Sorry for the delay in answering - I have been on holiday.

Yes, but ADSM won't allow you to perform a "label libvol" command on a
tape if it is already defined in a stgpool.

Regards

Phil

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        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Craig Bell [SMTP:rcbell AT US.IBM DOT COM]
        Sent:   Friday, July 17, 1998 6:44 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: Private/Scratch library tapes (relabelling a
tape contai

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        Original message follows:-

        >>> If you relabel a tape that contains good data (not scratch),
does that
        destroy the data on the tape?  I would guess that's the case,
and that's
        why I wouldn't do it.  Does anyone know for sure?


        Yes, relabelling a tape will Destroy ALL data remaining on it.
That's one
        reason ADSM does not automatically label scratch tapes.  If
there's some
        chance the tape is still defined to a storage pool, or contains
DB backup
        data, it would be lost.

        Craig Bell