Thank you very much. Now that I know why it is in this state could you tell
me how to get it back to the scratch state without waiting the REUSEDELAY
value? Do I have to delete the volume history?

Thanks again,
Mark


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prather, Wanda [SMTP:PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 4:43 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Volume status
>
> Well, at least I can answer this one!
> Look at the properties for the storage pool this volume belongs to.
> Look at the field called REUSEDELAY, which you apparently have set to "n"
> days.
>
> When a volume is empty, ADSM leaves it in "pending" state for "n" days as
> specified in REUSEDELAY.
> Then the volume will automatically go back to scratch.
>
> The "pending" delay is there so that if you want to be able to go back and
> get data off tapes should you do a data base restore to an earlier time,
> ADSM makes sure the tape is not written over for "n" days.
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Remeta, Mark [SMTP:MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 4:19 PM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Volume status
> >
> > Hello all, I did a move data on a volume and now it's state is pending.
> > What
> > does that mean? I tried doing another move volume but ADSM says there is
> > no
> > data on that volume.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Mark Remeta
> > Seligman Data Corp.
> > 100 Park Avenue
> > New York, NY 10017
> > (212)716-2810