Library manager switching window – IBM Tape Library Magstar 3494 User Manual

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will restart automatically. Cartridges inserted in the Convenience I/O station that
remain in the station will need to be removed from the station and then
re-inserted after the library manager re-initializes.

3. If the library manager reflects Auto/Online status, it has recovered. Contact the

service representative for a recoverable library manager error. Continue with
“DFSMS Host Action”.

or

4. If the library manager does not display Auto/Online status and more than 30

minutes have elapsed since the re-initialization began, contact the service
representative for a non-recoverable library manager error.

5. When the repair action is completed and the library is available to be varied

online, continue with “DFSMS Host Action”.

Dual Library Manager Configuration: For a dual library manager configuration
do the following:

1. Wait until the switch over completes and the standby library manager has

become the active library manager. The switch over takes approximately 10
minutes. See Figure 167.

2. Contact the service representative to repair the failed library manager.

The failed library manager may recover from the failure and become available
as the standby library manager after the database is synchronized.

3. If the failure occurred while inserting cartridges into the high-capacity I/O facility,

do not remove the cartridges. Leave the cartridges in place and the operation
will restart automatically. Cartridges inserted in the Convenience I/O station that
remain in the station will need to be removed from the station and then
re-inserted after the library manager re-initializes.

4. Notify the host operator that the switch over is complete.

5. Continue with “DFSMS Host Action”.

DFSMS Host Action

If the library manager has been varied offline because of the failure, when the
library manager is in the Auto/Online Mode, perform the following actions at the
host:

1. Return DFSMS host control of the library to online status by issuing the

following command:

VARY SMS, LIB(libname

1

), ONLINE

1. Where libname is the name of the library.

Figure 167. Library Manager Switching Window

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