You should not have any problems with Spectrum Protect/TSM. Please set
RELABELSCRATCH to yes for the library. When a tape is expired it would
then erase the data on the virtual tape and will free up space.


On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 5:50 PM Robert Adamczyk <radamczyk2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you for quick reply.
> Does this solution works with Spectrum Protect (TSM)?
> If so - are there any limitations ?
> Regs,
> Robert
>
> środa, 16 listopada 2022 o 05:11:38 UTC+1 quadstor napisał(a):
>>
>> Enterprise Edition will not work. The software tries to fetch the
>> license of the tape library which only the physical library can
>> provide. The drive edition (standalone) opens the tape drive directly
>> and that will work, but will require manual mount/unmount of the
>> tapes.
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 9:39 AM Robert Adamczyk <radamc...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi, I've question if IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition is supported 
>> > with Quadstor.
>> > I've already configured both sites but i can't start Spectrum Archive 
>> > cluster.
>> > During startup:
>> > # eeadm cluster start
>> > 2022-11-15 22:49:40 GLESL540I: Library name: TS3500, library serial: 
>> > 0000074568310400, control node (ltfsee_md) IP address: 10.10.165.211.
>> > Starting - sending a startup request to TS3500.
>> > Starting - waiting for startup completion : TS3500.
>> > Starting - opening a communication channel : TS3500.
>> > .
>> > Starting - waiting for getting ready to operate : TS3500.
>> > ...
>> > 2022-11-15 22:49:45 GLESL657E: Fail to start the IBM Spectrum Archive EE 
>> > service (MMM) for library TS3500.
>> > Use the "eeadm node list" command to see the error modules.
>> > The monitor daemon will start the recovery sequence.
>> > # eeadm node list
>> > Node ID State Node IP Drives Ctrl Node Library Node Group Host Name
>> > 1 error 10.10.165.211 - yes(active) TS3500 G0 
>> > 3628-scale-ltfs-01.iic.pl.ibm.com
>> >
>> > Problem Detected:
>> > Node ID Error Modules
>> > 1 LE; MMM;
>> >
>> > And in ltfs.log i see error result from command:
>> > "Command /opt/ibm/ltfsle/bin/ltfs /ltfs -o changer_serial=0000074568310400 
>> > -o work_directory=/gpfs/fsA1/.ltfsee/meta -o admin_port=7600 -o umask=177 
>> > -o noallow_other returned exit code 1."
>> >
>> > And when i try this command:
>> > # /opt/ibm/ltfsle/bin/ltfs /ltfs -o changer_serial=0000074568310400 -o 
>> > work_directory=/gpfs/fsA1/.ltfsee/meta -o admin_port=7600 -o umask=177 -o 
>> > noallow_other
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14000I LTFS starting, LTFS version 2.4.5.0 (10502), log level 2.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14058I LTFS Format Specification version 2.4.0.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14104I Launched by "/opt/ibm/ltfsle/bin/ltfs /ltfs -o 
>> > changer_serial=0000074568310400 -o work_directory=/gpfs/fsA1/.ltfsee/meta 
>> > -o admin_port=7600 -o umask=177 -o noallow_other".
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14105I This binary is built for Linux (x86_64).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14106I GCC version is 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17087I Kernel version: Linux version 4.18.0-305.el8.x86_64 
>> > (mock...@x86-vm-07.build.eng.bos.redhat.com) (gcc version 8.4.1 20200928 
>> > (Red Hat 8.4.1-1) (GCC)) #1 SMP Thu Apr 29 08:54:30 EDT 2021 i386.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17089I Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 
>> > (Ootpa).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17089I Distribution: NAME="Red Hat Enterprise Linux".
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17089I Distribution: Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.4 
>> > (Ootpa).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14064I Sync type is "unmount".
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17085I Plugin: Loading "sg" tape backend.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17085I Plugin: Loading "unified" iosched backend.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17085I Plugin: Loading "sg" changer backend.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17085I Plugin: Loading "ondemand" dcache backend.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS17085I Plugin: Loading "memory" crepos backend.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS11593I LTFS starts with a product license version 
>> > (20130412_2702).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40245I Opening a changer device through sg-changer driver 
>> > (0000074568310400).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40251I Opening a changer device for library serial 
>> > 0000074568310400.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40252I Opened SCSI changer device 4.0.0.0 (/dev/sg7).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40249I Vendor ID is IBM .
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40250I Product ID is 03584L32 .
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40214I Firmware revision is F270.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40215I Changer serial is 0000074568310400.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40205I INQUIRY (0x12) returns -20501.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40208I Command='INQUIRY', Message='Invalid Field in CDB' 
>> > (-20501, 0000074568310400).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS40216I Cannot validate hardware license (-20501).
>> > 1b6836 LTFS11401E Failed to open the changer device 0000074568310400.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS10004E Cannot open device '0000074568310400'.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS10005E Null argument (libvol) to library_remove_from_vol_list.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS10005E Null argument (*libvol) to library_volume_free.
>> > 1b6836 LTFS14433E Failed to initialize the virtual library
>> >
>> > Regs,
>> > Robert
>> >
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