Thanks Geoff. We'd much rather have the session wait during backups than during restore so we'll leave collocation on and ignore the MediaW.
David >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/11/03 10:32AM >>> David, We have had these same types of problems when collocation is set to yes. Try turning it off and running your backup again, I bet you will see it pick up more drives. Geoff -----Original Message----- From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 9:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MediaW Collocation is set YES. Can collocation not go to multiple tapes? >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/10/03 03:44PM >>> David, Have you verified that collocation is set to NO on the tape storage pool that this client is backing up to. Geoff Raymer EDS - Tulsa BUR and Leveraged Storage MS 326 4000 N. Mingo Road Tulsa, OK 74116-5020 * phone: +01-918-292-4364 * cell: +01-918-629-1819 * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.eds.com -----Original Message----- From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 2:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MediaW I have a client node that backs up over the lan to tape. When I do a Q SESS during a backup, there are 3-4 sessions running. One session has a tape mounted but one of the others remains in MediaW. The node has Maximum Mount Points Allowed: 2 defined. The device class has Mount Limit: DRIVES defined. There are empty tape drives available. Any ideas why a tape is not being mounted? TSM server is TSM 5.1.6.3 running on AIX 5.1 64 bit mode. Client is TSM 5.1.5.11 running on Aix 5.1 32 bit mode. David Ehresman