You also might try 'Q VOLHIST TYPE=STGDEL'  to see if any tapes are listed.

On Thursday, December 23, 1999 4:54 AM, Richard Sims [SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU] 
wrote:
> >We are continually having to add tapes to the pool.
>
> Hopefully you don't mean that you're doing a Define Volume to assign each
> volume to a tape pool...which would leave it dedicated to the pool.
>
> Beyond that: If the supposedly reclaimed volumes still show up in a
> Query Volume, maybe they have been forced read-only by tape error
> thresholding or the like.  You'll need to rummage around gathering info,
> particularly in doing 'Query Volume F=D' and see what the volume status
> shows.  You should also be checking your Activity Log for the volumes in
> question, as that log should clearly show what's going on with them.
>
>    Richard Sims, BU