Don't forget to check the requests and reply to the active one - "q req" and "reply X" so that TSM knows the tape is there.
Nick Cassimatis ----- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 12/19/2005 11:03 AM ----- "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/19/2005 10:53:37 AM: > I guess I should have passed on that I pre labeled one tape and when TSM > kicked off a db backup it asked for a tape, which I inserted, but TSM never > recognized it. A migrate did the same thing. Since there is only one drive > at least I know I didn't screw that up... > I also have read via messages and info on the admin console screen in 5.3 > that scratch tapes need to be checked in. It sort of tells you how to do > this but locating it hasn't been possible yet. > > Well I'll give it another try and see what happens. > > Thanks, > > Geoff Gill > TSM Administrator > SAIC M/S-G1b > (858)826-4062 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob > Booth - UIUC > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 7:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: manual tape drive > > On Mon, Dec 19, 2005 at 07:19:19AM -0800, Gill, Geoffrey L. wrote: > > I've set up TSM 5.3 in a test environment with an external dat drive. > > Unfortunately since I've only worked with automated libraries I don't know > > the process for checking in a scratch tape to use with TSM. I also haven't > > been able to find the solution in the manuals so I was wondering if > someone > > could help me out please? I guess I'm not sure why the commands seem to be > > readily available for automated libraries but not this case. I've been > able > > to label some tapes just fine. > > You don't check in tapes in a manual mode. Pre-label your tapes with > dsmlabel > or label libv. TSM will ask for a scratch tape to be loaded when it needs > one, and you just plop it in to the requested drive. Once the label is > read, it is registered to the storage pool. When the tape is emptied it is > deleted. > > hth, > > bob
