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.
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. #####################################
