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Pending tapes remain in Mountablenotinlibrary state

Troubleshooting


Problem

The Tivoli Storage Manager server fails to return pending tapes to scratch. The tapes stay in Mountablenotinlibrary state.

Environment

Tivoli Storage Manager Server with a non-external library

Diagnosing The Problem

An example of a problem volume follows.

  • Command "Query Media Tape01" returns:

    Tape01 Mountable not in library Library1
  • Command "Query Volume Tape01 " returns:

    Tape01 0.0 M 0.0 Pending

    Note: Tape01 should have been returned to scratch
  • Command " Delete volume Tape01" fails with:

    ANR1425W Scratch volume NT0000 is empty but will not be deleted - volume state is "mountable".

Resolving The Problem

Use the following steps to return the tape to scratch.

  1. Checkin the tape into the library if it is currently outside. For example :

    CHECKIN LIBV library1 search=Bulk/yes status=private CHECKLABEL=B
  2. Run this command to fix the inconsistency to return the pending tape to empty :

    repair volseg Tape01
  3. Verify the repair has completed successfully to return the tape to empty

    QUERY VOLUME Tape01

    Note: Tape01 should be empty
  4. Checkout tape

    CHECKOUT LIBV Library1 Tape01 remove=bulk
  5. Run the move media command to delete the tape

    move media Tape01 stg=* wherestate=mountablenotinlib wherestatus=empty
  6. check the volume into the library as scratch

    checkin libv libraryname search=bulk status=scratch checklabel=b

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Document Information

Modified date:
17 June 2018

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