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

[Bruce Hoffman <bruce.hoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Short answer... no, not likely. Not overwritten. For BRMS to overwrite, 
it has to expire first.

On 10/01/2010 08:05 AM, Bruce Hoffman wrote:
> 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