As for the rest of the components, currently there are no automatic recovery actions that can be performed. In the current release, the ltfsee info nodes  command has been updated to also report any node errors that might be occurring. If GPFS, rpcbind, or rsyslog are having problems, the issues can be viewed by using the updated command. 

Example 7-31 shows output from running ltfsee info nodes when one node has not started rpcbind . To correct this error, start rpcbind  on the designated node and EE will refresh itself and the node will become available. 

[root@ltfsml1 ~]# ltfsee info nodes Node ID Status Node IP Drives Ctrl Node Library Node Group Host Name 2 Error 9.11.120.224 2 Yes lib_ltfsml2 G0 ltfsml1 1 Available 9.11.120.207 2 Yes(Active) lib_ltfsml1 G0 ltfsml1 Problem Detected: Node ID Error Modules 2 rpcbind; 

In addition to the automatic failover, there is also an option to perform a manual failover by running the ltfsee failover  command. This command is used to fail over the MMM process to a redundant control node. This command is only available for use when a redundant control node exists. Example 7-32 shows output from running the ltfsee failover  command. 

## 7.7 Tape library management 

Example 7-32 The ltfsee failover command 

[root@ltfsml ~]# ltfsee failover -l lib_ltfsml GLESL659I(00168): failover on library lib_ltfsml is requested. 

This section describes how to use ltfsee  commands to add and remove tape drives and tape cartridges from your LTFS library. 

## 7.7.1 Adding tape cartridges 

This section describes how to add tape cartridges in IBM Spectrum Archive EE. An unformatted tape cartridge cannot be added to the IBM Spectrum Archive EE library. However, you can format a tape when you add it to a tape cartridge pool. The process of formatting a tape in LTFS creates the required LTFS partitions on the tape. 

After tape cartridges are added through the I/O station, or after they are inserted directly into the tape library, you might have to run an ltfsee retrieve command. First, run the ltfsee info tapes  command. If the tape cartridges are missing, run the ltfsee retrieve  command, which synchronizes the data for these changes between the IBM Spectrum Archive EE system and the tape library. 

This process occurs automatically. However, if the tape does not appear within the ltfsee info tapes  command output, you can force a rebuild of the inventory (synchronization of IBM Spectrum Archive EE inventory with the tape library’s inventory). 

