Martha,
        Since copy storagepools aren't an option in ADSM V1, I think you'll
need to issue the DELETE VOLUME vvvvvv DISCARDDATA=YES.    You might
want to do a Q CONTENT on the missing tape first to find out what's been
lost.

Tim

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>From:  Martha McConaghy[SMTP:URMM AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]
>Sent:  Monday, June 23, 1997 11:29 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Ye ole "missing tape" problem
>
>I'm sure this has come up before, but I can't remember how to solve the
>problem.  One of our tape pools started to do a reclaimation last week until
>one of the tapes it requested turned up missing.  An extensive search was
>conducted, but the tape is just gone.  It was probably not labeled properly
>and was reused by another process.
>
>Our problem is, what to do with the reclaimation?  We have marked the tape
>as unavailable, but the process asks for it anyway.  We can't seem to get
>ADSM to understand that the tape and its contents are gone.  Any suggestions?
>We are running ADSM v1 under VM.
>
>Martha
>