Hi Jon - Below is my understanding of TSM DRMedia and what I do when I am trying to identify and locate DRMedia destined for offsite.
I have defined drmedia primary stgpools and drmedia copy stgpools - these settings are displayed with the command "query DRMSTATUS". The command "query drmedia * begind=today" displays drmedia volume records which had fields modified today. Check the state field - this field can be an identifier of tapes that should be sent offsite and where TSM thinks the volumes should be. TSM States and their meanings - mountable - still in library notmountable - outside of library courier - ready for Courier pickup for delivery to offsite vault vault - at offsite vault vaultretrieve - waiting for courier pickup for return from offsite vault courierretrieve - with Courier for delivery to data center onsiteretrieve - received from Courier to data center The TSM command "query drmedia wherestate=mountable" displays drmedia copy stgpool volumes in the tape library. The TSM command "query libvolume" displays all volumes in the tape library with their associated slot element number. Check this "query libvolume" list for drmedia volumes displayed by the TSM command "query drmedia * begind=today" which are in the mountable, notmountable, courier, or vault states. I use the TSM command "move drmedia * wherestate=mountable tostate=courier remove=bulk" to move my DRMedia to the bulk IO door slots. If there is a problem which prevents the tape volumes from being moved to the IO door the tape volumes remain in mountable state rather than changing to courier state. I hope this helps, Lucia Burke Senior Systems Analyst/ Programmer Sharp HealthCare 3571 Corporate Court San Diego, CA 92123 (858)627-5081 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Adams Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:32 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Help - Offsite tape ejection failed One of our Operations folk had the CAP open while the library was trying to eject offsite tapes and it seemed to have failed. Now, we have no offsite tapes, so I am trying to find out how to identify the offsite tapes for manual removal (if I have to). Can someone get me going in the right direction? I am only backing up someone who's on vacation, but I have all the rights to be very dangerous - just not the knowledge. Thanks, Jon Adams Premera Blue Cross Mountlake Terrace WA 425-918-5770