If you have the 3494 mtlib code installed for Windows you can issue this command and not even go to the library. The command is:
mtlib -l [library] -m -x [device serial] -V [volume number] After TSM is done with the tape it will unload it but not put it away. mtlib -l [library] -d -x [device serial] I do this all the time when a tape gets left in a drive for some unknown reason. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Northrop Grumman Information Technology 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db As a matter of fact, I had to do this last Friday to restore a Windows TSM server. I did exactly as described below in the support item Lloyd posted. You edit a copy of your devconfig file as below. Then when you run dsmserv restore db, the first thing you get is a MOUNT message. Put your 3494 in PAUSE, open the door, throw the tape in the drive requested in the MOUNT message. After the restore is done, remember to take the tape OUT of the drive. Put back your original devconfig file and restart the server. It was much less painful than I expected! -----Original Message----- From: Lloyd Dieter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 3494 and dsmserv restore db Steve, Attached (at the end) is a snippet from a howto on IBM's support site that you may want to look over... -Lloyd On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 14:04:43 -0500 Steve Roder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > According to the doc., dsmserv restore db only supports manual > and scsi libraries. Has anyone on this list restored a db via a 3590 > drive inside a 3494? Since the 3494 is not libtype=scsi, I am > thinking that I will have to put my 3494 into pause or manual mode, > and fake TSM into thinking the 3590 is standalone, and then manually > insert the dbbackup volume into the correct drive. > > Has anyone done this? > > Thanks, > > Steve Roder, University at Buffalo > HOD Service Coordinator > VM Systems Programmer > UNIX Systems Administrator (Solaris and AIX) > TSM/ADSM Administrator > ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564) > Problem One may need to temporarily configure your 3494 library as manual in order to perform a database restore. The following provides instruction on how to change your devconfig file to do so. Solution First, make a copy of your devconfig.out file and rename it. Do this so that after the DB restore completes you can just rename the file back to devconfig.out without having to re-write anything. Next, open the current devconfig.out file in a text editor. All but four lines will need to be moved. Below is an example of the edited devconfig file: /* Device Configuration */ DEFINE DEVCLASS 3494CLASS DEVTYPE=3590 LIBRARY=3494LIB SET SERVERNAME SERVERNAME DEFINE LIBRARY 3494LIB LIBTYPE=manual DEFINE DRIVE 3494LIB DRIVE1 DEVICE=/dev/rmt/tsm_drive1 For TSM Version 5.1 and higher, edit as follows: /* Device Configuration */ DEFINE DEVCLASS 3494CLASS DEVTYPE=3590 LIBRARY=3494LIB SET SERVERNAME SERVERNAME DEFINE LIBRARY 3494LIB LIBTYPE=manual DEFINE DRIVE 3494LIB DRIVE1 DEFINE PATH SERVERNAME DRIVE1 SRCType=server DESTType=drive LIBR=3494LIB DEVICE=/dev/rmt/tsm_drive1 ONLINE=YES Save the file and issue your restore syntax. One will then be prompted to mount the volume. After acknowledging the mount, the resore should run to completion. When the restore has completed, discard the edited devconfig file and replace it with the old one. Assuming the restore was successful, the server will start up and reference the proper devconfig file. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd Dieter - Senior Technology Consultant Registered Linux User 285528 Synergy, Inc. http://www.synergyinc.cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main:585-389-1260 fax:585-389-1267 -----------------------------------------------------------------