Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-05-01 Thread Jo Lay
05/01/2009 11:13 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue No, tape and disk reside on different fabrics. There are 7 tape HBAs, 3 of which go to physical tape, two of those have drives with this problem. Andy Huebner -Origin

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-05-01 Thread Shawn Drew
! (TSM 5.4.1 at the time) Regards, Shawn Shawn Drew Internet andy.hueb...@alconlabs.com Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 05/01/2009 11:13 AM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue No, tape and

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-05-01 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
, 2009 1:29 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue I am not aware of this problem. Are you putting disk and tape under the same HBA? Regards, Jo Lay Tivoli Storage Products, IBM Software Group jo...@us.ibm.com This e-mail (including any attachments) is

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Clark, Robert A
n't need to LIP as often. [RC] -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Dwight Cook Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:54 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue You are aware that under AIX if any WWN in the

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Jo Lay
I am not aware of this problem. Are you putting disk and tape under the same HBA? Regards, Jo Lay Tivoli Storage Products, IBM Software Group jo...@us.ibm.com

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
April 30, 2009 11:58 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue Hi, Andy. Going back to simple, in addition to deleting the paths, did you also delete and redefine your drives? I'm just double-checking because I don't see it explicitly mentioned in the thread

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Jo Lay Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:07 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue Ok, you might want to resolve the SAN Discovery issue on your machine. This will save you time in the long run. BTW, what is the issue for SAN discovery? Regards, Jo Lay Tivoli

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Dwight Cook
Of Ochs, Duane Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 12:02 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue You can issue a show library command from a TSM prompt. For detailed info that is not always represented in TSM. I've used this to see if tapes are stuck in older DLT drives. Bu

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Ochs, Duane
t.edu] On Behalf Of Alex Paschal Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:58 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Tape Drive SN issue Hi, Andy. Going back to simple, in addition to deleting the paths, did you also delete and redefine your drives? I'm just double-checking because I don't se

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Alex Paschal
T WORTH,IT Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:22 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue The drives were verified in AIX after GBic change. Since there was not a port change there was no effect on AIX. The library is aware of all of the drives. I think I mentioned ea

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Richard Rhodes
riginal Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:18 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue The error occurs when TSM attempts to mount a tape. We have had no problems dele

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Jo Lay
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Jo Lay Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:39 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue Andy, Do you have TSM SAN Discovery turned on? If you do, you can perform "q SAN" and look for the drive ser

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
We had to turn off SAN discovery due to other issues. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Jo Lay Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:39 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue Andy, Do you

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Jo Lay
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:54 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue You are aware that under AIX if any WWN in the path of a drive changes, then that constitutes an entirely new device as seen by AIX. If you replaced GBics, it possibly could have caused the

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue You are aware that under AIX if any WWN in the path of a drive changes, then that constitutes an entirely new device as seen by AIX. If you replaced GBics, it possibly could have caused the tape drive to take on a new rmt as seen under AIX unless you

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Dwight Cook
--Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:40 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue Update: We turned on TapeAlertMSG - no new messages We have changed the

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-04-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
30, 2009 11:18 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue The error occurs when TSM attempts to mount a tape. We have had no problems deleting and defining these paths, which I should have included in the first message. Andy Huebner -Original Message- From

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-03-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
: Monday, March 30, 2009 10:53 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue I assume these message occur when you try to define the path? Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 x7105 www.storserver.com -Original

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-03-30 Thread Rainer Wolf
Hi, after reset of the drives, for one of these drives i would now try toremove the path/remove the drive+ define drive / define pathe again? So that the serial-number could be found/checked-in again properly regards Rainer Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT schrieb: We have a three drive

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-03-30 Thread Thomas Denier
-Andy Huebner wrote: - >We have a three drives that generate these messages and we are unable >to use the drives because the path will not stay on-line. We have >not been able to find a solution to this problem. > >03/30/2009 04:30:41 ANR8963E Unable to find path to match the serial >num

Re: Tape Drive SN issue

2009-03-30 Thread Kelly Lipp
,FORT WORTH,IT Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:50 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Tape Drive SN issue We have a three drives that generate these messages and we are unable to use the drives because the path will not stay on-line. We have not been able to find a solution to this problem

Tape Drive SN issue

2009-03-30 Thread Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
We have a three drives that generate these messages and we are unable to use the drives because the path will not stay on-line. We have not been able to find a solution to this problem. 03/30/2009 04:30:41 ANR8963E Unable to find path to match the serial number defined fo