Tom,

All info on this volume has been reclaimed, that is why it is marked empty.
Check to see if the ACCESS is marked OFFSITE or UNAVAILABLE.  If so, change
it to READWRITE and you should then be able to check the tape in to your
library.

   Sandye J. Jackson
         Information Technology
     213/237-2132, fax 213/237-4500
     sandye.jackson AT latimes DOT com
  Are we having fun yet?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Bull [SMTP:tomb AT NSMC.PARTNERS DOT ORG]
> Sent: Monday, March 22, 1999 1:26 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      volume status
>
> hi everyone - please excuse me, i'm new to ADSM. i have an NT4.0  server
> (sp3) running ADSM v3.1 with a
> Scalar ADIC218 DLT library. runs seemlessly for the most part. a q vol
> shows one of my volumes status
> has changed to "empty" - attempts to check it in to the library fail with
> the following:
>
> ANR8443E  : Volume BK0011 in library ADIC218 cannot be assigned a status
> of SCRATCH.
>
> how can i check this tape in to the library, and how did it's status
> change to "empty"?
>
> Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom