I don't know about your library, but on an IBM 3584 library, a tsm 'audit
library' command will just reconcile its libvol data with the data the library
maintains. It does not move any parts in the library because the library
already has a record of which tapes are where.
David
>>> alazarev AT ITG.UIUC DOT EDU 07/07/05 10:48 AM >>>
William, et all,
Thanks for your great responses, I think I'm closer to getting it working,
but I still need a little more help.
I understand what you are saying about updating the paths, but the problem
is I already removed the old paths and devices (xxx.0.0.3), and created
the new devices and paths (xxx.0.0.5). So I think doing an update path is
out of the question. I'm stuck trying to associate the new devices with
the old server, which should be possible right?
So, I've removed all devices and paths, rebooted, then added all devices
and paths (for the xxx.0.0.5 devices), rebooted again, and now TSM seems
to think the devies and paths are correct:
tsm: ITG-TSM>q library
Library Name: LB6.0.0.5
Library Type: SCSI
ACS Id:
Private Category:
Scratch Category:
External Manager:
RSM Media Type:
Shared: No
LanFree:
ObeyMountRetention:
tsm: ITG-TSM>q drive
Library Name Drive Name Device Type On-Line
------------ ------------ ----------- -------------------
LB6.0.0.5 MT1.0.0.5 LTO Yes
LB6.0.0.5 MT2.0.0.5 LTO Yes
tsm: ITG-TSM>q path
Source Name Source Type Destination Destination On-Line
Name Type
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------
ITG-TSM SERVER LB6.0.0.5 LIBRARY Yes
ITG-TSM SERVER MT1.0.0.5 DRIVE Yes
ITG-TSM SERVER MT2.0.0.5 DRIVE Yes
But something is still not right, because when I run an audit of the "new"
library, the process completes, but it does nothing to the library, the
library doesn't move in inch, it is not talking to the library correctly:
ANR2017I Administrator DUDE issued command: AUDIT LIBRARY lb6.0.0.5
checklabel=yes
ANR0984I Process 5 for AUDIT LIBRARY started in the BACKGROUND at
09:41:03.
ANR8457I AUDIT LIBRARY: Operation for library LB6.0.0.5 started as process
5.
ANR8461I AUDIT LIBRARY process for library LB6.0.0.5 completed
successfully.
ANR0985I Process 5 for AUDIT LIBRARY running in the BACKGROUND completed
with completion state SUCCESS at 09:41:03.
I'm wondering if my device class is not correct in some way?:
tsm: ITG-TSM>q dev
Device Device Storage Device Format Est/MaxMount
Class Access Pool Type CapacityLimit
Name Strategy Count (MB)
--------- ---------- ------- --------- ------ --------------
DISK Random 3
LTOCLASS1 Sequential 1 LTO DRIVE DRIVES
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Alex
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, William Boyer wrote:
> One thing I have found with Windows is after any type of hardware change,
> whether it is a replacement or just firmware updates,
> Windows seems to not recognize it as the same device, and creates new ones
> for this same (upgraded) hardware. If you just give the
> TSM server a few minutes to time out on trying to initialize the library,
> then you can update the library path to the new device=
> and then update the drive paths to the new device=.
>
> I've started stopping TSM, removing the library/drives from Device manager in
> Windows, doing the upgrade/replace and rebooting. I've
> found that Windows assigns the same devices. Then I just restart TSM and
> verify that all is well.
>
> I don't know if persistent mappings with the fibre adapter (if you are
> running fibre drives) would resolve this issue...
>
>
> Bill Boyer
> "Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield" - ??
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf
> Of Alexander Lazarevich
> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 11:21 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: tsm tape path problems
>
> TSM 5.1.9.0 on win2K server. Overland Neo 4100 with 2 LTO-2 drives.
>
> I've got a bad problem, and I'm stuck trying to read the manual for clues but
> I'm having trouble finding what I need to know and I
> could really use a point in the right direction.
>
> TSM has been running just fine since I set it up more than two years ago.
> I used the TSM wizard to set everything up, and it was quite easy. Last week
> we had an LTO-2 drive failure, some bad cables, and an
> intermittent library controller card. All those hardware issues have been
> fixed.
>
> But somewhere in the mess of fixing all the hardware issues, the TSM /windows
> drivers for the devices got confused, and TSM is now
> recognizing the library and the drives as different device names. Whereas TSM
> used to call the devices: lb6.0.0.3 (library),
> mt1.0.0.3 (drive 1), and mt2.0.0.3 (drive 2); TSM is now calling those
> devices lb6.0.0.5, mt1.0.0.5, and mt2.0.0.5.
>
> I've tried everything I know of to fix the path between the server and the
> "old" devices (lb6.0.0.3), but nothing I tried worked.
> So, I then set out to try and define new path's for the "new" devices
> (lb6.0.0.5). I've done the following:
>
> - Define the new library and drives, giving them the proper names
> and element ID's.
> - Update the server's LTO Device Class, giving it the new library name
> lb6.0.0.5.
> - Add the new path's for the drives and the library:
> tsm: ITG-TSM>q path
>
> Source Name Source Type Destination Destination On-Line
> Name Type
> ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -------
> ITG-TSM SERVER LB6.0.0.5 LIBRARY Yes
> ITG-TSM SERVER MT1.0.0.5 DRIVE Yes
> ITG-TSM SERVER MT2.0.0.5 DRIVE Yes
>
> But then I try to run an audit of the new library, and I get nothing:
>
> ANR2017I Administrator ALAZAREV issued command: AUDIT LIBRARY lb6.0.0.5
> ANR0984I Process 5 for AUDIT LIBRARY started in the
> BACKGROUND at 21:42:02.
> ANR8457I AUDIT LIBRARY: Operation for library LB6.0.0.5 started as process 5.
> ANR8461I AUDIT LIBRARY process for library LB6.0.0.5 completed successfully.
> ANR0985I Process 5 for AUDIT LIBRARY running in the BACKGROUND completed with
> completion state SUCCESS at 21:42:02.
>
> The audit did nothing, as it starts and completes within a second. The
> library didn't move an inch.
>
> Obviously, I'm not setting up the paths properly, or the devices classes, or
> something. What I find odd is that when I run the
> Device Configuration Wizard, TSM does not find any devices. That is different
> from when I first installed TSM, when it found all
> devices automatically for me.
>
> I'm going to read Chapter 4 of the admin guide tonight when I go home, but
> I've already looked at it, and I can't find the
> information I need described in a clear manner. Any help anyone could
> provide, even just pointing me to some good documentation, I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Sorry to be a pest, but I'm in trouble, as our backups are down and I need a
> little help getting it back up.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Alex
>
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