Drives going in MIXED mode again and again

[wannawin]

Hello Team.

Drives going in MIXED mode again and again.

[80092345@usgaub5500 bin]$ ./tpconfig -l
Device Robot Drive       Robot                    Drive                Device     Second
Type     Num Index  Type DrNum Status  Comment    Name                 Path       Device Path
robot      0    -    TLD    -       -  -          -                    /dev/sg2
  drive    -    0  hcart    6    DOWN  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.261  /dev/nst7
  drive    -    2  hcart    8      UP  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.263  /dev/nst6
  drive    -    3  hcart    2      UP  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.257  /dev/nst4
  drive    -    4  hcart    7      UP  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.262  /dev/nst3
  drive    -    5  hcart    1    DOWN  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.256  /dev/nst0
  drive    -    6  hcart    5    DOWN  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.260  /dev/nst2
  drive    -    7  hcart    3      UP  -          IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.258  /dev/nst1
 

[80092345@usgaub5500 bin]$ ./vmoprcmd  -d

                                PENDING REQUESTS

                                     <NONE>

                                  DRIVE STATUS

Drv Type   Control  User      Label  RecMID  ExtMID  Ready   Wr.Enbl.  ReqId
  0 hcart  DOWN-TLD             -                     No       -         0
  2 hcart    TLD               Yes   HS3352  HS3352   Yes     Yes        0
  3 hcart    TLD               Yes   HS3233  HS3233   Yes     Yes        0
  4 hcart    TLD               Yes   HS3167  HS3167   Yes     Yes        0
  5 hcart  DOWN-TLD             -                     No       -         0
  6 hcart  DOWN-TLD             -                     No       -         0
  7 hcart    TLD               Yes   HS3248  HS3248   Yes     Yes        0

                             ADDITIONAL DRIVE STATUS

Drv DriveName            Shared    Assigned        Comment
  0 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.261   Yes      -
  2 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.263   Yes      usgaub5500
  3 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.257   Yes      usgaub5500
  4 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.262   Yes      usgaub5500
  5 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.256   Yes      -
  6 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.260   Yes      -
  7 IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.258   Yes      usgaub5500
 

[80092345@usgaub5500 bin]$ ./tpautoconf -report_disc
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.261
 Drive Path = /dev/nst7
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     97F9"
 Serial Number = 1022003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 6
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.263
 Drive Path = /dev/nst6
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     BBH4"
 Serial Number = 1024003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 8
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.257
 Drive Path = /dev/nst4
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     97F9"
 Serial Number = 1012003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 2
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.262
 Drive Path = /dev/nst3
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     97F9"
 Serial Number = 1023003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 7
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.256
 Drive Path = /dev/nst0
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     97F9"
 Serial Number = 1011003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 1
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.260
 Drive Path = /dev/nst2
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     BBH4"
 Serial Number = 1021003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 5
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
 Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.258
 Drive Path = /dev/nst1
 Inquiry = "IBM     ULTRIUM-TD4     97F9"
 Serial Number = 1013003168
 TLD(0) definition Drive = 3
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500
=========== Missing Device or no local control path (Robot) ===========
 Defined as robotic TLD(0)
 Inquiry = "SPECTRA PYTHON          2000"
 Serial Number = 9110003168
 Robot Path = /dev/sg2
 Drive = 6, Drive Name = IBM.ULTRIUM-TD4.261, Serial Number = 1022003168
 Hosts configured for this device:
  Host = usgaub5500

Please Help

[Marianne]

Please show us output of 's d'

I think the tapes may be unloaded already, there is just nowhere to put them.

The only other alternative is to go open the robot door, manually unload all drives, take these tapes out of the robot, close robot, check that it does an inventory of itself at this point, then inventory NBU. 
Now add removed tapes back via the CAP.

[wannawin]

Hello marianne..

  2)  none/quit
Enter choice: 1

Robot selected: TLD(0)   robotic path = /dev/sg2

Invoking robotic test utility:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tldtest -rn 0 -r /dev/sg2

Opening /dev/sg2
MODE_SENSE complete
Enter tld commands (? returns help information)
s d
drive 1 (addr 256) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Barcode = HS3512
drive 2 (addr 257) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = no
drive 3 (addr 258) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Source address = 4111 (slot 16)
Barcode = HS3358
drive 4 (addr 259) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Source address = 4151 (slot 56)
Barcode = HS3239
drive 5 (addr 260) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Barcode = HS3496
drive 6 (addr 261) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Source address = 4134 (slot 39)
Barcode = HS3242
drive 7 (addr 262) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Barcode = HS4057
drive 8 (addr 263) access = 1 Contains Cartridge = yes
Source address = 4107 (slot 12)
Barcode = HS3237
READ_ELEMENT_STATUS complete

[Marianne]

You can see that drives 5 and 7 contain tapes, but that the robot does not list 'source' slot addresses for them.

Please go back to advice given over the last 2 days:

Suspend all backups - NBU will unmount all tapes that can be unmounted.

Go to the robot, open the door, manually unload all tapes that are still in drives. 

Take these tapes out of the robot, close robot,

Check that it does an inventory of itself at this point, then inventory NBU. 

Now add removed tapes back via the CAP.

Let us know how it goes....

[wannawin]

There was a issue with robot, robot has been changed..

[mph999]

Please be generous enough to mark the post that helped you the most as the solution.

Martin

[sksujeet]

I am surprised to see that you have marked your own post as solution, though in 24 replies there were multiple times it was mentioned that it is a hardware issue.

I guess Robot is hardware

[wannawin]

Hello Martin.

Sorry for this, by mistake i did this..

Your post should be mark as a solution but how i change this.

[Marianne]

You need to clear existing solution first - only you can do it.

After that you should be able to mark a different solution.

[wannawin]

Hello Marianne.

Thanks much for understanding me this.

Thanks Martin.....

[mph999]

No problem, thank you for the solution .

M