I saw this problem as well.  It finally got solved and was obvious but
I'd be d*mn'd to remember the reason.

But check access=readwrite and not offsite, readonly nor unavailable.
Check that there isn't a pending/incomplete restore left on the system
(that may have referenced the tape.)  I also saw similar problem when
deleting multiple tapes at the same time when we moved from DLT to 3590.
Something like a expire inventory might have a lock on the tape block
refererend.

I'm wondering if partial file spanning another tape is another reason
this occurs???

           ... joe.f.


Joseph A Faracchio,  Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley


On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Ray Baughman wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I have a tape 0D38D2 which when I do a query volume 0d38d2 says it is 0.0%
> utilized and status of full.  When I do a move data it comes back that there
> is no data on the tape.  If I do a delete volume, it comes back volume still
> contains data.  When I do a delete volume discarddata=yes, it comes back
> volume still contains data.
> Does anyone know how I can reclaim this tape?
>
> Ray Baughman
> National Machinery Co.
> Phone:   419-443-2257
> Fax:     419-443-2376
> Email:   rbaughman AT nationalmachinery DOT com
>