Resubmit the pending request.

If you prefer the CLI, check out vmoprcmd.

Adam Levin writes:
> 
> NBU 3.4.1, Solaris 8, SpectraLogic Gator 64000 AIT2 library, 6 drives, 285
> tapes capacity.
> 
> We've filled up all of our current tapes in one pool, so I swapped out 30
> and put fresh tapes in.  This particular pool never expires -- it's stuff
> we need to keep forever.
> 
> So, Joe User runs the little restore script I provided to kick off a
> restore of a particular file.  The job starts, and the log file says:
> 
> 13:30:04 (2064.001) INF - Waiting for mount of media id 000001 on server
> 13:30:05 (2064.001) INF - Media id 000001 is not in a robotic library;
> administrative interaction may be required to satisfy a mount request.
> 
> Makes perfect sense -- I just swapped out that media ID.  The script
> notifies me that he needs ID 000001, so I head into the server room and
> insert that tape via the E/E port (mailslot).  I then run vmchange,
> setting the location of that tape to slot 1 of the library (that's where I
> put it).
> 
> Great, except the restore never detects that the tape is now in the
> library, and it never kicks off, and after 60 minutes (as per my
> configuration), the mount times out and the restore fails.
> 
> So, once I've inserted the tape into the library, and I've told Media
> Manager that the tape is in the library, what do I have to do to get the
> restore job to realize it's got the tape available now?
> 
> Many thanks,
> -Adam
> 
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