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Solution:
This might occur for either of the following reasons: (Verify the drive Offline Reason as described in View the Drive Offline Reason.)
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Cause: The drive maybe marked Offline by the user. The Offline Reason for the drive displays the following message:
No errors detected
Solution: Bring the drive online as described in Enable or Disable a Drive.
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Cause: The drive may fail to initiate. The Offline Reason for the drive displays the following message:
Initialization in progress. Recovering drive state. Please wait
Solution: Wait a few minutes. The drive will be marked Online once the initialization process completes.
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Cause: The drive may be marked as broken. The Offline Reason for the drive displays the following message:
Repeated errors during mounts and unmounts have now exceeded a threshold. The drive has been marked as broken. Please check your hardware, firmware versions as well as cables/terminators/bent pins. Then mark the drive as fixed by right clicking on the drive
Solution: Detect and fix the hardware issues. Once the hardware is fixed, mark the drive as fixed as described in Mark a Drive as Fixed.
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Cause: Media maybe stuck in the drive. The Offline Reason for the drive displays the following message:
There is a media stuck in the drive. An automatic recovery will be attempted. For manual recovery please try following steps. Reset the drive from right click options and wait few minutes for it to become online. If it doesn't become online then attempt to reset the entire library. If both fail, then inspect the drive for any hardware or firmware malfunction. Also verify your cables/terminators/bent pins.
Solution: Follow the steps described in Media is stuck in a drive.
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Cause: Drive may require cleaning. The Offline Reason for the drive displays the following message:
Drive indicates that cleaning is required. For a regular library ensure that you have cleaning tapes in the cleaning pool of the library. Then right click on the drive and choose clean option. For standalone, insert the cleaning tape into the drive manually and wait for it to unload after cleaning is completed. Then right click on the drive to mark it as cleaned.
Solution: Follow the steps described in Drive requires cleaning.
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Cause: MediaAgent maybe Offline or unreachable. The Offline Reason for the drive displays the following message:
Cannot communicate with Bull Calypso Media Mount Manager Service. Please ensure that: The Media agent is reachable from CommServe. All MediaAgent services are running.
Solution: Ensure that the MediaAgent is Online. Check and verify that the Bull Calypso Media Mount Manager is running. Check the communication between the MediaAgent and CommServe.
Solution:
To automatically recover stuck media, enable the Enable stuck tape recovery option as described in Enable or Disable Stuck Media Recovery.
If the stuck media fails to automatically recover, use the following options: