Suggestion: go check your drive, see if it has a code on the front.  My
guess is that it does.  A drive being offline (as in 'q drive') is
separate from the path ('q path') being offline.  They are related, but
independent.
Someone else probably has good technical explanation.
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Rob Hefty
Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 9:56 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Drive Inconsistencies

Hello all,

As seen below, I have a library drive (DRIVE05) that is currently listed
as On-Line within the query drive command output but listed as not
On-Line in the query path command output.  I have logged a call with IBM
support to verify the drive is functioning; however, I am curious as to
why the inconsistency?


TSM Server:5.2.3.2
SCSI Library IBM 3584


Library Name     Drive Name       Device Type     On-Line            
------------     ------------     -----------     -------------------
LTO2             DRIVE01          LTO             Yes                
LTO2             DRIVE02          LTO             Yes                
LTO2             DRIVE03          LTO             Yes                
LTO2             DRIVE04          LTO             Yes                
LTO2             DRIVE05          LTO             Yes                
LTO2             DRIVE06          LTO             Yes         


Source Name     Source Type     Destination     Destination     On-Line

-----------     -----------     -----------     -----------     -------
TSMSRVR         SERVER          LTO2            LIBRARY         Yes    
TSMSRVR         SERVER          DRIVE01         DRIVE           Yes    
TSMSRVR         SERVER          DRIVE02         DRIVE           Yes    
TSMSRVR         SERVER          DRIVE03         DRIVE           Yes    
TSMSRVR         SERVER          DRIVE04         DRIVE           Yes    
TSMSRVR         SERVER          DRIVE05         DRIVE           No <--
???
TSMSRVR         SERVER          DRIVE06         DRIVE           Yes    


Regards,
Rob
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