ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Library offline issue

2016-03-16 20:16:43
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Library offline issue
From: Francisco Javier <francisco.parrilla AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 18:15:45 -0600
Try with:

1.- Stop TSM
2.- Restart library
3.- After restart the library run TSM and try to see if the library is
working with TSM

or in the worst way, delete the library and recreate all again =)

regards


2016-03-16 18:02 GMT-06:00 Paul_Dudley <pdudley AT anl.com DOT au>:

> 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
>
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>
> pdudley AT anl.com DOT au
>
>
>
>
>
>
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