Brain,

According to the messages manual, a MOVE MEDIA
WHERESTATE=MOUNTABLENOTINLIB
command will delete the scratch empty volume.

Do a help on ANR1425W and the MOVE MEDIA command for explanations.

Regards
Gerrit van Zyl
Faritec (Pty) Ltd
South Africa


"Brian T. Huntley" wrote:

> I am working with a full 3494 lib w/ 2x 3590 drives, adsm 3.1.2.40 on AIX
> 4.3.2 and can't seem to delete 'empty' volumes.... The offending volumes
> had been moved out of the library using the move media command.  I found
> the references in the archives to needing the tape in the lib, so I did
> that, with the usual checkin command.  Now, when I look at the volume, it
> says it's scratch, and also part of a storage pool?!  Even though I
> checked the volume back in, I still get:
>
> ANR1425W Scratch volume 000002 is empty but will not be deleted - volume
> state is "mountablenotinlib".
>
> whenever I try to delete it.  How can I update the state to reflect the
> fact that it's in the lib?  I'm going to unexpectedly run out of tapes
> today if I can't get these things freed up (serves me right for taking
> vacation!)
>
> Why doesn't ADSM delete volumes that are empty, no matter where they are?
>
> Can ya hear the panic in my voice? :/
>
> Help?
> Please?
> TIA!
> -
> Best regards,
> Brian
>
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