On my AIX TSM 3.7.3.0 server a volume becomes EMPTY.  Maybe because I set
"ACCESS=OFFSITE" and "LOCATION=<checkout_date>" for the offsite volume.
When returned and ACCESS is changed to READWRITE, the volume goes from EMPTY
to SCRATCH.

On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Ray Baughman wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I have recently upgraded from ADSM 3.1.2 to TSM 3.7.  I do not use DSM, so I
> rely on offsite volumes going from pending to empty to determine which
> volumes to bring back on site.  My problem is that since I upgraded to TSM
> 3.7, the offsite volumes do not go from pending to empty, they go from
> pending to scratch.  This will force me to keep a file of offsite volumes
> and then compare it to a list of offsite volumes from TSM to determine which
> tapes to return from offsite.
> My question is, is this the way TSM is suppose to work or is this a bug.
> Possibly I need to set something in the server.opt file.  Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> Ray Baughman
> National Machinery Co.
> Phone:   419-443-2257
> Fax:     419-443-2376
> Email:   rbaughman AT nationalmachinery DOT com
>