IBM Support

Library unavailable when defining drive

Question & Answer


Question

When defining a drive, you receive a message that the library is unavailable.

Cause

Since version 5.1 of TSM Server, you have to define a path to each tape device. To define a drive, you must define a path to the library first.

Answer

The correct way to define libraries and drives in a TSM Server is the following:

1-DEFINE LIBRARY

DEFINE LIBRARY <library_name>

2-DEFINE A PATH TO LIBRARY

DEFINE PATH <source_name> <destination_name> SRCTYPE=<src_type> DESTTYPE=library DEVICE=<device_name>

3-DEFINE DRIVE

DEFINE DRIVE library_name drive_name ONLINE=<yes/no>

4-DEFINE A PATH TO DRIVE

DEFINE PATH source_name destination_name SRCTYPE=<src_type> DESTTYPE=drive LIBRARY=<library_name> DEVICE=<device_name> ONLINE=<yes/no>

[{"Product":{"code":"SSGSG7","label":"Tivoli Storage Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Server","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"All Supported Versions","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB26","label":"Storage"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSGSG7","label":"Tivoli Storage Manager"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU058","label":"IBM Infrastructure w\/TPS"},"Component":"Server","Platform":[{"code":"PF025","label":"Platform Independent"}],"Version":"5.1;5.1.0.2;5.1.1;5.1.2;5.1.3;5.1.4;5.1.5;5.1.6;5.1.7;5.2","Edition":"Edition Independent","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB26","label":"Storage"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

UID

swg21169193

Page Feedback