Well yes this could have happened had the tape belonged to the library. Actually the tape that was having problem did not belong to any storage pool and did not have any data in it (It was a scratch tape) as a result i did not have to run UPDATE/DELETE and MOVE VOLUME commands.
I would suspect that this happened as this scratch tape was damaged. I was just not comfortable about the fact that the library manager was showing up a volume to be in library at X X XX location while it was outside and damaged in reality. Thank you again. Regards Mobeen -----Original Message----- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library The inventory had to be an offline inventory probably to cover your scenario which is nasty. Like we said the CE did the wrong thing. An offline inventory should have put the tape in a status of missing (not FF00). However, your issue was in TSM all along. If you had marked the tape as unavailable in TSM with the UPDATE VOLume DELETE VOLume MOVE Data as appropriate you would have not had a problem with TSM. It depends on the state the volume is in at the time of the condition. However, if it bothers you that the tape would be in the library inventory as missing, then the way you did it is the only way to fix the problem. -----Original Message----- From: mobeenm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 12:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library Thanks for the responses. I tried to do Patrial Inventory Update on the LM followed by Full Inventory Update on LM and it did not work. Then i inserted the damaged tape into recovery bin and put back the library to AUTO after the gripper completed the inventory check, i used the following mtlib command root:>#mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -C -VS02534 -s FF00 -t FF10 and the tape was ejected. The problem is now resolved. Thanks Mobeen -----Original Message----- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 7:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library The Library Manager has a command option to inventory the library or a section of it. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Mansfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 2:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library Sorry, misunderstood. I don't think you can kick off an inventory from mtlib...I normally just pause the library and open and close one of the front doors. Low tech but effective. _____________________________ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc "<James> <healy>" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 01/16/2002 12:54 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Bill, The command you gave me returns a current inventory of the Library. I'm looking for a command that will re-inventory the library. Thanks, Jim "Bill Mansfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 01/16/2002 12:15:18 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI _____________________________ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc "<James> <healy>" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> 01/16/2002 10:45 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Does anyone know how to initiate the Library inventory via the command line such as the Mtlib command? "Gabriel Wiley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 01/16/2002 10:04:43 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library Inventory the Frame in which the tape resided in, if you know the home cell. To find the home cell go to the LM and query the DB for the volume in question. You should get a result like A 4 18 A = Frame 4 = Row 18 = Slot Run partial Inventory (Frame Specific) Run Full Inventory (Whole Library) Good Luck! Gabriel C. Wiley ADSM/TSM Administrator AIX Support Phone 1-614-308-6709 Pager 1-877-489-2867 Fax 1-614-308-6637 Cell 1-740-972-6441 Siempre Hay Esperanza mobeenm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 01/15/2002 10:33:42 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Ejecting a Tape (Category FF00) from 3494 Library Hello All, I am running a 3494 Library with 3590 E1A tape drives. Recently i has an issue with the tape drive and the IBM CE who came on site physically removed a damaged volume from the library, how ever he doesn't know how to get this tape removed from the Inventory as he thinks thats a seperate issue. Now the following are the details of my problem 1. The tape S01111 was deemed damaged by the IBM CE and was physically removed from the tape library. So there is no S01111 in the library. 2. When i use mtlib command and query for this volume the following are the details root:>#mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -q V -VS01111 Volume Data: volume state.........Volume present in Library, but Inaccessible logical volume.......No volume class.........3590 1/2 inch cartridge tape volume type..........HPCT 320m nominal length volser...............S01111 category.............FF00 subsystem affinity...01 02 03 04 05 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3. I tried to change the CATEGORY for this volume from FF00 to FF10, FFFA and FFFB and failed. The following are the details root:>#mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -C -VS01111 -s FF00 -t FF10 Change Category operation Failed, ERPA code - 75, Library VOLSER Inaccessible. root:>#mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -C -VS01111 -s FF00 -t FFFA Change Category operation Failed, ERPA code - 27, Command Reject. Subcode - 23, root:>#mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -C -VS01111 -s FF00 -t FFFB Change Category operation Failed, ERPA code - 27, Command Reject. Subcode - 43, I would like to remove this volume from my inventory. Appreciate if any one can help me to determine what the problem is. I tried several postings in ADSM.ORG and when i try to do the same i get the errors show above. With warm regards Mobeen