I encountered the same error message (ANR0000E) after upgrading to
3.1.2.40. Try using the ADSM command "label libv 3494 D00510
checkin=scratch devtype=3590 overwrite=yes". We can no longer use the
dsmlabel command. I found the label libv command to work better, however it
did cause ADSM to crash on older versions (V3.1.1.5).



Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU> on 2000/01/31 05:27:49 AM

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Subject:  Re: Can not checkin tapes in ADSM




>We are trying to checkin 3590 tapes in ADSM. But when we issue the command
>checkin eg., "checkin libv 3494 D00510 devtype=3590 status=scratch"  we
get the
>following error message:
>
>ANR8353E 047: I/O error reading label of volume in drive RMT11
(/dev/rmt11)
> and the ATL (3494) library through the tape out  from the library.
>
>I checked the drives, they are ok. Tried to do the same by using command
>"dmslabel" from unix prompt (dsmlabel -library=/dev/lmcp0 -drive=/dev/rmt9
>-search). But here the command shows error like "ANR0000E Error reading
message
>repository for language AMENG". DSM_DIR and DSM_CONFIG are defined ok. All
the
>files and eng language directories are also correctly defined.

The tape probably has no label; and your approach to doing a dsmlabel is
the
right thing to do.  There is a defect in current server software such that
attempting to run dsmlabel outside of the server directory fails,
regardless
of any environmental variables.  (Testing, IBM??)  So try the label
operation
from that directory.

You didn't say whether these are new tapes.  Most new tapes have no
internal
or external label, so the site has to do all the grunt work.

     Richard Sims, BU