Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
Remember - you can't checkin a tape as scratch if TSM has records of data on it. IE, if the volume is in a storage pool, has an database backup on it, or other situation where TSM knows the tape is in use. You can, however, check it in a Private, then check it back out and have the library eject it. This makes sure that TSM knows where the tape is. With a vault (and an outside company maintaining it, and maybe another group handling tape management - I/O work, I recomend auditing your vault every 2 months, or more frequently, if possible. Nick Cassimatis Technical Team Lead Backup/Recovery Services - Universal Server Farm / e-Business 919-466-7443 T/L 223-8965 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Today is the tomorrow of yesterday.
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
I have a 3575 but have had similar problem occaisionally. Do your operators actually check that the tapes on the "offsite" list all came out of library? That was our problem here, they didn't do a thorough check and every now and then a tape wouldn't come out for various reasons yet they did not let me know. With the large Bulk station on the 3494 you may not have same problem but with 3575 I nailed it down to two specific problems. 1. Tape has not completed dismounting when MOVE DRM command is run and thereby can't check this tape out. 2. The operators sometimes reply too slow or fast to the REPLY messages (not sure which) when MOVE DRM is processing tapes out our I/O slot. When I look at actlog I see that is says "remove tape from slot xxx" instead of the I/O slot and they reply to this. This makes DRM think tape is processed normally AND removes it from Q LIBVOL, *SM thinks it is gone, but it is still in library. Basically a good check of actlog will show what happened and checking operations procedures and checks will reduce or eliminate problem. David Longo >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/23/01 09:48AM >>> >It appears that the library manager database is out of sync. James, I have run into a similar situation with my 3494 in that TSM says a tape is in the vault, offsite, and it's actually still in the library. The command that others have given you, mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI, shows the tape as FF00. But if I try to check it in it says it's not in the library. Yet I can go to the library and query for that tape and sure enough it's there. If I try and remove it with TSM it also says it's not there. Does anyone know how to remove a tape from the library by using the console that's attached? I haven't seen anything but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I wish I knew why this keeps happening..All I need is a disaster in the computer room with some offsite tapes still in the library. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614 "MMS " made the following annotations on 07/23/01 11:09:16 -- This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ==
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
I typed this and received this error??? / # mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI ksh: mtlib: not found. Richard Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU> 07/23/2001 09:27 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" >Does anyone have a way to get the inventory from the library and put it to >a file so I can compare it with what TSM thinks it has in the library? mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
The way to know the tapes that are physically in the library is: mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -qI The last letter is an uppercase i. If you want to put it to a file just: mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -qI>/tmp/yourfilename Thanks, Manuel J. Sanchez Assurant Group (305) 252-7035 x32153 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "ADSM: Dist cc: Stor Manager"Subject: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library <[EMAIL PROTECTED]manager RIST.EDU> 07/23/01 09:12 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" I was wondering if anyone has encountered this situation. Environment: two TSM servers running on RS6000 v 3.7.4 Sharing the Same 3494 library It appears that the library manager database is out of sync. I run a checkin scratch of a range of vol sers and TSM says it can't check in about ten because they are not scratches. When I attempt to use the mtlib command to eject the tapes library manager says they are not in the library? Does anyone have a way to get the inventory from the library and put it to a file so I can compare it with what TSM thinks it has in the library?
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
>...shows the tape as FF00 [Insert category]... > >Does anyone know how to remove a tape from the library by using the console >that's attached? I haven't seen anything but that doesn't mean it can't be >done. The more recent Library Manager software has a Manage Import/Export Volumes menu, wherein Manage Insert Volumes claims ejectability. Richard Sims, BU
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
>It appears that the library manager database is out of sync. James, I have run into a similar situation with my 3494 in that TSM says a tape is in the vault, offsite, and it's actually still in the library. The command that others have given you, mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI, shows the tape as FF00. But if I try to check it in it says it's not in the library. Yet I can go to the library and query for that tape and sure enough it's there. If I try and remove it with TSM it also says it's not there. Does anyone know how to remove a tape from the library by using the console that's attached? I haven't seen anything but that doesn't mean it can't be done. I wish I knew why this keeps happening..All I need is a disaster in the computer room with some offsite tapes still in the library. Geoff Gill TSM Administrator NT Systems Support Engineer SAIC E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (858) 826-4062 Pager: (888) 997-9614
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
>Does anyone have a way to get the inventory from the library and put it to >a file so I can compare it with what TSM thinks it has in the library? mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
mtlib -l/dev/lmcp# -qI > somefile -Original Message- From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager I was wondering if anyone has encountered this situation. Environment: two TSM servers running on RS6000 v 3.7.4 Sharing the Same 3494 library It appears that the library manager database is out of sync. I run a checkin scratch of a range of vol sers and TSM says it can't check in about ten because they are not scratches. When I attempt to use the mtlib command to eject the tapes library manager says they are not in the library? Does anyone have a way to get the inventory from the library and put it to a file so I can compare it with what TSM thinks it has in the library?
Re: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
Give this a shot.. mtlib -l /dev/lmcp0 -qI > /tmp/3494.inv Curt Magura Lockheed Martin EIS Gaithersburg, Md. 301-240-6305 -Original Message- From: [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 9:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager I was wondering if anyone has encountered this situation. Environment: two TSM servers running on RS6000 v 3.7.4 Sharing the Same 3494 library It appears that the library manager database is out of sync. I run a checkin scratch of a range of vol sers and TSM says it can't check in about ten because they are not scratches. When I attempt to use the mtlib command to eject the tapes library manager says they are not in the library? Does anyone have a way to get the inventory from the library and put it to a file so I can compare it with what TSM thinks it has in the library?
TSM tapes out of Sink with Library manager
I was wondering if anyone has encountered this situation. Environment: two TSM servers running on RS6000 v 3.7.4 Sharing the Same 3494 library It appears that the library manager database is out of sync. I run a checkin scratch of a range of vol sers and TSM says it can't check in about ten because they are not scratches. When I attempt to use the mtlib command to eject the tapes library manager says they are not in the library? Does anyone have a way to get the inventory from the library and put it to a file so I can compare it with what TSM thinks it has in the library?
