Well, one quick thought I had was to update all the drives you don't want test to online=no. Checkout one scratch tape with remove=no and then do a label libvol search=yes overwrite=yes. That way it will write a label on the tape and then read that label.
Oh, be sure to update all the drives back to online=yes... Kelly J. Lipp VP Manufacturing & CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Rhodes Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 1:23 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Is there a simple way to test a tape drive? Sometimes I want to have TSM test out a tape drive. Something like . . . - pick a drive - pick a tape - have tsm mount the tape and read the label (or something) - tell me this succeeded or not Like yesterday . . . IBM repaired a tape drive. After fixing it, IBM tells us it's fixed. We put the drive online . . .and wait for TSM to use it. For this particular drive, it was several hours before TSM used it. We also get this after an upgrade, or adding a new drive. To get TSm to used any drive, let alone a particular drive, requires starting a migration, update stgpool, backup to tape, etc. All are large processes. Is there a simple way to get TSM to exercise a particular tape drive? Or, what do you do in these situations? We have 3590 drives in 3494 libraries, and 3592 drives in 3584 libraries. Thanks Rick ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete the original message.
