Darn, i forgot to include the q session. I'll wait till it happens again and get this info. Thanks...
Tab, thanks for the info. If it was a 2 minute delay, i could wait. :) This problem keeps the volume in use for DAYS, until i manually restart TSM. ray On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Tab Trepagnier wrote: > Ray / Wanda, > > Yes, sometimes a client session can reserve a volume. But I've seen in TSM > 5.1 that the process that reserved the drive just takes longer to release > it. > > We do multi-process migration and storage pool backups. After the last > individual process finishes, it takes as much as two minutes or more before > TSM reports the entire activity being complete. During that in-between > time, there is nothing running, but the affected drives still show as being > in use. For example, if you try to force a volume dismount, TSM will > report the volume being "not idle." > > If your system is doing a lot of paging - ours isn't - the 2+ minute delay > could get significantly longer, during which time it appears that you have > resources reserved while TSM is doing nothing. > > That delay seems to have gotten quite a bit longer compared to TSM 4.1. I > have no idea how 4.2 worked in this regard since we did not use that > release. > > We haven't reported it to IBM because we know if we just wait it will fix > itself and we seldom get so busy that a couple of minutes is significant. > > Tab Trepagnier > TSM Administrator > Laitram, LLC > > > > > > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | "Prather, Wanda" | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | UAPL.EDU> | > | | Sent by: "ADSM: | > | | Dist Stor | > | | Manager" | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | .EDU> | > | | | > | | | > | | 09/23/2003 12:44 | > | | PM | > | | Please respond to| > | | "ADSM: Dist Stor | > | | Manager" | > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | > | > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: Re: dismount volume in use? > | > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > > > > Next time it happens, try : q session f=d > > That will show you if a client restore session still has the tape mounted. > > -----Original Message----- > From: -ray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: dismount volume in use? > > > All, > > TSM 5.1.7.2 on AIX 4.3.3, 3570 library. I have a curious problem in that > occasionally, when TSM finishes a process, it fails to mark a 3570 volume > status as IDLE. It remains IN USE, so is never dismounted, and ties up > the drive. So reclamations just sit there (waiting for multiple mount > points), and in a few days when scratch tapes are gone, backups start > failing. > > There are no AIX errors, TSM errors, or library hardware errors. The tape > stays in the drive, and TSM says its IN USE, but never uses it. > > Anyone seen this before? Is there a way to see what has the volume IN > USE? Change it to IDLE? Or forcibly dismount the IN USE volume? The only > fix i have found is to halt and restart TSM. Not an optimal solution for > us. Thanks for any info. > > tsm: TSM>q proc > ANR0944E QUERY PROCESS: No active processes found. > ANS8001I Return code 11. > > tsm: TSM>q req > ANR8346I QUERY REQUEST: No requests are outstanding. > ANS8001I Return code 11. > > tsm: TSM>q mount > ANR8329I LTO volume ABA426 is mounted R/W in drive TAPE6 (/dev/rmt6), > status: IDLE. > ANR8330I 3570 volume 006BF3 is mounted R/W in drive TAPE2 (/dev/rmt2), > status: IN USE. > ANR8334I 2 matches found. > > > > ray > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
