clicked send to soon.... I believe it does not do anything to the files on the volumes, it just tells TSM that it cannot access the files. I think it will generate errors when trying to move/copy files in space reclamation jobs of off-site media.
Cheers, Rick On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Rick Harderwijk <rick.harderw...@gmail.com>wrote: > Zoltan, > > Update volume wherestatus=offline would mean to do something to volumes > that have a status of offline. I'd think you would have to use > > update volume * access=unavailable wherestgpool=<SANSTGVOLUMEPOOL> > wherestatus=offline > > Output from help update volume: > > UNAVailable > Specifies that neither client nodes nor server processes can > access files stored on the volume. > Before making a random access volume unavailable, you must vary > the volume offline. After you make a random access volume > unavailable, you cannot vary the volume online. > If you make a sequential access volume unavailable, the server > does not attempt to mount the volume. > If the volume being updated is an empty scratch volume that had an > access mode of offsite, the server deletes the volume from the > database. > Cheers, > > Rick > > On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 4:42 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU <zfor...@vcu.edu>wrote: > >> A recent SAN system upgrade sort-of killed 19TB of storage volumes, making >> them "read only". >> >> Since we are having pathing issues, plus we need to perform fsck on these >> volumes due to the journal being screwed-up, I wanted to disable use of >> these disk volumes without killing the server, if possible. >> >> When I look in the book for UPDATE VOLUME WHERESTATUS=OFFLINE, all it >> says is Update volumes with a status of OFFLINE . What exactly does that >> mean? What happens to the contents? >> >> >> Zoltan Forray >> TSM Software & Hardware Administrator >> Virginia Commonwealth University >> UCC/Office of Technology Services >> zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 >> Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will >> never use email to request that you reply with your password, social >> security number or confidential personal information. For more details >> visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >> > >