>Why has this changed i nthe new version - the message is useless and
>actually misleading.

Christo - If you think this message is bad, take a look at its predecessor,
          in APAR IY09212.
Because of the (presumed) bad spot on the tape, TSM should have marked the
file as Damaged (which you can check with 'Query CONtent VolName ... 
DAmaged=Yes').
(See the Admin Guide regarding "damaged files".)  You can recover within
the server via the 'RESTORE Volume' command, to get the data back from your
Copy Storage Pool.  It is best to do Move Data first, to minimize the number
of tapes needed by the Restore.

   Richard Sims, BU