I do a lot of checking due to various "operator" problems we have had an some H/W problems. Even our operators check occasionally for tapes in "Unavailable" state, so we generally catch this stuff in a maximum of one day. If it was near time for offsite processing in the morning, we couldn't fix it in time to "gauarantee" full copies of offsite data anyhow.
I have seen a "number" of problems you can encounter with tapes/libraries. Just one of the thnigs we monitor daily, like if a drive fails. David Longo >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/19/02 04:04PM >>> The question I have: Does anyone consider this a problem or are you OK with it working like this? -----Original Message----- From: Remeta, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 10:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Backup StgPool Issue Discovered You could also do a q vol * access=unavailable (or whatever you want to check). -----Original Message----- From: Seay, Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 11:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Backup StgPool Issue Discovered I found out today it appears that a BACKUP STGpool command will just skip tapes that are in an UNAVAILABLE, DESTROYED, or DAMAGED status and put out a little warning message and give you a SUCCESS. DESTROYED is not a problem because I took the overt action to say it was destroyed, but skipping UNAVAILABLE or DAMAGED is not good. I would bet there are hundreds of customers not aware of this. The exposure is your copypool (disaster recovery set) may not include all of the data and not a valid restore point. Unfortunately, a tape can get in the UNAVAILABLE status just because the tape library had a problem dismounting the tape. I have developed a workaround: select volume_name, access from volumes where access not in ('OFFSITE','READONLY','READWRITE','DESTROYED') and stgpool_name LIKE 'TAPE_%' ANR2034E SELECT: No match found using this criteria. ANS8001I Return code 11. This generates a return code 11 if everything is OK, zero is not good. I am developing a script to do my backup commands and capture if there are pools with errors. Everyone may want to at least run this against your primary pools to see if you have any. All my primary pools begin with "TAPE_". Remember % is splat and _ is placeholder. Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon, INC 757-688-8180 Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately. "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following annotations on 03/19/02 20:45:49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ==============================================================================
