I have had this problems numerous times with several levels of TSM. Once it was because TSM had a reclaim process for that volume pending (somewhere), that could not get canceled. I was at 4.1.X at that time, and a restart of TSM fixed it. I just had the problem when I upgraded to 4.2.3, and a update v xx acc=readw fixed that one. The tape shows available, readw, and in the library checked in at the time. I restarted the backup stg, and it took right off.
good luck. bob On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 03:29:15PM -0500, David E Ehresman wrote: > I'm getting "ANR1229W Volume 700270 cannot be backed up - volume is > offline or access mode is "unavailable" or "destroyed" " messages for a > volume. A "q libvol 3494 700270" reports the volume is in the library. > A "q vol 700270 f=d" reports access=read/write and status=filling. The > tape is not already mounted on a drive when the error occus. So in what > sense is this tape unavailable or destroyed and how do I convince TSM to > use the tape. > > David
