Are you sure this is a new tape? According to your display, this tape is
already in a storage pool called TAPECOPYPOOL, so you must check the tape
into the library as PRIVATE ie. STATUS=PRIVATE on your checkin command. The
"Scratch Volume?: Yes" means that the tape was part of a scratch pool, not
that it is a scratch tape now.
       I also see that  "Access: Unavailable" so that would also have to be
reset to readwrite or readonly before it can be used again.
       The Q LIBV command will tell you what volumes ADSM thinks are live
(PRIVATE) so there is no point checking them into the library if it is
scratch tapes you need.

Rick




William Dias <wdias AT US.BNSMC DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 09/14/99 11:53:37 AM

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Thanks
        That gives me a new problem as shown below.  I tried this with a
new tape
and the process worked, but I can't find the tape.  I assume a new tape has
to be
assigned to a storage pool.  Is there anything else I need to do to add new
tapes.

Here is the current error.
9/14/1999 11:25:56  ANR8443E  : Volume 000139 in library STK9730 cannot be
                      assigned a status of SCRATCH.
09/14/1999 11:25:56  ANR8832E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME for volumes in search mode
in
                      library STK9730 failed.
09/14/1999 11:25:56  ANR0985I Process 77 for CHECKIN LIBVOLUME running in
the
                      BACKGROUND completed with completion state FAILURE at
                      11:25:56.

adsm> q vol 000139 f=d
                   Volume Name: 000139
             Storage Pool Name: TAPECOPYPOOL
             Device Class Name: DLTCLASS
       Estimated Capacity (MB): 30,403.3
                      Pct Util: 91.8
                 Volume Status: Full
                        Access: Unavailable
        Pct. Reclaimable Space: 8.9
               Scratch Volume?: Yes
               In Error State?: No
      Number of Writable Sides: 1
       Number of Times Mounted: 3
             Write Pass Number: 1
     Approx. Date Last Written: 09/05/1999 14:29:37
        Approx. Date Last Read: 09/04/1999 05:02:49
           Date Became Pending:
        Number of Write Errors: 0
         Number of Read Errors: 0
               Volume Location: Brown & Sharpe
Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN
         Last Update Date/Time: 09/13/1999 11:50:17
more...   (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel)

Thanks Again
Bill

Doug Thorneycroft wrote:

> Don't specify the volume name with search=bulk
> try the same command without the volume name.
>
> On Tuesday, September 14, 1999 7:31 AM, William Dias
[SMTP:wdias AT US.BNSMC DOT COM]
> wrote:
> > Unlike the Hotel California, Hotel RI allows you to check-out, but you
> > never check back-in!
> >
> > Help!  Our ADSM expert is on vacation so as the AIX administrator I
said
> > "I can do that"!    This is week two and my pool of scratch tapes
runith
> > empty.  When I try to return tapes this is what I get:
> >
> > adsm> checkin libv stk9730 000139 search=bulk status=scratch
> > checklabel=barcode
> > ANR2020E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME: Invalid parameter - SEARCH.
> > ANS8001I Return code 3.
> >
> > What incantation must I enter to appease the evil Gods of syntax?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Bill Dias
> > Brown & Sharpe
> > AIX Systems Administrator