Yes, we also expected to see I/O errors, but there were no errors on the drives or the tapes. The last process that mounted the tapes was a backup stg.
Alexander (The original message was written by me, but sent by Henk due to a problem with my subscription to this list yesterday) > Are you seeing any I/O errors on these tapes or errors on > the drives? What type of process was mounting the tapes - > backup stg, reclamation etc.? > > David Longo > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/20/02 11:17AM >>> > I couldn't find an APAR that describes what we have been seeing > on our 4.2.1.11 (AIX 4.3.3) server during the last few weeks > so I was wondering if we have discovered new bug. > > First we got this message in the activity log: > > 06/09/02 10:39:38 ANR1229W Volume 000591 cannot be backed up - volume is > offline or access mode is "unavailable" or "destroyed". > > We did a 'q vol f=d'. The access mode of the volume was 'Available' > so we dismissed it as a freak incident until the message repeated > itself the next day. > > This time we opened the (3494) library and verified that the > volume was in the correct cell. > > We tried a 'restore volume' followed by a 'delete volume'. > The delete failed: > > ANR2405E DELETE VOLUME: Volume 000591 is currently in use by > clients and/or data management operations. > ANS8001I Return code 14. > > At that time there were no processes or sessions that used > that particular volume. Also we had four other volumes > that displayed the same behaviour. > We halted the server and restarted it again which solved > the problem. The volumes were no longer 'in use'. > Today we noticed two other volumes that seem to have > the same problem so I'm beginning to suspect that I've found > a bug in the server. > > All these volumes have one thing in common: When I seacrh > the activity log for their mounts and dismounts I can't > find a dismount message after their last mount (before they > become 'unavailable'). It is as if the volumes are unmounted > by the library but TSM isn't being notified of this. > > Anyone seen this before? > > Cheers, > Henk. > > > > "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following > annotations on 06/20/2002 01:12:23 PM > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. > > ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ ----------------------------------------------- Alexander Verkooijen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
