Hello all, during disk storage pools reorganization I did a mistake; I was splitting few huge disk volumes into smaller pieces. Unfortunately, I didn't take notice to the error RC during deletion one of them (later I found that the deletion was unsuccessfull due to the known problem when deleting a volume that looks like empty but there are orphaned entries in the database that prevents volume's ID from being removed from TSM database) and deleted the file from filesystem afterwards. At that time I was not aware of any problem, so everything looked good for me..
When I found out that the removal of the volume was unsuccessfull I tried to perform steps mentioned on the list recently (delete volume xxx discard=yes, aud vol xxx fix=yes) but did not succeed. At that time server was at the 4.2.1.11 level (AIX 4.3.3 ML9). I got an idea of varying the volume offline and deleting it. Did not work aswell, because issuing "audit volume" requires the volume to be online, so I tried to vary it back online (please note, that the original file does not exist in the filesystem anymore) which results in ANR7807W (unable to get information for file xxx). So I issued "dsmftm" to format the proper volume which was successfull. Again, "vary online" results in ANR1315E (invalid label block). Neither upgrade to the latest level (4.2.1.15) did not help to resolve this problem. Any ideas how to get rid of the disk volume ? Either by bringing it back to the online state or staying offline? Below are some queries that might help you.. tsm: TSM>q vol /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status (MB) ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- ------- - /tsm/storage_pools/disk- DISK_UNIX_- DISK 0.0 0.0 Off-Line _unix_backup.01 BACKUP ___________________________ tsm: TSM>vary onl /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 ANR2210I Vary online initiated for disk volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01. tsm: TSM>q ac begint=-0:01 Date/Time Message -------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- --- 04/15/02 13:51:28 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: VARY ONLINE /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 04/15/02 13:51:28 ANR2210I Vary online initiated for disk volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01. 04/15/02 13:51:28 ANR1315E Vary-on failed for disk volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 - invalid label block. ____________________________ tsm: TSM>aud vol /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 fix=yes ANR2311W This command will discard any inventory references to volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 associated with missing or inconsistent stored data, thereby rendering the data unrecoverable; the valid data on the volume will be inaccessible to users until the operation completes. Do you wish to proceed? (Yes (Y)/No (N)) y ANR2403E AUDIT VOLUME: Volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 is not online. ANS8001I Return code 14. ____________________________ tsm: TSM>dele vol /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 discard=yes ANR2221W This command will result in the deletion of all inventory references to the data on volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01, thereby rendering the data unrecoverable. Do you wish to proceed? (Yes (Y)/No (N)) y ANS8001I Return code 13. 04/15/02 13:53:00 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DELETE VOLUME /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 discard=yes 04/15/02 13:53:00 ANR2406E DELETE VOLUME: Volume /tsm/storage_pools/disk_unix_backup.01 still contains data. Any help will be highly appreciated. Martin Trcka