I only get this when the tape is considered damaged by the library or the
library "loses" it.  Did you get any errors in the activity log?  How about
the system log (syslog on MVS, errpt on AIX)?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John C. Wranovics [SMTP:johnw AT FREDRICKGROUP DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, February 19, 1999 7:55 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Tape Unavailable
>
> I have a problem in that the current "filling" tape gets set to
> unavailable
> ....
>
> Does anyone have any idea what would automatically set a active filling
> tape
> to an unavailable status ?
>
> This is not a one time occurrence it happens all the time and the system
> then requests a scratch tape. If I cancel the migration set the tape to
> read/write and restart the migration process it woks fine. All throughout
> the day I check the status until I leave and it remains read/write. When I
> return in the morning it's status is unavailable and the system is waiting
> for a scratch tape.
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
>
> John