Hello John, Did you check if any of the scratch tapes are marked unav. Are any of the scratch tapes assigned to pools that you are not using at this time.
len -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Schneider, John Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 9:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Emergency help:ANR1405W even w/ plenty of scratch tapes Help! Running TSM 5.2.7.1 under AIX 5.2. Problem I have not seen before. I am receiving: 01/15/07 08:09:15 ANR0984I Process 64 for DATABASE BACKUP started in the BACKGROUND at 08:09:15. (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) 01/15/07 08:09:15 ANR2280I Full database backup started as process 64. (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) 01/15/07 08:09:15 ANR0609I BACKUP DB started as process 64. (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) 01/15/07 08:09:31 ANR8945W Scratch volume mount failed . (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) 01/15/07 08:09:31 ANR1405W Scratch volume mount request denied - no scratch volume available. (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) 01/15/07 08:09:34 ANR4578E Database backup/restore terminated - required volume was not mounted. (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) 01/15/07 08:09:34 ANR0985I Process 64 for DATABASE BACKUP running in the BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at 08:09:34. (SESSION: 4439, PROCESS: 64) Other processes like migrations, etc. are also failing. But from a q libv I can tell I have 16 scratch tapes. My 3590 device class is set to format=drives, so that isn't my problem. Since this isn't a storage pool volume, Maxscratch does not apply, but it is set to 6000, and our tape storage pool has only 1500 tapes in it. I was having the problem yesterday, and rebooted the TSM server. It came back up, and I was able to do a Backup DB at that time, and it also mounted a few scratch tapes in our primary tape pool. It added the scratch tapes to the tape pool with no problem. Then about an hour later (after I had gone to bed) it started getting the same problem. It says I don't have scratch tapes, but I do. Can anyone give me any insite? I am really stumped. Best Regards, John D. Schneider Sr. System Administrator - Storage Sisters of Mercy Health System 3637 South Geyer Road St. Louis, MO. 63127 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Office: 314-364-3150, Cell: 314-486-2359
