Drew, Thanks for the reply.
- Yes, this is happening with all drives. The RMT1 was just and example that the drives are accessible. - We are adding drives one at a time having to go through this process. At one time we had add sixty drives discovered at the AIX layer (rmt0-rmt59), started up TSM, and ran into the same issue. In the past we've never had to restart TSM to add a new drive. As long as the drive was discovered and available at the AIX layer, we could define the new drive. Has this changed with v6.2.x? Mahesh ________________________________________ From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew [[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 10:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Drive and Path Definition You did the itdt against rmt0, but you are defining the path to rmt11. I'm assuming this is happening for all drive and that discrepancy doesn't actually mean anything. The problem is most likely with the library device smcX, not the drives. - I can't remember the commands, but can you probe the library device with itdt? I think its smc0 with atape. - is Drive 11 actually in library "kvtl1p1"? - is the path to the library device for kvtl1p1 is already defined and online? - Was this drive a recent addition to the library? - If so, was the TSM instance restarted since it was added? (restarting the instance will repprobe the library for new elements, drives/slots, etc) - Are all drives in the library not working or only drive 11? Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] 01/18/2012 09:41 AM Please respond to [email protected] To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] Drive and Path Definition Hello. I have a PMR on this, but not making much progress on it so thought I would send this out on the User List to see if anyone else encountered this issue and can suggest a fix. Here's what I have: TSM 6.2.3.100 AIX 7.1 (oslevel: 7100-00-04-1140) IBM FC 5729 8-Gbps FC adapters SAN Switch: IBM SAN-768A (Brocade DCX) Atape 12.1.5.0 Sepaton VTL emulating 3584L22 and 3592 tape drives SANDISCOVERY ON We define a tape drive on the VTL and present it to the TSM server. AIX discovers the tape drive and I can use itdt (tapeutil) to query the drive. For example... ./itdt -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry Issuing std inquiry... Inquiry Data, Length 96 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF 0000 - 0180 0302 3300 1130 4942 4D20 2020 2020 [.�..3..0IBM ] 0010 - 3033 3539 324A 3141 2020 2020 2020 2020 [03592J1A ] 0020 - 3035 3039 3638 3030 5347 3131 3032 3330 [05096800SG110230] 0030 - 3031 2030 0500 0181 0000 0000 0000 0000 [01 0...�........] 0040 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 [................] 0050 - 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 [................] Exit with code: 0 ./itdt -f /dev/rmt0 inquiry 80 Issuing inquiry for page 0x80... Inquiry Page 0x80, Length 14 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F 0123456789ABCDEF 0000 - 0180 000A 5347 3131 3032 3330 3031 [.�..SG11023001 ] Exit with code: 0 I log into TSM and define the drive. 01/17/12 11:55:36 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DEFINE DRIVE kvtl1p1 rmt11 serial=autod elem=autod (SESSION: 15) 01/17/12 11:55:36 ANR8404I Drive RMT11 defined in library KVTL1P1. (SESSION: 15) Then I try to define the path. 01/17/12 11:56:16 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DEFINE PATH tsmprd01 rmt11 srct=server destt=drive autod=yes devi=/dev/rmt11 library=kvtl1p1 online=yes (SESSION: 15) 01/17/12 11:56:16 ANR8972E DEFINE PATH: Unable to find the element number for drive RMT11 in library KVTL1P1. (SESSION: 15) I stop and restart TSM and issue the same command. 01/17/12 12:00:00 ANR2017I Administrator ADMIN issued command: DEFINE PATH tsmprd01 rmt11 srct=server destt=drive autod=yes devi=/dev/rmt11 library=kvtl1p1 online=yes (SESSION: 1) 01/17/12 12:00:00 ANR8955I Drive RMT11 in library KVTL1P1 with serial number is updated with the newly discovered serial number SG11023012. (SESSION: 1) 01/17/12 12:00:00 ANR1720I A path from TSMPRD01 to KVTL1P1 RMT11 has been defined. (SESSION: 1) Has anyone else seen this problem? Any ideas? TIA Mahesh ________________________________ Notice: The information and attachment(s) contained in this communication are intended for the addressee only, and may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately, and delete this communication from any computer or network system. 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