We had the same problem. There is a patch on the TSM ftp site to correct
this (at least it did for us). The address for this patch is
ftp://service.software.ibm.com/storage/tivoli-storage-managment/patches/serv
er/AIX/3.7.3.6
Chris Anderson
WIC Systems Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Direct Dial 402-573-3350
402-573-1000 Ext. 7523
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Fuhrman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 1:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: STK / TSM question
>
> We had a similar problem. I was out of town, so my backup went with the
> quick fix and bounced TSM. Will lbtest work on any of the drives in
> question? lbtest is located in /usr/tivoli/tsm/devices/bin.
>
> On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Burton, Robert wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Just wondering if anybody has any suggestions for a problem I am
> having.....
> >
> > Have an STK 9310 with 8 9840 drives, being controlled, of course, by
> > ACSLS(5.3.2). TSM Server is 3.7.3.0 (AIX). We had a problem encountered
> > that killed our Library as TSM was
> > in the process of using it. 6 out of 8 drives went unavailable. Since
> that
> > time STK has been in and corrected the library problems. The 2 drives
> that
> > were not being used at the time of the crash are working fine yet the 6
> that
> > are unavailable I cannot get back online to TSM. When I update the
> drive it
> > replies that the drive is in use....If I try to delete and redefine I
> get
> > reply drive is in use. Does anyone know of a way to get these drives
> > back to TSM without having to cycle the server
> >
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Robert Burton
> > Open System Storage Analyst
> > Royal Bank of Canada
> > 315 Front St West
> > Toronto, On, M5V 3A4
> > 416-348-3849
> > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
