SL150 - Robotics Not Working - Drives Can Be Seen By the Backup Server But Library Can Not Be Seen

Asset ID:	1-72-1931857.1
Update Date:	2017-09-22
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Solution 1931857.1 : SL150 - Robotics Not Working - Drives Can Be Seen By the Backup Server But Library Can Not Be Seen

Applies to:

StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library - Version All Versions to All Versions [Release All Releases]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

SL150 robotics not working.

Cause

Robot can not be seen by the backup server but drives can be seen.

Bridge drive was in a kind of hang status and didn't allow the robotic to be seen.

Solution

Physically swap drives 0 and 1.
Rebooted the Tape Library.
Rebooted the Master and Media servers.
The library is now seen from the media server.
Ran backup to tape and have been successful.

References

<NOTE:1641405.1> - SL150 - Reporting No Boot Device Detected
<NOTE:1533738.1> - SL150 - Fibre Channel Library Can Not Be Recognized by Server After Reboot
<NOTE:1552924.1> - SL150 - Library Cannot be Seen by Net Backup, Drives Can be Seen, Robtest Cannot See the TLD Device

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