Regarding my advice: If the tape is still whole, you can try Dwight's advice.
And I agree, if that works, use MOVE DATA to move the data off that tape. If
that doesn't work, then you're probably back to what I said in my post.

Good luck!

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Storage Systems Division
ADSM Client Development
e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com