Greetings Chuck,

Sometimes when we have problems with labels we get tapes marked private.
Also we have the rare tape that should have been released back to the
scratch pool that just doesn't get updated for some reason after
reclamation.

I 'q contents' just as a double check that the database really doesn't have
anything on the tape, check the database backups to make sure it isn't a
mislabeld member of that set, then 'update libvol $lib $tape
status=scratch'.

Kai.

>Date:    Thu, 2 May 2002 16:33:47 -0700
>From:    Chuck Lam <chuck_lam AT YAHOO DOT COM>
>Subject: 'q libv' question
>
>Hi - List,
>
>TSM 4.1.4 runs on AIX4.3.3.
>
>I noticed the following when I do 'q libv' recently:
>Three of the tapes were marked 'Private' under STATUS,
>but were blank under LAST USE.  Usually when a tape is
>scratched, the LAST USE then becomes blank.  A Private
>tapes is associated with DATA under LAST USE.
>
>I did not know how that came about and how to fix it.
>Any suggestions?
>
>TIA
>
>