On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 03:12:32PM -0700, Vats.Ashok wrote: > I don't think I understand how inventory & audit works. When you do Audit > library 3584lib checkl=barcode should I see the robotics move and read each > and every tape slot and resysnc with TSM data base ? how do I get these back > in sync
A 3584 library remembers which cartridges are where. After you open and then close the door, the library scans every slot and builds up an inventory. When you issue the AUDIT LIBRARY command in TSM, the library already knows which cartridge is where so it can tell TSM without having to scan anything. In your situation, after an AUDIT LIBRARY you'll see that TSM noticed that the tape was missing, and was removed from the TSM library inventory. (The library itself already knew it was missing, so it wasn't in the *library* inventory at all.) After this, you can check in the tape normally (with status PRIVATE if there's any data on it). Note that during an AUDIT LIBRARY you can get the following error: "ANR8788W Unable to read the barcode of cartridge in slot-id 1044 in library 3584; loading in drive to read label." This happens when TSM expected a tape in a particular slot, but the library told TSM that slot is now empty. This is harmless; if you don't receive any errors about missing volumes everything is OK. It means that you (or someone/something else) rearranged the tapes in the library without TSM knowing about it. If this rearrangement was expected, all is fine. -- Jurjen Oskam Savage's Law of Expediency: You want it bad, you'll get it bad.