>If ADSM has a problem with a cartridge (eg a drive problem or a real
media
>problem) it will mark the cartridge as private to prevent it being
reused.
>This problem can also occur if you check in some blank cartridges as
scratch
>without having them labelled electronically first.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jerry Caupain [mailto:j.caupain AT AMSTERDAM DOT NL]
>Sent: 29 October 1999 13:02
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Anyone seen this before???????
>
>
>We have ADSM 3.1.2.0 on AIX 4.1.4
>We use a 3494 library with two 3590 drives.
>
>When I issue a "q libv" I see a lot of "private" volumes.
>A "q vol" on those volumes shows " No match found using this
criteria."
>So they're not assigned to any storagepool, they're not database
>backups.
>What happened to them??
>Could it be that I have a lot of "bad" tapes???
>
>Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
>Jerry Caupain
>AIX/Tivoli System manager.