Re: BRMS -Library device storage slots full (C R)

[Darell Wheeler <darellwheeler@xxxxxxxx>]

Many Thanks Bruce and Jim.The tape has ejected after the last night's backup tape were pulled out of the I/O Station.I am using the TS3310 Web Interface.
 
I had another question on BRMS.
 
If for some reason the nightly backup tape was not ejected from the tape library.Will that tape data be overwritten with the next night' data when the next night's backup begins?Or will the BRMS Pick Up some other Tape?How is this decided
 
Thanks
Darell

--- On Fri, 1/10/10, Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


From: Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: BRMS -Library device storage slots full (C R)
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, 1 October, 2010, 12:05 PM


We have this occasionally with a TS-3100... it only has one I/O 
station/slot. It usually happens when someone fails to pull an ejected 
tape from the slot before the next backup. It can also happen with a 
single I/O station if the backup spans volumes in a single I/O station 
device.

We just send someone to the tape, have them pull the cartridge and close 
the station, then wait. We then answer the message with "R" for retry, 
and then have that person pull that next tape from the I/O station.

The alternative is to use the web interface to move the cartridge from 
the I/O station back into an open slot in the library. Then issue the 
"R" reply.

Either way, it then goes back to business as usual, with last nights 
backup pushing it out and the operators swapping the tapes.



On 09/30/2010 03:30 PM, Darell Wheeler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Usually the nightly backup tapes get ejected in the I/O Station after the nightly backup completes.
>
> Today however the backup tapes did not eject in the I/O Station.When I tried to manually eject the tapes by option 7 from the BRMS Work with Media Library Media Screen ,I got a MSGW stating 'Library device storage slots full (C R)'.
>
> Can anyone tell me please how to get around this issue so that the tapes can be ejected to the I/O Station.How do I make sure that Libray device storage slots are indeed full and how do I make space for the tape to be ejected.
>
> Thanks
> Darell