We are running TSM version 6.3 on a Windows 2008 server with an IBM TS3200 tape 
library. The windows server crashed overnight. It has been rebooted and is 
working ok now however TSM will not talk to the tape library drives.

I have powered the tape library off and on and have also performed a clean 
shutdown and restart of the server.



When I run "q path" it reports that the library is online.



tsm: TSMANL>q path



Source Name     Source Type     Destination     Destination     On-Line

                                Name            Type

-----------     -----------     -----------     -----------     -------

TSMANL          SERVER          LB0.1.0.6       LIBRARY         Yes

TSMANL          SERVER          L6DRI0          DRIVE           Yes

TSMANL          SERVER          L6DRI1          DRIVE           Yes

TSMANL          SERVER          L6DRI2          DRIVE           Yes



tsm: TSMANL>q path f=d



                   Source Name: TSMANL

                   Source Type: SERVER

              Destination Name: LB0.1.0.6

              Destination Type: LIBRARY

                       Library:

                     Node Name:

                        Device: lb2.1.0.2

              External Manager:

              ZOS Media Server:

                  Comm. Method:

                           LUN:

                     Initiator: 0

                     Directory:

                       On-Line: Yes



When I run "q drive" it reports that the drives are online.



tsm: TSMANL>q drive



Library Name     Drive Name       Device Type     On-Line

------------     ------------     -----------     -------------------

LB0.1.0.6        L6DRI0           LTO             Yes

LB0.1.0.6        L6DRI1           LTO             Yes

LB0.1.0.6        L6DRI2           LTO             Yes



However the status of the drives is unknown



tsm: TSMANL>q drive f=d



                                Library Name: LB0.1.0.6

                                  Drive Name: L6DRI0

                                 Device Type: LTO

                                     On-Line: Yes

                                Read Formats: 
ULTRIUM6C,ULTRIUM6,ULTRIUM5C,ULTRIUM5,ULTRIUM4C,ULTRIUM4

                               Write Formats: 
ULTRIUM6C,ULTRIUM6,ULTRIUM5C,ULTRIUM5

                                     Element: 256

                                 Drive State: UNKNOWN

                                 Volume Name:

                                Allocated to:

                                         WWN: 5000E111312AF001

                               Serial Number: 1068020440

              Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN

                       Last Update Date/Time: 06/04/2015 11:38:08

Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): NONE



When I try to update the drive I get the following error informing me that the 
drive is unavailable.



tsm: TSMANL>update drive lb0.1.0.6 l6dri0 serial=avoid online=yes

ANR8444E UPDATE DRIVE: Library LB0.1.0.6 is currently unavailable.

ANS8001I Return code 14.



I can login to the library via the browser GUI and it all looks OK. The "q 
libvol" command seems to work OK and returns the results I expect.

When I check the properties of the SCSI tape drive devices on the windows 
server they report that the devices are working properly.

Any suggestions? Do I have to run an "update path" or "update library" command?



Thanks & Regards

Paul





Paul Dudley

IT Operations

ANL Container Line

pdudley AT anl.com DOT au








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