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<h1 class="topictitle1">Optical support FAQ</h1>
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<div><p>This topic provides information to help with some common problems
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and questions encountered with optical devices.</p>
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<ol><li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq1">When writing objects, I receive a
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message indicating that there is not enough optical media space available.
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However, the volume is not full. What is wrong?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq2">My backup volume is filling up before
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all objects from the primary have been stored. What is using up the extra
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space?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq3">While backing up a platter, the task
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ends abnormally. When I restart the backup, I receive the OPT1210 message
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indicating that the directory already exists. However, the directory is not
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listed when I use the Work with Optical Directories (WRKOPTDIR) command. How
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can this be? </a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq4">I received an OPT1115 message indicating
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that the file is not found when trying to retrieve an object. When I use the
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Work with Optical Files (WRKOPTF) command, the object is displayed. Why am
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I unable to retrieve the object?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq5">My application appears to be storing
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objects correctly, but when I use the Work with Optical Files (WRKOPTF) command,
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not all of the objects are showing up. Where are the objects going?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq6">My application program fails with
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message CPF1F83 indicating that the file system name /QOPT was not found when
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I attempt to copy a stream file using the CPYSF command. What is wrong?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq7">There is a volume I want to use, but
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I cannot seem to access it. What can I do? </a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq8">Messages are occurring which indicate
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that I should run Reclaim Optical (RCLOPT) command. A RCLOPT of type *RESET
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can take a long time. Is there a quicker way to recover? </a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq9">What is the difference between volumes
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marked *OFFLINE and those marked *REMOVED?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq10">When I add full optical volumes into
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my optical media library by using the Add Optical Cartridge (ADDOPTCTG) command,
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it takes a long time. Any suggestions?</a></li>
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<li> <a href="#rzam4optsuptfaq__faq11">I entered a CD-ROM volume into my
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CD-ROM device, but I received a message saying volume not found when I attempted
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to access it. I did not see any error messages. What went wrong?</a></li>
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</ol>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq1"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq1"><!-- --></a><strong>When writing objects, I receive a message indicating that
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there is not enough optical media space available. However, the volume is
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not full. What is wrong?</strong></p>
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<p>Either the threshold is incorrectly set, the object being stored is bigger
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than the available space, or the <em>spares area</em> is full. Display the volume
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attributes of the volume that you are writing to using the <span class="cmdname">display
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optical</span> (DSPOPT) command. Verify that the threshold and space available
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values are valid. Also, verify that access to the volume access is <em>writeable</em>,
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and not <em>read only</em>. If it is read only, then the spares area may be
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full. The spares area is a set of sectors to which data is written when the
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original sector is damaged.</p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq2"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq2"><!-- --></a><strong>My backup volume is filling up before all objects from the
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primary volume have been stored. What is using up the extra space?</strong></p>
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<p>Several situations could cause this to happen:</p>
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<ul><li>Device errors may have occurred when only part of a file was written.
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When the backup operation was restarted, the complete file was rewritten.</li>
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<li>If the backup volume type is WORM, it might have been initialized multiple
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times before the backup operation, thus wasting some volume space.</li>
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<li>If you are performing an incremental backup operation, you might have
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selected the wrong option on the SLTFILE parameter (*ALL instead of *CHANGED).</li>
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<li>If you created the primary volume on a pre-Version 2 Release 3 Modification
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0 system, and the primary volume is over 98% full, then the Duplicate Optical
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(DUPOPT) command may be the only choice to back up this volume.</li>
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<li>The primary volume is a 2X media and the backup volume is 1X.</li>
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</ul>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq3"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq3"><!-- --></a><strong>While backing up a volume, the task ends abnormally. When
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I restart the backup, I receive the OPT1210 message indicating that the directory
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already exists. However, the directory is not listed when I use the Work with
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Optical Directories (WRKOPTDIR) command. How can this be? </strong></p>
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<p>When the task ended abnormally, the directory was created on the volume,
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but the internal optical index files had not been updated yet. Remove the
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backup volume using the Remove Optical Cartridge (RMVOPTCTG) command and add
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it back in using the Add Optical Cartridge (ADDOPTCTG) command and specifying
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DIR(*YES)). The internal optical index will be updated with the new path.</p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq4"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq4"><!-- --></a><strong>I received message OPT1115 indicating that the file is not
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found when trying to retrieve an object. When I use the Work with Optical
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Files (WRKOPTF) command, the object is displayed. Why am I unable to retrieve
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the object?</strong></p>
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<p>The optical media may be dirty. Contact your next level of support (hardware)
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to get the media cleaned. </p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq5"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq5"><!-- --></a><strong>My application appears to be storing objects correctly, but
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when I use the Work with Optical Files (WRKOPTF) command, not all of the objects
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are showing up. Where are the objects going?</strong> </p>
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<p>The files may be held optical files. Refer to <a href="rzam4heldoptfiles.htm">Held optical files</a> for more information on held optical
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files. In this case, the volume may have reached its threshold. Verify that
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your application is handling the OPT1345 message <tt class="msgph">Threshold reached
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on optical volume</tt> or CPF1F61 message <tt class="msgph">No space available on
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media</tt> correctly. </p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq6"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq6"><!-- --></a><strong>My application program fails with message CPF1F83 indicating
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that the file system name /QOPT was not found when I attempt to copy a stream
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file using the CPYSF command. What is wrong?</strong> </p>
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<p>The file system portion of the path (/QOPT) must be specified in uppercase
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characters. The rest of the path can be in either uppercase or lowercase characters. </p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq7"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq7"><!-- --></a><strong>There is a volume I want to use, but I cannot seem to access
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it. What can I do? </strong></p>
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<p>Duplicate volume names might cause this. If the volume is in a LAN server,
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it may have the same name as a volume in a directly attached library or another
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server. If there are duplicate names, only the first volume found is usable. </p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq8"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq8"><!-- --></a><strong>Messages are occurring which indicate that I should run Reclaim
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Optical (RCLOPT) command. A RCLOPT of type *RESET can take a long time. Is
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there a quicker way to recover? </strong></p>
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<p>Yes. First read <cite>Reclaiming the Optical Index Database</cite> to gain
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a better understanding of the RCLOPT process. Then attempt one of the following:</p>
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<ul><li>Run RCLOPT MLB <var class="varname">device_name</var> OPTION(*SYNC).</li>
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<li>Work with Optical Volumes (WRKOPTVOL) and press F14 (Show extended information).
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If any volumes show <tt class="msgph">moving</tt> as the location, then do the following:<ol><li>Run RCLOPT MLB(device name) OPTION(*UPDATE) VOL <var class="varname">moving_volume_name</var>.</li>
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<li>Refresh the Work with Optical Volumes screen. If any volumes still show
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up as moving, repeat step 1.</li>
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</ol>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<ul><li>Run RCLOPT MLB <var class="varname">device name</var> OPTION(*RESET) DIR(*NO)<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This
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choice takes longer than the first two, but by specifying DIR(*NO), it could
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cut the RCLOPT *RESET time in half.</div>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq9"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq9"><!-- --></a><strong>What is the difference between volumes marked *OFFLINE and
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those marked *REMOVED?</strong></p>
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<p>*OFFLINE entries are volumes in optical devices that are either powered
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off, varied off, or no longer connected. *REMOVED entries are volumes that
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were removed from the optical media library with VOLOPT *KEEP specified.</p>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq10"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq10"><!-- --></a><strong>When I add full optical volumes into my optical media library
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by using the Add Optical Cartridge (ADDOPTCTG) command, it takes a long time.
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Any suggestions?</strong></p>
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<p>When volumes are removed using the Remove Optical Cartridge (RMVOPTCTG)
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command, remove them specifying *KEEP on the VOLOPT parameter. The internal
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optical indexes save all information about these volumes, including the optical
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directory information. When volumes are added using the ADDOPTCTG command,
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specify *NO in the DIR parameter. The volumes are added and the directory
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index is not rebuilt. This speeds up the import process.</p>
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<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> This process should not be followed if changes were made to the removed
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volumes since the volumes were last removed from this system.</div>
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<p id="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq11"><a name="rzam4optsuptfaq__faq11"><!-- --></a><strong>I entered a CD-ROM volume into my CD-ROM device, but I received
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a message saying volume not found when I attempted to access it. I did not
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see any error messages. What went wrong?</strong></p>
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<p>Refer to <cite>CD-ROM and DVD on iSeries™ Servers</cite> for information
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on loading CD-ROM media. In this case, you probably attempted to access the
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CD-ROM before it was fully loaded (wait 10-20 seconds after the tray slides
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in), or an error occurred during the load operation. Refer to the QSYSOPR
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message queue to see if the CD-ROM volume loaded successfully.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzam4trblshtoptstg.htm" title="This topic provides information about solutions related to optical storage.">Troubleshoot optical storage</a></div>
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