>library is updated with the newly discovered serial number, 
>yet I am still not able to update the drives to online because 
>they show the library unavailable.

Details, you need to supply details.

If the TSM server is Windows-based, look at the device manager to see if
the library and the tape drives are visible and online. If it's
AIX-based, see if the tape drives and library are available (as opposed
to defined).

Failing that, you need to contact Tivoli support and open a ticket.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
Office 262.521.5627