Hi all,
I'm currently running a test TSM server using v5.5.4.0 and I'm
experimenting with backing up to removable USB drives.
One thing I've noticed is that when a drive is around 50-60% full I get an
ANR8341I End-of-volume event in the logs and a new volume is asked for.
While I would expect this for a full volume, I wouldn't expect it with a
half full volume.
I have posted this issue at the following URL however at the moment I
haven't had any insightful replies:
http://www.adsm.org/forum/showthread.php?t=20130
For those who hate forums, I have copied the most relevant information
below:
tsm: SERVER1>q devclass usbdrive f=d
Device Class Name: USBDRIVE
Device Access Strategy: Sequential
Storage Pool Count: 1
Device Type: REMOVABLEFILE
Format: DRIVE
Est/Max Capacity (MB): 100,000.0
Mount Limit: DRIVES
Mount Wait (min): 5,760
Mount Retention (min): 0
Label Prefix:
Library: USBDRIVES
Directory:
Server Name:
Retry Period:
Retry Interval:
Shared:
High-level Address:
Minimum Capacity:
WORM: No
Drive Encryption:
Scaled Capacity:
Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN
Last Update Date/Time: 01/21/2010 15:57:58
When the volume gets full, I get the following:
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR8335I 003: Verifying label of REMOVABLEFILE
volume 5QD7CKPM in drive USBDRIVE (/mnt/usb). (PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR8328I 003: REMOVABLEFILE volume 5QD7CKPM
mounted in drive USBDRIVE (/mnt/usb). (PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR8340I REMOVABLEFILE volume 5QD7CKPM mounted.
(PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR0513I Process 5 opened output volume 5QD7CKPM.
(PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR8341I End-of-volume reached for REMOVABLEFILE
volume 5QD7CKPM. (PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR0515I Process 5 closed volume 5QD7CKPM.
(PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR8468I REMOVABLEFILE volume 5QD7CKPM dismounted
from drive USBDRIVE (/mnt/usb) in library USBDRIVES. (PROCESS: 5)
01/24/2010 14:46:49 ANR8326I 004: Mount REMOVABLEFILE volume SCRTCH
R/W in drive USBDRIVE (/mnt/usb) of library USBDRIVES within 5760 minutes.
(PROCESS: 5)
When looking at the filesystem, I see:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdk1 294G 180G 99G 65% /mnt/usb
# ls -l
total 188260336
-rw------- 1 root root 192590295715 Jan 21 18:26 5QD7CKPM
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 Jan 7 12:54 lost+found
Does anyone have any theories on this?
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Steven Haigh
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