You have to upd the volume to read-write access again.
upd vol xxxvol acc=readwrite   is the command.  Then you may check it in.
Andrew P. Schauerte

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> ----------
> From:         Paul Zarnowski[SMTP:vkm AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU]
> Sent:         Friday, March 12, 1999 5:25 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: ADSM Activity Log
>
> At 02:25 PM 3/12/99 -0800, Gail A Johnson wrote:
> >My question is -- how do I get this tape physically back into the Silo
> and in
> >sync.
> >
> >Right now it is marked 'unavailable' -- and is sitting on top of the Silo
> >
> >I tried a checkout -- no go
> >I tried a checkin -- ADSM said tape already in library
>
> There are many ways to skin this cat, but one that I've found to be pretty
> simple and quick is to tell ADSM to check it out, using the REMOVE=NO
> CHECKL=NO options.  This simply removes the libvol from ADSM, after which
> you can then check it back in normally.
>
> E.g.,:
>
> CHECKOUT LIBVOL libname xyz001 CHECKL=NO REMOVE=NO
> (this should complete instantly - no physical movement needed)
>
> CHECKIN LIBVOL libname xyz001 STAT={PRIV|SCRATCH} ...
>
> ..Paul
>