I'm not sure of the status "FULL" but when a tape
becomes "FROZEN", you can use the "bpmedia -unfreeze"
command then put it back into circulation.  The
bpmedia command is in the ../admincmd directory.

If anyone knows why a tape becomes "FROZEN", please
let me know.

Jason

--- "Timothy J. Arnold" <tim AT ngfl.gov DOT uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use available_media to check the status of all the
> DLT4 tapes and I
> would like to get some information on the flags
> 'FULL' and 'FROZEN'
> 
> Can someone tell me if I am right in assuming that a
> FULL tape is still
> an active tape?
> 
> What is the best thing todo with a frozen tape?
> Should it be thrown away
> or just put back into circulation?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Timothy
> 
> 
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