TSM: Bring Tape Drive Path Online


I noticed this error still exists in TSM 6.3 – when an I/O error occurs that TSM is unable to access the defined drives, TSM updates the drive path offline and starts polling of the drives. Once the drive is accessible again, the drive is put back online but the drive path is left offline. To fix it, you have to manually update the path to online.

Here is a example:

tsm: TSM-SERVER>q drive

Library Name     Drive Name       Device Type     On-Line
————     ————     ———–     ——————-
IBMTS3500        DRIVE01          LTO             Yes
IBMTS3500        DRIVE02          LTO            Yes
IBMTS3500        DRIVE03          LTO             Yes
IBMTS3500        DRIVE04          LTO             Yes
IBMTS3500        DRIVE05          LTO             Yes
IBMTS3500        DRIVE06          LTO             Yes

tsm: TSM-SERVER>q path
Session established with server TSM-SERVER: Windows
  Server Version 6, Release 3, Level 4.0
  Server date/time: 08/22/2013 10:28:44  Last access: 08/22/2013 10:18:28

Source Name     Source Type     Destination     Destination     On-Line
                                Name            Type
———–     ———–     ———–     ———–     ——-
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          IBMTS3500       LIBRARY         Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE01         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE02         DRIVE           No
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE03         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE04         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE05         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE06         DRIVE           Yes

 

tsm: TSM-SERVER>q path TSM-SERVER drive02 f=d

                   Source Name: TSM-SERVER
                   Source Type: SERVER
              Destination Name: DRIVE02
              Destination Type: DRIVE
                       Library: IBMTS3500
                     Node Name:
                        Device: mt5.0.0.6
              External Manager:
              ZOS Media Server:
                  Comm. Method:
                           LUN:
                     Initiator: 0
                     Directory:
                       On-Line: No
Last Update by (administrator): SERVER_CONSOLE
         Last Update Date/Time: 12/09/2012 10:58:31

 

tsm: TSM-SERVER>update path TSM-SERVER drive02 srctype=server desttype=drive library=ibmts3500 device=mt5.0.0.6 online=yes
ANR1722I A path from TSM-SERVER to IBMTS3500 DRIVE02 has been updated.

tsm: TSM-SERVER>q path

Source Name     Source Type     Destination     Destination     On-Line
                                Name            Type
———–     ———–     ———–     ———–     ——-
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          IBMTS3500       LIBRARY         Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE01         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE02         DRIVE          Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE03         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE04         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE05         DRIVE           Yes
TSM-SERVER          SERVER          DRIVE06         DRIVE           Yes

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16 thoughts on “TSM: Bring Tape Drive Path Online

  1. You are a lifesaver. We just shut down our server (moving) and after that our path stayed in offline. Now restore is working again.

  2. What if you Have Multiple drives offline is there one command to bring all drives online at the same time for do i have to do this for each?

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