From: Wojciech Zukowski [mailto:kero AT RIVA.KOTI.COM DOT PL] 
> I use TSM 4.2.3 on AIX 4.3.3
> and so many tapes are in status "private", but they aren't in 
> a storage pools. No DRM is running, It looks like that: 
> ============================================================
> Library Name   Volume Name   Status       Owner        Last 
> Use    Home Element
> ------------   -----------   ----------   ----------   
> ---------   ------------
> LIDO2LIB       B0000001      Scratch                               11
> LIDO2LIB       B0000002      Scratch                               12
> LIDO2LIB       B0000003      Private                   Data        13
> LIDO2LIB       B0000004      Private                               14
> LIDO2LIB       B0000005      Private                               15
> LIDO2LIB       B0000006      Private                   Data        16
> 
> 
> tsm: FRAADSM>q v B0000005
> ANR2034E QUERY VOLUME: No match found using this criteria. 
> ANS8001I Return code 11.

You've (probably) got something going on in your library that is
attempting and failing to use a scratch tape; that scratch tape is
therefore set by TSM to go to "private" status.

Run

        upd libv lido2lib b0000004 status=scratch
        upd libv lido2lib b0000005 status=scratch

If those volumes successfully move to scratch status, that's the
problem. Look in your activity log for I/O or SCSI errors relating to
the library.

--
Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT berbee DOT com)