select volume_name, type, date(date_time) as DATE  from volhistory where
volume_name='VOLSERXXX'

If it is a DbBackkup volume it should say so in the q libvol.

- It may have been "Made private to prevent re-use", meaning that TSM
tried to use it, but there was some kind of drive or media error that
could not be overcome.  It is like marking a bad sector on a hard drive.
   If you had a tape drive error the tape is probably reusable.
(((Thanks Wanda)))

- If you think it might just have been a dirty tape drive you can try
resetting the status to "scratch" and see if it gets used.
     update libvol <library_name> <volserxxx> status=scratch

If you don't trust that and don't want to wait to see if the tape is good:
- Try checking the tape back out:
     checkout libvol <library_name> <volserxxx> remove=no
- Then look at the actlog to see if TSM was able to mount the tape.
It it went well, then try to label it back in.

Look for drive errors:
select count(msgno) as "ANR8944E Hardware or media error" from actlog
where msgno=8944 and date_time>current_timestamp -1 days

For tapes that have errors and DO have data you can try auditing the
volume to see if the media itself is serviceable.
audit volume (volserxxx) fix=no (or fix=yes)
monitor the process, check the actlog


George Huebschman (George H.)



From:
r4mzeso <tsm-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
To:
ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date:
02/24/14 02:33 PM
Subject:
[ADSM-L] ALL Tapes known to TSM
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This volume is not shown in Q VOL, but like u asked I did CHECKIN LIBVOL
SEARCH=YES

After that, missing tape appeared in Q LIBVOL, its private (used by tsm,
but last use is empty) weird ?

How can I check is it assigned to any pool?

Private means its being in use by tsm right?


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