The update/audit didn't work. TSM still tried to mount the tape. I did find a similar APAR that claims it was fixed. http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK25386 I may just recall the tapes and audit/delete, rather than open an APAR.
-- Cameron Hanover [email protected] "Giving money and power to the government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." --P.J. O'Rourke On Dec 31, 2013, at 11:15 AM, "Prather, Wanda" <[email protected]> wrote: > I've seen that before on a 5.5 system. > Update the volume to readwrite (try this even before you bring the volume > back). > Then do: audit volume xxxxxx fix=yes > > If there is truly no content, the audit usually cleans it up and it will go > to vaultretrieve status, without even calling for a mount. > > If not you may have to open a PMR. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cameron Hanover > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2013 5:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] empty offsite volume can't be reclaimed > > Before I go calling in some offsite volumes for audit, maybe someone can clue > me in as to what's happening here, or where to find more information on how > to make it make sense. > > First, the requisite: This is TSM server 5.5.3.0 on AIX 5.something, maybe > 5.3. (Yes, yes, EOS coming soon. But I don't have the time, or inclination, > to update 30 or so instances when new hardware should be arriving some time > next year.) > > I have a half a dozen to a dozen offsite volumes that say they can't be > reclaimed because they have files that can't be moved. There may be one or > two where the source volumes are suspect, I'm still looking into that. But > there is certainly more than one that is, as best I can tell, empty. For > example: > > From the activity log, when attempting to reclaim: > 12/22/13 15:21:46 ANR1163W Offsite volume 701339 still contains files > which could not be moved. (PROCESS: 5426) > > tsm: TSM-ELAENIA>q vol 701339 > > Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume > Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status > ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- > 701339 EOFFSITEVA- DEV3592E 310.6 G 0.0 Full > AS > > tsm: TSM-ELAENIA>q content 701339 > ANR2034E QUERY CONTENT: No match found using this criteria. > ANS8001I Return code 11. > > Would it be safe for me to just delete the volume? Would it be recalled and > checked in as scratch when the next round of DRM scripts run? (I haven't > looked at the DRM scripts in this environment much yet.) > > - > Cameron Hanover > [email protected] > > "Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the > argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves." > --William Pitt, House of Commons, 11/18/1783
