Re: 4mm - Database backup Failure - Insufficient # of mount points

[Justin Bleistein]

If it's an AIX system which I believe it is... You must go into smitty -
devices - tivoli storage manager devices then define a manual tape drive
which will link the /dev/rmt4 to a /dev/mt4 (TSM manual tape device drive
instance). This will put a Tivoli Device driver on the manual tape drive.
It's pretty self exclamatory once you get into smit and look around at the
smit menus. Manual tapes like 4mm's need a device driver in order for TSM
to use it. This smitty procedure puts one on it for you. If that still
doesn't work just give a shout and we'll look at some other things but I
ran into the same thing, and the drive just needs to be identified as a TSM
device in smit as well as defined in TSM. Thanks!.

--Justin



                      Marc Levitan
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I am trying to use a 4mm drive to backup my tsm database.

Here is my devconfig:

/* Device Configuration */
DEFINE DEVCLASS 4MM DEVTYPE=4MM FORMAT=DDS3 ESTCAPACITY=12582912K
MOUNTLIMIT=1 M
OUNTWAIT=2 MOUNTRETENTION=2 PREFIX=ADSM LIBRARY=MANUAL_LIBRARY
SET SERVERNAME PFPC_TSMTEST
DEFINE LIBRARY MANUAL_LIBRARY LIBTYPE=MANUAL
DEFINE DRIVE MANUAL_LIBRARY 4MMTSMDRIVE DEVICE=/dev/rmt4 ONLINE=Yes

Here is the activity log:

ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: BACKUP DB
                       DEVCLASS=4MM TYPE=FULL VOLUMENAMES=ADSM.000002
SCRATCH=NO
                       WAIT=YES

10/29/02 09:17:33     ANR0984I Process 17 for DATABASE BACKUP started in
the
                       FOREGROUND at 09:17:33.

10/29/02 09:17:33     ANR2280I Full database backup started as process 17.

10/29/02 09:17:58     ANR4571E Database backup/restore terminated -
insufficient
                       number of mount points available for removable
media.
10/29/02 09:17:58     ANR0985I Process 17 for DATABASE BACKUP running in
the
                       FOREGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE
at
                       09:17:58.

What am i doing wrong???

Thanks,
Marc Levitan
Storage Management Specialist
PFPC Global Funds Services