tsm: TSM>q vol acc=reado
ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No match found using this criteria.
ANS8001I Return code 11.
tsm: TSM>q vol acc=unavailable
Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume
Pool Name Class Name Capacity
Util Status
(MB)
------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- --------
MED517 COPYPOOL STK9710 35,840.0 0.1
Filling
why MED517 has a acc unavailable?
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Subject: Re: TSM Using Scratch instead of Filling Tapes
William:
Try a:
q vol acc=reado
q vol acc=unavailable
and see if your filling tapes show up.
Quoting William Boyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> AIX 4.3.1, TSM 3.7.3.0, IBM3494, (2) IBM3590B1A
>
> Right now I have 50 tapes in my onsite tape pool and 22 of them are in
> a
> 'Filling' state. It seems that TSM is more often selecting a scratch
> tape
> instead of a 'Filling' tape. These 'Filling' tapes aren't reclaimed, and
> I
> was trying to consolidate by doing MOVE DATA commands. I would do a
> MOVE
> DATA for a tape that was only <1% used, when that was completed, I
> issued
> another MOVE DATA command for a different tape. The first MOVE DATA
> called
> for a scratch, and the second one did also. Right now I have a limited
> number of 3590 tapes and the turn around to get more is a couple weeks.
> So,
> I'm trying to limp along with what I have. Right now my library has 22
> 'Filling' and 28 'Full' tapes. I can't do my copypool'n or DB backups.
> If I
> do a MOVE DATA on a 'Filling' tape right now, it calls for an existing
> tape
> as output and when done the input tape goes scratch. If I were to issue
> anothe r MOVE DATA, it calls for the scratch tape I just freed up wiht
> the
> first MOVE DATA. So, I have to MOVE DATA to get a scratch tape, and then
> do
> a BA STG for my copypool to grab the scratch. Then I can do another
> MOVE
> DATA to free up another scratch tape.
>
> Has anyone seen this type of behavior out of TSM before? Last night
> before
> my nightly backups I had 2 scratch, 20 'Filling' and 28 'Full' tapes in
> the
> library. This morning I have 22 'Filling' and 28 'Full'. Why isn't TSM
> calling for 'Filling' tapes instead of scratch?!?!?!?!?!?!
>
> Bill Boyer
> DSS, Inc.
> "I haven't lost my mind -- it's backed up on tape somewhere." - ???
>
