A drive state of Reserved most commonly occurs as TSM is engaged in
mounting a tape on the drive. If that state persists, it could indicate
drive problems where a tape load could not complete.

   Richard Sims

On Mar 28, 2005, at 11:24 AM, Coats, Jack wrote:

TSM server 4.1.3 on Windows 2K, 6 LTO-1 SCSI attached with IBM3583
library.

We have occasionally some drives that show up as 'Reserved'.  No
particular drive either.  Once I have seen it clear that status on its
own, but a couple of times we have had to stop and restart the TSM
server to get it to work again.

Suggestions to explain what happens?  Or, even better, how to keep it
from happening?

Thanks ... Jack