TMVERIFY

TMVERIFY is a diagnostic utility and should be run only if there is a potential integrity problem with the Tape Manager database. It is strongly recommended that you do not run this utility unless instructed to do so by IBM® Technical Support.

The utility options must be set correctly or serious problems could occur. The TMVERIFY utility can only be run when Tape Manager is shut down.

The process followed by the TMVERIFY diagnostic utility is the following:

  1. TMVERIFY reads through the various Tape Manager database files:
    • the tape inventory (SYS TAPE) on the 200 disk
    • the pool inventories on the 200 disk
    • the pool volume files on the 210 disk
    • (optionally) the SYS CONFIG file Define_Media statements.
    Note: The disk addresses are the defaults, but may be different for your installation.
  2. TMVERIFY attempts to verify that the data in many of the fields is of the right type. For example, if the field is supposed to be a date field, the contents must be numeric, the month cannot exceed 12 and the day cannot exceed 31. When possible, TMVERIFY will also verify that the data is consistent with the contents of other files.
  3. TMVERIFY issues a warning (unless you instruct it not to) if a problem is found.
  4. If you have contacted IBM Technical Support and they instructed you to run TMVERIFY with any option set to CORRECT, the TMVERIFY utility will attempt to correct the errors that it is able to correct.

    WARNING: Do not run the TMVERIFY utility with any option set to CORRECT unless you have been instructed to do so by IBM Technical Support. Unpredictable results could occur if not used as instructed.