Hi,

I have now found out that the problem was due to a new zOS LPAR I didn't
know about.

thanks for the replies.

regards,

Volker

Am Mittwoch, den 01.03.2006, 09:01 -0600 schrieb Bob Booth - UIUC:
> 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
>