The root cause is that the TSM Server encountered an I/O error and placed the path offline. You should, on a regular basis, scan the activity log for errors. When doing TSM Admin work I like to use an activity log search string of ANR????E. This will search a period of time for all E level messages. You can also do that for W warning messages. Review, understand and resolve these messages.
To fix this, you will first need to update the path and place it back online. Take note of the device information in the path as you will need this for the update. The I/O error may have been caused by the drive or the media. Q VOL ACCESS=READONLY will show any volumes that have been marked read only because of I/O errors. If you find any you can MOVE that DATA or simply update the volume to READWRITE. (I like to MOVE the DATA for data reliability.) Keep an eye on (log them) future I/O errors to determine if the drive repeats or the media volume repeats. This should help you isolate the error. John G. Talafous Berbee Information Networks 6670 West Snowville Rd. Unit 9 Brecksville, Ohio 44141 440.746.7240 - Direct 440.717.1302 - Fax 216.470.7381 - Cell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.berbee.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Hefty Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 10:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Drive Inconsistencies Hello all, As seen below, I have a library drive (DRIVE05) that is currently listed as On-Line within the query drive command output but listed as not On-Line in the query path command output. I have logged a call with IBM support to verify the drive is functioning; however, I am curious as to why the inconsistency? TSM Server:5.2.3.2 SCSI Library IBM 3584 Library Name Drive Name Device Type On-Line ------------ ------------ ----------- ------------------- LTO2 DRIVE01 LTO Yes LTO2 DRIVE02 LTO Yes LTO2 DRIVE03 LTO Yes LTO2 DRIVE04 LTO Yes LTO2 DRIVE05 LTO Yes LTO2 DRIVE06 LTO Yes Source Name Source Type Destination Destination On-Line ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------- TSMSRVR SERVER LTO2 LIBRARY Yes TSMSRVR SERVER DRIVE01 DRIVE Yes TSMSRVR SERVER DRIVE02 DRIVE Yes TSMSRVR SERVER DRIVE03 DRIVE Yes TSMSRVR SERVER DRIVE04 DRIVE Yes TSMSRVR SERVER DRIVE05 DRIVE No <-- ??? TSMSRVR SERVER DRIVE06 DRIVE Yes Regards, Rob
