Re: BRMS moving

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

Since you are using BRMS I think you have the 3573 in Random mode and not 
sequential mode, right?

Hopefully you have a lan cable going to the tape library.  Can you get 
into the browser interface?  If you've never used it, use the user Admin 
and the password secure.
Expand Monitor Library.  Select Inventory.  Do you have the one I/O 
station or the three I/O station unit?  Are any I/O slots empty?
Expand Configure Library.  Select General.  Confirm that Library Mode is 
Random.  Confirm that the number of "Active Slots" is right.  Some 
"Physical" libraries can be partitioned off into multiple "logical" 
libraries.  And then that logical library may only use so many slots. 
We've done that with a large 6 drive library to separate out TSM from BRMS 
into two logical libraries of three drives each and a crap load of slots 
each.
Select Logical Libraries.  If you only have 1 then no big deal.  If not, 
you may have to check each logical.

In summary, I am trying to ensure that you have a 'random' library and if 
it's trying to move it to the I/O station that the I/O station is 
available, if it's trying to move it back to a slot than there's a slot 
available; logically and physically.

On a tangent, why are you changing the expiration date?  If they are 
already expired, and you are trying to use them in STRBKUBRM they should 
be expired with an expiration date that has already passed.  Upon 
completion of the STRBKUBRM it will change the expiration date to match 
the policies you have set up.  If you change the expiration date into the 
future then the tape will be active and it will prefer expired tapes to 
write new data to.

Here's probably your biggest problem.  You are trying this command:
STRMNTBRM RMVMEDI(*REUSE) MOVMED(*YES) RGZBRMDB(*YES)
Your move policies may say "send this tape to Iron Mountain" or "move this 
to our offsite location" or "store on top the propane tank next to the 
acetylene torch".  To do so, it will generally try to put the tape into 
the I/O slot(s).  Perhaps you are getting this message because the I/O 
slots are full.  I think what it is expecting to do is empty the I/O 
slot(s) and take the R option.  Repeat until all tapes which are ready to 
be moved are chucked out.
Perhaps you only want to use the MOVMED(*YES) option on the day when you 
are ready to physically remove the tapes from the library.



Rob Berendt