Try the following:
UPDATE VOLUME 000005 ACCESS=READWRITE

Good Luck
CR


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Cris Robinson
Sr. Telecommunications Analyst
Technical Support
Liberty Mutual Insurance
cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gould, Alicia J CPCT [SMTP:Alicia.Gould AT CIGNA DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 1997 12:16 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Used tapes to scratch
>
> Hi all - -
>
> Novice ADSMer here.   We are running on an NT 4.0 server with a STK
> 9714
> tape silo.  I am confused as to the process to turn used tapes back
> into
> scratch. My understanding at first was that  ADSM did this
> automatically, but this does not appear to be true.  As I checkin
> tapes
> coming back from offsite I use this command:
>
>         adsm> checkin libvol libraryname 000005 status=private
>
> ADSM recognizes this, but the volume still shows access=offsite.
> Eventually the tape will show as empty but then I get a message in the
> activity log that says:
>
>         ANR1423W Scratch volume 000005 is empty but will not be
> deleted.
> Volume access mode is offsite.
>
> I've been told that I then need to change the access mode to readwrite
> and the online books say change it to read-only.  Which is correct?
> Both appear to delete it from the tape pool.
>
> When should I do this?  Only once I've seen this message in the
> actlog?
> How do I know for sure a tape is empty...I've had people tell me to be
> careful, because even though it shows as empty there may still be data
> on it.  Or am I missing the boat & there is a way for ADSM to do this
> automatically?
>
> Alicia Gould