>according to what shows below, the tapes are "read-only" .  This is shown
>by the R/O at the end of this sentence.  "ANR8324I 8MM volume CE20 is
>expected to be mounted (R/O)."  That could be the problem.

Tapes being reclaimed are mounted read-only; only the tapes which are to
receive the copied data are mounted read-write.  The actual problem is
per the message:
 ANR9999D pvr8mm.c(1819): Unable to find drive model table; format=43.

Search the APAR database on unique elements of messages, like "1819" in this
case, which will turn up:
 IY02372: VERSION 3.1.2.30 SERVER DOES NOT RECOGNIZE SONY AIT DRIVES

     Richard Sims, BU