Well, it's not the 3494 that causes the ejection, but the application
trying to use the tape, which I presume is TSM. It would be worth
reviewing its error messages, and any in your OS log, before going
further.

I'm not aware of any way of rewriting tape labels without disturbing
the rest of the tape: the rewriting resets the tape contents, due to
the nature of serial media, which historically cannot be randomly
updated.

I think your recourse is to attempt to employ an OS utility to copy the
tape contents (beyond the label) to a replacement tape which has been
labeled the same as the original. Then you can transfer the barcode
label from the damaged tape to the replacement, and retire the cripple.

   Richard Sims

On Apr 29, 2005, at 6:39 AM, David Nicholson wrote:

Hi List,

        I have a 3590J with a damaged internal label.  The 3494 library
ejects that cartridge when I try to use it.  The cartridge has
obviously
been abused (the case is cracked), but I would like to get the data
off of
it without having to bring all of my copypool volumes back from the
vault.
 Is there a way to re-write the internal label with the same volser
without loosing the data on the tape?  I would then hope I could get a
majority of the data off the tape..

Thanks in advance!

Dave