Removing Cleaning Cartridges

[CHOWEG]

Hello,

We are having some problems with a couple Cleaning Cartridges that were somehow entered in error or are no longer inside the tape library, currently I see:

0004202
000420L2 <-- This is the only real cleaning cartridge
CLNI14L1

When I try: Delete Volume 004202, I get the error:
ANR2401E DELETE VOLUME: Volume 0004202 is not defined in a storage pool.
ANS8001I Return Code 11

The same happens when I try to delete CLNI14L1

I am very new to TSM so any detailed help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

[toxy13]

maybe you should use the "checkout libvol" command not the "delete volume" command

[johansen]

what libr do you have?
normally TSM does not know about a cleaning cartridge. you have to checking/checkout cleaning cartridges via the library interface.

if the volume does not reside in a storage pool you may just run command "checkout libv libr-name volumename remove=yes checklabel=no" and the tape should be gone.

[CHOWEG]

Command: Checkout libvol ltolib 0004202
ANS8003I process number 17 started

ANR8434I Checkout Libvolume: Operation for volume 0004202 in library ltolib started as process 17.
ANR8942R Could not move volume 0004202 from slot-element 1057 to slot-element 769.
ANR8437E Checkout Libvolume for volume 0004202 in library ltolib has failed

**Edit:** Same error with the following command:
checkout libvol ltolib 0004202 remove=yes checklabel=no

[toxy13]

try the option "remove=no" then, the tape will not moved from slot 1057 to the import/export slot, the tape will stay in library

[CHOWEG]

That worked, it removed the tapes.

These tapes were not and will never be on the actual tape library, so with this can they be considered gone for good?

Thank you toxy13 & johansen