i made a big mistake in my email. i tried this command twice, with tape 311E98, and 3121CF. i did not mix and match the commands with the wrong tape numbers, i only implied that in my email, bad copy-n-pasting...
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:39:49 -0500 (CDT) From: Alexander Lazarevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ADSM Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: how to add tape to library? I am unable to add a new tape to the library, and I just can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Can someone give me some tips? We've got an IBM 3575 L18 tape library, runing adsm server 3.1 on an AIX 4.3.3 machine. Tape library has 2 drives in it (/dev/rmt0, /dev/rmt1). We have one library named ITG-3575. We've got several failed tapes in the libray and I must replace them with new good ones. The new ones are coming right out of a Magstar MP tape box which is brand spanking new. Here's the commands I entered, and yes, ive moved all data off the tape first. # move all data off the tape, the remove it. adsm> checkout libvolume ITG-3575 xxxxxx checklabel=no adsm> reply 001 # define new tape volume adsm> define volume ITG-3575TAPE 311E98 ACCESS=READWrite # put in the new tape volume adsm> checkin libvolume ITG-3575 311E98 status=private adsm> reply # the first two stages seem to work, but when i try the third stage i get the following error: ANR8335I 015: Verifying label of 3570 volume 3121CF in drive TAPEDRIVE1 (/dev/rmt1). ANR8353E 015: I/O error reading label of volume in drive TAPEDRIVE1 (/dev/rmt1). ANR8786I 016: Remove 3570 volume from entry/exit port; insert volume 3121CF R/W into entry/exit port of library ITG-3575 within 60 minute(s); issue 'REPLY' along with the request ID when ready. so i try it again and again and it tries verifying the tape in each of the 2 drives, but it never verifys so i just have to cancel the process. PAIN IN THE ARS!!! so, the messages manual says to make sure the tape is inserted correctly, which it is, then make sure the volume has been labeled using the dsmlabel command, which is wierd cause i though you only use that command on the drives not on tapes???, and then it say to check if the DEVICE parameter is correct on the DEFINE DRIVE command, which im pretty sure it is. our library has been working for years, but ive just never needed to replace tapes until now. so im pretty certain the drives work fine, i mean we backup and restore data just fine, all the time. drives must be okay. so i must be making some error in my commands to insert the new tape. any ideas? thanks in advance, alex --- --- Alex Lazarevich | Systems | Imaging Technology Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu --- ---
