hi

     i had the same problem with certain of my media.

     after moving the data from the volumes, i checked out the faulty
     media, using the checkout command.

     if their is nothing physically wrong with the tapes, you can reuse
     them by checking them in again.

     however, instead of using the checkin command, you should use the
     label command. using the label command, actually reinitialise the
     tapes again


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Subject: Please comfirm...
Author:  znoriega (znoriega AT ADNOC DOT COM) at MM
Date:    05/05/2001 7:46 AM


I got these messages when mounting and accessing data from the volume
(003172).  This volume contains critical data  and i don't want to lose it.
Please confirm if i did the right thing.  I move the data from that volume
to another volume and Adsm automatically delete the volume and make as
scratch tape. Do i need to remove physical (checkout) this volume from adsm
and library?

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ANR8820W Repairing VCR data for Volume 003172 in drive DRIVE3 (MT0.0.0.6);
ANR8820W Repairing VCR data for Volume 003172 in drive DRIVE3 (MT0.0.0.6);
mount may be delayed.
ANR8831W Because of media errors for volume 003172, data should be removed
as soon as possible.
ANR8337I 3590 volume 003172 mounted in drive DRIVE3 (MT0.0.0.6).

regards,
Zosi Noriega
ADNOC P.O. Box 898
AUH, AUE