Sir: According to ibm's apar, it is a problem decrementing the volumes used count after the volume is deleted. There are two possible fixes here.
1. reboot server frequently. 2. increase your maxscratch settting on tape pools to such a degree that you will never come close. Number 2 has a problem if you have only a limited number of scratch tapes. Tsm often pulls a scratch when many parcially fillled tapes are still available, and thus you have "tape leak" See Richard's quickfacts for more info on this phenomenon. I chose option 2, increasing maxscratch. I am using a 3494, and we are changing to 3590e drives from b. This will effectively double our stape capacity in one fell swoop. By the way, I upgraded from 5.1.9 to 5.2.2 using the installation cd, then installed 5.2.4 over the top with no major problems. What version of solaris are you using? Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Farren Minns Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 8:42 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Tsm server v5.2.7 be ware Sorry, just read the APAR and I see I just need to increase the MAXSCRATCH variable. Farren |-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------| | "Lee, Gary D." | | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | | | Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor | To| | Manager" | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> | MARIST.EDU| | | cc| | 08/02/2006 12:48 | | | | Subject| | Please respond to | [ADSM-L] | | "ADSM: Dist Stor | Tsm server| | Manager" | v5.2.7 be | | <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> | ware | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------| Just ran into this a couple of weeks ago. Server v5.2.7 on solaris 2.8. However looks like it effects all platforms. Below is the message from tsm support I received last night. ------------------- cut here --------------------------------- Gary, I have researched this problem further and found that there is an APAR for this problem. APAR IC48456 addresses this problem: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=%2bIC48456&uid=swg1IC48456&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=all This is projected to be fixed in version 5.2.8. I will monitor the progress of this APAR for you. Hope this helps someone out there. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/253 - Release Date: 2/7/2006 ###################################################################### The information contained in this e-mail and any subsequent correspondence is private and confidential and intended solely for the named recipient(s). If you are not a named recipient, you must not copy, distribute, or disseminate the information, open any attachment, or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received the e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the e-mail. Any views or opinions expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender, unless otherwise stated. Although this e-mail has been scanned for viruses you should rely on your own virus check, as the sender accepts no liability for any damage arising out of any bug or virus infection. ###################################################################### -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/253 - Release Date: 2/7/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/253 - Release Date: 2/7/2006