On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, David Longo wrote: > What I do is this (works best if little activity on Library) > > When repaired drive is ready, use "Update drive" to place > all drives offline - except ones currently in use. Then place > the replaced drive online and maybe 2 or 2 more. Then do > something like reclamation, migration or move data.
I use "audit vol [volser] fix=no" > > Guaranteed to use the drive in a few minutes. I prefer > this to say checkin or checkout tape, which make minimum > use of tape. > > Have used this for years. > > FYI: Remember to put other drives back online afterwards! > > David Longo > > >>> Richard Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/30/2007 3:23 PM >>> > Sometimes I want to have TSM test out a tape drive. > Something like . . . > - pick a drive > - pick a tape > - have tsm mount the tape and read the label (or something) > - tell me this succeeded or not > > Like yesterday . . . IBM repaired a tape drive. After fixing it, IBM > tells us it's fixed. We put the drive online . . .and wait for TSM > to use it. For this particular drive, it was several hours before > TSM used it. > > We also get this after an upgrade, or adding a new drive. To get > TSm to used any drive, let alone a particular drive, requires > starting a migration, update stgpool, backup to tape, etc. All > are large processes. > > Is there a simple way to get TSM to exercise a particular tape drive? Or, > what do you do in these situations? > > We have 3590 drives in 3494 libraries, and 3592 drives in 3584 libraries. > > Thanks > > Rick > > > ----------------------------------------- > The information contained in this message is intended only for the > personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above. If > the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an > agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you > are hereby notified that you have received this document in error > and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of > this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this > communication in error, please notify us immediately, and delete > the original message. > > > > ##################################### > This message is for the named person's use only. It may > contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged > information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or > lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message > in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it > from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify > the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, > disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message > if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves > the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its > networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message > are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where > the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of > a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by > the entity to give such views or opinions. > ##################################### > > Steve Roder University at Buffalo ([EMAIL PROTECTED] | (716)645-3564)
