I would make sure to rmdev -dl each tape drive and then a cfgmgr to re-configure them. The library (LMCP) should come up OK when rebooting the AIX system after the library is back online. Make sure that the library is online and available. I ran into an issue over the weekend at a D/R exercise where when I rebooted the S-80 server I had the library offline in manual mode so I could put all the tapes in the slots. When I went to access the drives, I got errors saying that the drive wasn't part of the library. DOing an 'mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -D' to list all drives in the library gave me no output. I had to refresh the LMCP and everything was OK.
Within TSM you could delete the drives with no problems and re-define them. But you can't easily delete the library without having to change the device classes around since they reference the library. I was told that just doing an UPDATE LIBRARY DEVICE=<same device> would cause TSM to re-initialize itself with the library statistics. Also doing an UPDATE DRIVE command does the same thing. SO, you don't have to delete and re-define, just do an UPDATE DRIVE/LIBRARY. This would probably be a good time to make sure your ibmatl and atape drives are up-to-date. The checkin...I would do STATUS=SCRATCH first. TSM won't check in tapes that he thinks has data on them. So don't delete your VOLHIST file(s)! Follow this up with a checkin STATUS=PRIVATE to get everything else. Put all the tapes physically in the library and let the library manager perform the inventory. I would do this before you bring up the TSM box. Then start TSM and do your checkin's. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gill, Geoffrey L. Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 3:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 3494 replacement (cont.) In the midst of replacing the 3494 and drives now and I thought of something. I'm obviously going to have to remove the drives from TSM and AIX, then rescan and redefine both. I'm wondering if anyone knows if I'm going to have any issues with the library. Replacement hardware is the same as what's being removed. As for the tape suggestions I got last week this is what I used and it worked to create the file and check everything out with a remove=no. SET SQLDISPLAYMODE WIDE select 'checkout libv ' || trim(library_name) || ' ' || trim(volume_name) || ' checkl=no rem=no' from libvolumes > /temp/macro dsmadmc -id=xxxx -pass=xxxx -itemcommit macro /temp/macro When I check tapes back in do I need do I need to checkin as scratch or private, since they really do have data on them. checkin libvol 3494lib U00235 search=yes status=private checkl=no devt=3590 Thanks, Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (877) 905-7154
