Re: BRMS failure

[Jack Woehr <jwoehr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So if it shows:

TAPMLB01       VARIED ON
  TAP01        OPERATIONAL            ALLOCATED

Should I de-allocate it?

On Thu, Sep 28, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Steinmetz, Paul <PSteinmetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Jack,
>
> WRKMLBSTS
>
> You should see all your drives.
> If another process has a drive, it should appear.
>
> Device/
>  Job
>   Resource     Status                 Allocation                name
> TAPMLB01       VARIED ON
>   TAP02        OPERATIONAL            UNPROTECTED
>   TAP01        OPERATIONAL            UNPROTECTED
>   TAP04        OPERATIONAL            UNPROTECTED
>   TAP03        OPERATIONAL            UNPROTECTED
>
> Paul
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Steve Pitcher
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 10:09 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: RE: BRMS failure
>
> Here's a good troubleshooting guide on that.
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1020679
>
>
> Steve Pitcher
> iTech Solutions
> Mobile: (902) 301-0810
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Jack Woehr
> Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2017 10:50 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: BRMS failure
>
> Our backups are failing thusly. It makes no sense at all.
> There are tapes.
> There is nothing else accessing the library.
> What's going on? I've tried everything I can think of.
>
> Message ID . . . . . . :   BRM1033       Severity . . . . . . . :
> 99
> Message type . . . . . :
> Inquiry
> Date sent  . . . . . . :   09/28/17      Time sent  . . . . . . :
> 01:54:39
>
>
> Message . . . . :   Devices needed by control group not available. (C
> R)
> Cause . . . . . :   Devices TAPMLB01 in the device list for control
> group
>   type  cannot be allocated because they are being used by other jobs or
> other
>
> systems.
> Recovery  . . . :   Do one of the
> following:
>     -- Type C to cancel control group
> processing.
>     -- Wait for devices to become available, and type R to try the
> operation
>
> again.
> Possible choices for replying to message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
> :
>   C -- Cancel
> processing.
>   R -- Try the operation again.
>
>
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