StorageTek 6 manual Scratch Threshold Task Restart

Refer to Chapter 2, ‘‘Commands, Control Statements, and Utilities’’ in the HSC Operator’s Guide for detailed information about operator commands and to Chapter 4, ‘‘Utility Functions’’ for information about utilities.

Scratch Threshold Task Restart

The scratch threshold task is a function within the HSC that maintains a count of scratch volumes that are available within a library. Should this task fail, the HSC is unaware of the number of scratch volumes available. Thus, a failure of this task could result in impairing any library processing relying on scratch volumes.

The HSC provides automatic recovery and reinstatement of this task if a failure occurs. This recovery and reinstatement is transparent to users except for a message displayed on the system console indicating that the task is reinstated.

In the event, because of unusual circumstances, that the task is not reinstated, a message on the system console also informs you of the condition and appropriate action to take.

Refer to Chapter 2, ‘‘Commands, Control Statements, and Utilities’’ in the HSC Operator’s Guide for information about the Warn operator command used to dynamically modify scratch threshold values.

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