>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
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