Hello Martin, What is the process (sequence of commands) you are using to checkin/label the drives?
I once had the same problem checking in the drives in a STK L80 library, and the solution was simply not checking in the tapes with TSM 5.2.3, just did a label libvol storagetek-l80 search=bulk labels=barcode checkin=scr overwrite=yes and then went to the library, put the tapes 5 at a time on the entry slots and did the reply XXX. I was not able to run successfully any other combination of checkin/checkout ... remove=no force=yes, label, etc. etc. HTH!, Pablito. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Trcka Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 10:58 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: PowerVault 132T and Dell 110T LTO2 drives problem Hello *SMers, I'm having trouble with operating Dell 110T LTO2 drives in a PowerVault 132T library. Environment: - W2k3, HBA Qlogic 2340, FC attached Dell Powervault 132T library with 2 Dell 110T LTO2 drives - TSM device driver for library (http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&uid=swg21177112) and IBM device drivers for the drives (http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=663&context=SSGSG7&q1=110T&uid=sw g21082581&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en) I am able to define both drives and library, as well as paths, in TSM sucessfully, but I'm having problems with write operations to the drive. F.e., when I try to label volumes in the library, the tape gets mounted in a drive, but no label is ever written and the process never ends (or at least not within 20 mins). Tape stays mounted in a drive and never gets dismounted. I've tried dozens of combinations of device drivers for the drives, but never succeeded. I see no error in the TSM Actlog or Windows Event log. When I define library as RSM type (using native Dell device drivers for both library and tape drives) and use RSM for media handling, everything works fine. I can easily label volumes, perform backups and so on. Again, when I reconfigure the library and drive back to SCSI type and try to perform f.e. a backup of TSM database using media labelled in previous step (via RSM), the procedure repeats with the same result - robotics mount the tape in a drive and nothing happens. TSM server is still waiting for mount of a scratch media, eventhough the volume is already mounted. I've tried to install TSM 5.2 even, but the result is the same. It seems to me, that there must be a problem with device drivers, but maybe I'm missing something. Any ideas ? -- S pozdravem / Best Regards, Martin Trcka, IT Consultant Tech. Support Department GC System a.s., Spitalka 41, 60200 Brno, Czech Rep. mob: +420 602 452 361 fax: +420 543 537 333 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
