On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 03:03:02PM +0100, Volker Maibaum wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with our 3494 tape library since a couple of days. When
> our offsite volumes are returned onsite and put into the library they
> are assigned the category number 002F and not FF00 (as I would excpect).

002F is 'private'.  How are you checking the tapes out of the library?  Are
you using DRM or move media?  Are you sure the process is completing normally?

> As a result I can't check in the volumes in TSM. I have to manually
> change the category before.
>
> I don't know of any configuration change in the 3494 library.
>
> What could be causing this? How can I make the 3494 library assign
> inserted volumes the proper category?

Check your actlog for the processes that are moving the media and see if
there are any errors.  Is the library shared?

hth,

bob