In a manual tape drive arrangement, if TSM calls for a tape and you don't mount it within the timeout period, TSM will mark it read only.
Regards, Orin Orin Rehorst Port of Houston Authority (Largest U.S. port in foreign tonnage) e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (713)670-2443 Fax: (713)670-2457 TOPAS web site: <www.homestead.com/topas/topas.html> -----Original Message----- From: Pearson, Dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 1:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bad tapes Hello, If you do a "q volume nnnnnn f=d" (nnnnnn=volume name) this will tell you the "Number of Write Errors:" and "Number of Read Errors:" amoung with other good information. Dave Pearson IS PRoduction Support Analyst System and Network Service Snohomish County PUD # 1 425.347.4420 Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 > -----Original Message----- > From: David Longo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 11:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: bad tapes > > 1. Not that I know of. However you can do it manually with the > Update Volume Command. > > 2. One way I do is to use the actlog: > q actlog begind=-1 search=i/o > This will show any I/O errors in last day. You can search > on other specific message numbers of other patterns/words. > > David Longo > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/02/02 02:11PM >>> > I've got a pretty simple question: > > some of my tapes are automatically turning to READ ONLY state. That's > cool > I assume the server detects a read/write error, then sets the tape to > READ > ONLY. > > 1) is there any scenareo where a tape is still good, yet the server > sets > it to READ ONLY? > > 2) where is the log for read/write errors. only way i know of is > looking > at the >dsmadmc -console window and seeing it as it scrolls by. i want > to > confirm a tape had read/write errors before i remove it from the > library. > > thanks in advnace, > > alex > --- --- > Alex Lazarevich | Systems | Imaging Technology Group > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (217)244-1565 | www.itg.uiuc.edu > --- --- > > > "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following > annotations on 10/02/2002 02:31:53 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. > > ========================================================================== > ====
