Storage Management Server for AIX-RS/6000 - Version 5, Release 5, Level
1.1

Still has some of those 0.0 util volumes now and then.

Regards,

Karel

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: maandag 2 februari 2009 14:09
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Make empty volume a scratch tape

On Feb 1, 2009, at 9:24 PM, Paul Dudley wrote:

> The pct util is 0.0, the tape is in read/write access state and the 
> volume state is full. How can I make this a scratch tape as it has no 
> data on it?

That's an old-chestnut TSM database problem which, as Mark says, is
corrected by an Audit Volume.  Out of curiosity, what is your TSM server
level?  Hopefully, newer levels are not exhibiting this problem.

Note that a Pct Util of 0.0 does not mean that a tape is empty, thanks
to the sorely inadequate 1 decimal position that the product is still
using, where 0.04179% will round to 0.0%.  In today's very-high-
capacity tape world, 1 decimal position is absurdly insufficient to be
helpful to customers, and leads to misinterpretations like this.

    Richard Sims

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