Have you tried to re-define the path of the tape drive ¿? Regards,
Ibán Bernaldo de Quirós Márquez Technical Specialist cell: + 34 659 01 91 12 Sun Microsystems Iberia -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Dave Zarnoch Sent: Wed 19/07/2006 18:05 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Drive state is "UNKNOWN" A couple of days ago, we had a bad tape in one of our drives. TSM reported the problem and took the drive "off-line" I removed the tape and brought the drive back "on-line" But now it shows it's state as being "UNKNOWN" and TSM is not using it. Anyone have a solution? Below is the query result: tsm: PROVTSM>q dr C_LIBR MT8 f=d Library Name: C_LIBR Drive Name: MT8 Device Type: ECARTRIDGE On-Line: Yes Read Formats: T9840C-C,T9840C,9840-C,9840 Write Formats: T9840C-C,T9840C ACS DriveId: 0,0,1,7 Drive State: UNKNOWN Volume Name: Allocated to: WWN: 500104F0008A889E Serial Number: 500000020177 Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 07/17/06 06:55:48 Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): Thanks! Dave Zarnoch Nationwide Provident [EMAIL PROTECTED]