: TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Adeel Mehmood
Dears , We are facing problem as the TSM scratch tapes are running out , also the tapes becoming unavailable . Please advise , how to handle this issue . Thanks , Adeel D I S C L A I M E R The information in this email and in any files transmitted with it, is

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Richard Sims
Sounds like you are having tape library problems. A defective tape drive, where a tape won't eject properly, is a common cause of Unavailable, as is a bad gripper dropping a tape inside the library. A tape drive which can't read or write properly will rapidly cause tapes to be forced read-only,

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Adeel Mehmood
-Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 2:26 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Sounds like you are having tape library problems. A defective tape

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Richard Sims
You may be able to run diagnostics to try to get information on what's going on. Definitely inspect OS logs and the TSM Activity Log for any details on the error condition. Also, verify that your drive and library firmware levels are at an appropriate version: replacement drives may come with an

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Clark, Margaret
[mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Adeel Mehmood Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 2:13 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Dears , We are facing problem as the TSM scratch tapes are running out , also the tapes becoming unavailable . Please advise , how

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Adeel Mehmood
Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Clark, Margaret Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 6:11 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes If your tapes have been marked UNAVAILABLE because they were temporarily unavailable to TSM for what

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2013-07-08 Thread Wojciech Zukowski
M To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes If your tapes have been marked UNAVAILABLE because they were temporarily unavailable to TSM for whatever reason, but are otherwise undamaged and available, you could use SET VOLUME ... ACCESS=READWRITE to get them

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2013-07-08 Thread white jeff
Hi It is most useful if you state which version of TSM server you are running. The OS it runs on and the tape media (LTO3/4/5 etc) would be helpful What retention policies are in place for the domain copygroups? If NOLIMIT is in force, then data will never expire and will eventually use all of yo

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Roger Deschner
You should use the Q ACTLOG command with a begintime and begindate just before a bunch of tapes were marked unavailable to see more information about why this is happening. Though you are searching for a "needle in a hay stack" you may be able to narrow it down with the SEARCH option on the Q ACTLO

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Adeel Mehmood
ssage- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of white jeff Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:17 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Hi It is most useful if you state which version of TSM server you are running. The O

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2013-07-08 Thread Adeel Mehmood
2013 7:36 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: RE: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Dear , Thanks for your response . please find the answers below . It is most useful if you state which version of TSM server you are running. -- > TSM 6.2 The OS it runs on and t

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-08 Thread Faisal Khan
> drive DRIVE15 (mt10.0.0.2). (SESSION: 34255) > 07/04/2013 23:45:05 ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume > 002535 in > drive DRIVE4 (mt7.0.0.1). (SESSION: 24769) > > Thanks & best regards, > Adeel Mehmood &g

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Chavdar Cholev
; expiration and reclaim is running. In particular, make sure reclaim is > > running and actually completing. The SUMMARY table will report on > > expiration and reclaim activity over a period of time (usually 28 days) > > > > - > we double check the same. > > &g

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Ehresman,David E.
to:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Adeel Mehmood Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 1:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Dears , We are receiving below errors and the Scratch tapes goes to ZERO 07/04/2013 22:58:44 ANR8355E I/O error reading label f

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Steven Harris
hey be using 8 characters? David -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Adeel Mehmood Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 1:32 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Dears , We are receiving be

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Adeel Mehmood
checkin=scratch Thx, Adeel -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:r...@bu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:47 PM To: Adeel Mehmood Subject: Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Those messages, in conjunction with your statement that these are new tapes, indicates that the problem

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Richard Sims
On Jul 9, 2013, at 9:12 AM, Adeel Mehmood wrote: > Dear All, > > below steps has been used to checkin the new or offsite tapes as SCRATCH to > the library . > Please advise , if they can be improved further to solve this issue > > checkin libvolume sl3kacslib search=yes status=scratch checkl

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Skylar Thompson
). (SESSION: 24769) > > Thanks & best regards, > Adeel Mehmood > > From: Adeel Mehmood > Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 7:36 AM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: RE: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes > > > Dear , > > > > Thanks for your r

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Loon, EJ van - SPLXM
earch=yes overwrite=no checkin=scratch Thx, Adeel -Original Message- From: Richard Sims [mailto:r...@bu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:47 PM To: Adeel Mehmood Subject: Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Those messages, in conjunction with your statement that these are new tapes, indi

Re: : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes

2013-07-09 Thread Karel Bos
ace. After confirming and fixing all hardware config issues tapes should be reusable again. Kind regards, Karel - Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van: Adeel Mehmood Verzonden: dinsdag 9 juli 2013 7:31 Aan: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] : TSM Running out of Scratch Tapes Dears ,

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2013-07-08 Thread Dierk Harbort
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