Hello Henrik,

I cannot see how this should solve the problem. If the library can't read
the tape's barcode (or can't store it in its database, whatever the reason
is), an 'audit library' command would tell TSM that the slot's empty and tsm
would not checkin the volume. But it would try to move another volume into
this slot, when checking them in from the mailslot...

Maybe I just didn't get the point of your idea...

kind regards,
Stephan

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Henrik Vahlstedt <SHWL AT statoilhydro DOT 
com>wrote:

> Run an 'audit library "3583" checkl=barcode' to update library inventory
> in TSM and a 'checkin libv "3853" search=yes checkl=barcode stat=pri'.
>
> Let us know if the problem presists after the two commands have run
> successful.
>
> Thanks
> Henrik
>
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> Of
> Stephan Boldt
> Sent: 27. mai 2009 09:47
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Preventing TSM from using a certain library port
>
> Hello,
>
> our IBM 3583 library seems to have a problem using a certain port.
> Sometimes we get a "slot obstructed" error message because the library
> tries to put a tape into a slot which is already filled with another
> tape. Looking into the librarys slot information reveals that it assumes
> this slot is empty! First I thought the cause would be the tape itself /
> its barcode. But after removing this tape from the lib, the "slot
> obstructed" problem still occurres with the same slot but a different
> tape.
> Whatever the cause is, is there a way to tell TSM _not_ to use this
> slot, even if its empty? Is my assumption right that TSM and not the lib
> decides where to put a tape when checking it in or removing it from a
> tapedrive? But when does TSM get the information about which slots are
> present in a library? During an "audit library"?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Stephan
>
>
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