I gotta ask: what kind of tape library uses a vacuum to pull the cartridges into the drives?
-- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX Office 262.521.5627 >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of Debbie Bassler >Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 11:27 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Log Containing Tape Drive Info > >The Operational Reporter shows all drives online. That's >because the drive >did not go offline. I had to manually take the drive, and >path, offline. > >The error message is that the "volume ****** could not be mounted into >drive ***". After the SE arrived, we found that the actual problem was >that the pump, for the vacuum that sucks the tape in, had gone out. > >This is not the first time we've had a problem, and didn't >know the tape >drive was inaccessible. Last time it was over a weekend. I'll keep >looking. > >Thanks for all the input, >Debbie > > > > > > > >"Stapleton, Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> >08/29/2005 10:35 AM >Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > To: [email protected] > cc: > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Log Containing Tape Drive Info > > >There isn't, but if you use the hourly monitor facility from TSM's >Operational Reporter, one of the statuses it looks for by default is >offline drives. Since hourly monitor reports can be emailed, >the balance >of the task is easily left to the student. > > >-- >Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional >Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 >IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX >Office 262.521.5627 > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >>Behalf Of Debbie Bassler >>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2005 9:32 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: Log Containing Tape Drive Info >> >>Our TSM server, 5.1, is on an AIX OS, 4.3.3. Does anyone know of a log >>containing information about the tape drives? One of our >>drives has been >>inaccessible since 3:20 this morning. I'd like to write a >>script to page >>me when this happens, but, I don't know if there is a log available to >>pull the information from. >> >>Thanks, >>Debbie >> >
