this one is trivial, but..: when labeling tapes check the activity log for success/unsuccess messages. Maybe "overwrite=yes" is missing, or the write-protect tab is set.
regards Juraj > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Gill, Geoffrey L. > Gesendet: Montag, 19. Dezember 2005 16:54 > An: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Betreff: Re: manual tape drive > > I guess I should have passed on that I pre labeled one tape > and when TSM kicked off a db backup it asked for a tape, > which I inserted, but TSM never recognized it. A migrate did > the same thing. Since there is only one drive at least I know > I didn't screw that up... > I also have read via messages and info on the admin console > screen in 5.3 that scratch tapes need to be checked in. It > sort of tells you how to do this but locating it hasn't been > possible yet. > > Well I'll give it another try and see what happens. > > Thanks, > > Geoff Gill > TSM Administrator > SAIC M/S-G1b > (858)826-4062 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bob Booth - UIUC > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:30 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: manual tape drive > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 07:19:19AM -0800, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote: > > I've set up TSM 5.3 in a test environment with an external > dat drive. > > Unfortunately since I've only worked with automated > libraries I don't > > know the process for checking in a scratch tape to use with TSM. I > > also haven't been able to find the solution in the manuals so I was > > wondering if > someone > > could help me out please? I guess I'm not sure why the > commands seem > > to be readily available for automated libraries but not this case. > > I've been > able > > to label some tapes just fine. > > You don't check in tapes in a manual mode. Pre-label your > tapes with dsmlabel or label libv. TSM will ask for a > scratch tape to be loaded when it needs one, and you just > plop it in to the requested drive. Once the label is read, > it is registered to the storage pool. When the tape is > emptied it is deleted. > > hth, > > bob >