I don't have any specific knowledge of your set up, but one thing that could be happening is a mismatch between the SCSI ID and Element number of the drive. I've seen this happen: library mounts a tape in a drive and TSM tries to mount the tape in the other drive. Thus, TSM does not see the tape that got mounted. In your case this is pretty easy to fix: switch the SCSI/Element around and see if that resolves the problem.
Otherwise, I've got no idea! Kelly Lipp CTO STORServer, Inc. 485-B Elkton Drive Colorado Springs, CO 80907 719-266-8777 www.storserver.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Bush Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 1:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Xseries w/ iSeriestape library I have a new install of Tivoli 5.5.0. The server is an IBM Blade 8853-L4U in an HS21 chassis, running Windows 2003 Standard SP2. The blade uses DASD and tape drives within the AS400. We have one 3590 tape drive, and a 3577 tape library that includes two 3592-E05 drives. On the Windows server, the 3 tape drives show in Hardware Manager with a 6.1.9.3 IBM driver . The Changer Bus Enumerator also has a 6.1.9.3 driver, as does the Tape Bus Enumerator. The problems I am having are getting anything to go on tape, whether it is a migration or a backup . When doing a Backup DB or Backup stgpool, I mount a scratch tape & answer the mount request w/ REPLY 00x. The command is accepted, but the request is still there, until it times out or is cancelled. This occurs on all 3 drives. I've tried defining tape volumes for the Offsite & Onsite pools, but the results are the same. More info; if I go into IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support, only the 3590 tape drive shows. I believe this is OK, because the other 3592 drives are controlled by the Auto-library. Before using the 3590 drive , I do vary it off on the iSeries partition, & lock it on the Windows server. Any tips , troubleshooting, etc are appreciated. bill bush The information contained in this communication may be confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its contents, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message and any copy of it from your computer system. Thank you. For more information please visit: http://www.pdpgroupinc.com
