And note !
My current environment, if a tape is FF00 in the atl and is listed as a tsm
private tape... an "audit libr" within tsm WILL NOT update the FF00 to the
proper private status for that TSM server.
I believe in the past it did, and might again in the future but currently
my environments don't.
That caused me grief when I was moving 5 tsm environments with 2 atl's...
I was planning on putting the tapes in the different atl, doing an inventory
on the atl and then an audit libr from each of the tsm environments to put
things back in sync. but noooooo seems like tsm audit libr currently will
only REMOVE volumes if not found... won't add any back in or adjust their
codes in the atl.
In other words... DO NOT run an "audit library" within TSM and then look for
FF00 tapes within the atl and expect them to be "inserted" and thus
available for scratch use ! They might still be private tapes ! ! !
Dwight
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:57 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TAPES LOST >>> THEN FOUND, NOW WHAT??
>I was looking through some of our logs when I noticed a large chunk of
>numbers missing from our volume definitions (we have a 3590 automated
>library). I went to the tape robot's console and performed a search for one
>of these "missing tapes" and sure enough it found it (I then opened the
>door and physically found the tape). Now what do I do to get those tapes
>back in the Tivoli library? I've run a checkin libvol search=yes (not the
>syntax, but you get the point) and it finished successfully but the tapes
>were not found by Tivoli. Need some help here guys.... I don't know what
>happened when the tapes originally got here, it was before my time.
Steve - You should not take action on those tapes until you determine what
happened to them: get the whole story first. Look back in your
Activity Log archives, as far back as necessary until you find them.
(Note: It is wise to keep archival copies of the Activity Log for about a
year. We keep a month's worth in the TSM db, and keep captured old months
for five years, in HSM.)
If you have DRM, don't overlook what it may have done with these tapes.
You didn't specify exactly what kind of 3590-drives library you have
(autoloader? 3494?). If a 3494, you can use the mtlib command to inquire
as to category codes (see http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts for
variations on mtlib commands) and then change them - if warranted - so that
Checkin will accept them as being in Insert category.
Again, there may be a very good reason for the current state of the tapes,
so
take your time in pursuing the mystery.
Richard Sims, BU
