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

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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.

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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



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The Library Manager has a command option to inventory the library or a
section of it.

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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.



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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




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mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI

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Does anyone know how to initiate the Library inventory via the command line
such as the Mtlib command?




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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!

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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

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