As an additional note, I have found that when I have checked tapes back in
and they have a status of blank, that they come up as 'Unavailable' if you
view them through the browser admin, I have then changed them to a state of
read/write and that solves the problem.


Chris Sharp
Micro Systems Engineer
PMSC
Tel:- +0044 (0)1932 879205
E-Mail:- Chris.Sharp AT pmsc.co DOT uk <mailto:Chris.Sharp AT pmsc.co DOT uk>

                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Jordan, Chris (ELS) [mailto:c.jordan AT ELSEVIER.CO DOT 
UK]
                Sent:   Thursday 16 December 1999 10:04
                To:     ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
                Subject:        Re: Last Use is blank

                Thank you to the people who responded to my question. Very
useful (and
                quick) information.

                Thanks, Chris

                -----Original Message-----
                From: Walter Ridderhof [mailto:Walter.Ridderhof AT MAIL.ING DOT 
NL]
                Sent: 16 December 1999 09:54
                To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
                Subject: Re: Last Use is blank


                     This is true, any volume that is checked out and
checked back in again
                     gets the 'blank' status. This goes for all private
volumes i.e.
                     volumes previously having the status Data or DbBackup.

                     regards Walter Ridderhof.


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                Subject: Re: Last Use is blank
                Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT 
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                Date:    12/15/99 2:50 PM


                I believe if you check out a tape, that is in a stgpool, and
then check it
                back in, the Status Last Use becomes blank.

                On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Jordan, Chris (ELS) wrote:

                > When we do a Q LIBVOL we list all of our tapes.
                >
                > Under STATUS, some are SCRATCH, and others are PRIVATE.
The scratch ones
                > have nothing under the "Last Use" column, the private ones
typically say
                > "Data".
                >
                > Can any suggest what to do with tapes that show a status
of Private, but a
                > BLANK Last Use field?
                >
                > Cheers, Chris
                >
                >
                > Further details:
                >
                > Q LIBV shows things like:
                > Library Name Volume Name Status Last Use
                > ------------ ----------- ----------------- ---------
                > LIB_DLT1 2DBP00 Private
                > LIB_DLT1 2GEC80 Private Data
                > LIB_DLT1 2GEP02 Private Data
                >
                >
                > Q VOL on the tapes with "Private and Data" shows the
amount of data on the
                > tape, while a Q VOL on 2DBP00 shows: ANR2034E QUERY
VOLUME: No match found
                > using this criteria.
                >