I always just run an AUDIT LIBR CHECKL=B from the library client. This normally 
reconciles the ownership of tapes on the library
manager.


Bill Boyer
"Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield" - ??

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Thank you and Richard for the help !




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Those are undocumented options for the delete volhist command that have been 
available since at least 5.2 (that's when I first had
the problem).


Mel Dennis
Systems Engineer - IT743
Siemens Power Generation
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Thank you for the help.   A very interesting command.

I just checked my 5.3 Administrators reference and no where does it list 
"remote" as a valid "type=" option and of course does not
list "force=yes"
either.

But it doesn't include the "volume=" keyword, either.

When did these options arrive/appear ?  What server level are you running (I am 
5.3.2.3).

I am not doubting you, but I would like some more info on these non-existant 
options before I try them, since we have 4-TSM servers
interminggled with each other, sharing two library-manager servers across all 4 
?

Can Andy or anyone else elighten me ?




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I had a similar problem once and TSM gave me this nifty command:

delete volhist todate=today type=remote volume=volumename force=yes

Works well if somehow a tape's status has been lost between server to server 
communications, where your library manager shows the
tape as type remote (meaning that it has been given control over to another 
server), and the server that is supposed to be using it
shows either no info in the volhist or the last entry shows it as being 
stgdelete.  Hope this helps.


Mel Dennis
Systems Engineer - IT743
Siemens Power Generation
4400 Alafaya Trail
Orlando, FL 32826
MC Q1-108
Tel:  (407) 736-2360
Win:  439-2360
Fax: (407) 243-0260
Email:  melburn.dennis AT siemens DOT com

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Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 12:42 PM
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Subject: [ADSM-L] Deleting a tape that doesn't exist

I have this problem tape.  The library manager server says the tape is 
owned/used by a "remote" system/server.

When I check the "remote" system, it says it knows nothing about the tape.

How can I convince the library manager server that the tape is 
gone/deleted/kaput  so I can relabel the tape and reuse it ?

DELETE VOLUME ...  DISCARDDATA=YES does nothing.

Is there some kind of hidden "force=yes IreallyMeanIt=yes" option I can use ?