Did you go to the back of the library and have it run an "update inventory" on all the frames in the library? Is there a possibility that perhaps some of the tapes were moved around in the frames by accident?
When I have messy problems with my 3494 I have the library itself run an inventory (Note, don't do an "reinventory" from the menu, as you will then lose the TSM categories on the tapes, just "update" the inventory on the all frames) and then run and audit with the TSM software to reconcile the differences. Ben -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, John Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 11:21 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Emergency help:ANR1405W even w/ plenty of scratch ta pes I had already tried that. When I do an Audit Library, those 15 tapes get dropped from the inventory since they can't be found. But then I can do a 'checkin libv ibm3494 xxxxxx checkl=no status=scratch' for those tapes and they will check back in again. Is that weird or what? I need to try 'checkin libv ibm3494 xxxxxx checkl=yes status=scratch' instead, to see if it fails if it has to actually mount the tape to check it in. I don't have a tape drive free at the moment, but when I do I will try it. Best Regards, John D. Schneider Sr. System Administrator - Storage Sisters of Mercy Health System 3637 South Geyer Road St. Louis, MO. 63127 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 314-364-3150, Cell: 314-486-2359 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:15 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Emergency help:ANR1405W even w/ plenty of scratch ta pes How about an AUDIT LIBRARY ? I have had issues with tapes being "lost to TSM" in my 3494 and doing an audit cleared things up.... Mark Stapleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 01/17/2007 01:06 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Emergency help:ANR1405W even w/ plenty of scratch ta pes From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Schneider, John Thanks for everybody who responded, but when you reply to a post on this list, please try to make sure you know what you are talking about. Of the 5 responses I got, 4 of them made no sense. Like the guy who recommended I upgrade to TSM 5.1.9, when I stated I was running TSM 5.2.7.1 already. ...which all goes toward what I used to say in the TSM FAQ: post and read for awhile, and you'll learn whose answers are generally worth listening to, and whose aren't. Something in the library is not keeping TSM abreast of scratch status. Upgrading probably won't fix the issue in that case; checking firmware levels on the library is more likely to fix it. Try running CHECKOUT LIBV to remove the scratch tapes, and then run CHECKIN LIBV on those volumes. Does that fix it permanently? Temporarily? -- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior consultant
