Paul, No, I have not seen this before: I use IBM Atape and tapeutil -f /dev/smc0 inventory without any problem.
Make sure that TSM or another program is not using the library device at the same time or program around that. Maybe a previous perl script that hangs/waits until next timeout? Marcel 2011/5/9 Paul Fielding <[email protected]> > I have a wierd issue I'm hoping someone has seen before. I have a 3584 > tape library attached to an AIX box. I have a bunch of perl scripts that > deal with tape automation. Part of this process uses lbtest to grab the > current contents of the IO door. However, I've had it happen a few times > where things stopped working, and when I investigate I find that lbtest has > suddenly stopped returning barcodes. All of the elements show FULL or > EMPTY, but no barcodes are listed, and barcode_len = 0. > > If I go to the library web gui, I see the barcodes. And if I just leave > things alone, in 24h or so it seems to go back to normal. Nothing I do to > the library (including rebooting it) seems to fix the problem immediately. > > Very very wierd. Anyone seen this before? > > regards, > > Paul > -- Kind Regards, Groetje, Marcel Anthonijsz T: +31(0)299-776768 M:+31(0)6-2423 6522
