Have you tried to use the command line utility to write the label
'dsmlabel'?

James Thompson

From: Miles Purdy <PURDYM AT NISA.GC DOT CA>
Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Problem labelling tapes
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 08:26:56 -0600

Hi folks,
I need some help with this problem since IBM won't support 3.1 anymore. We
just purchased some new tapes (the 7GB ones) and I recently upgraded to
3.1.2.50. My problem is that I can't seem to label the new tapes. I have
tried something like this:
label libvolume 3575lib search=bulk labelsource=barcode checkin=scratch
but every time ADSM tries to access the tape I get an error message such
as:
01/19/01   07:40:19      ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 0790CF
in
                          drive DRIVE3 (/dev/rmt4).

I can really use some help, since we have no scratch tapes left.
Thanks Miles


here is a summary:
01/19/01   12:19:13      ANR8800I LABEL LIBVOLUME for volume 0790CF in
library
                          3575LIB completed successfully.
01/19/01   12:20:40      ANR2017I Administrator SOMERSC issued command:
CHECKOUT
                          libvol 3575lib 0790CF checklabel=no force=yes
remove=bulk

01/19/01   12:20:56      ANR2017I Administrator SOMERSC issued command:
CHECKOUT
                          libvol 3575lib 0790CF force=yes remove=bulk
01/19/01   12:20:56      ANR8434I CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME: Operation for volume
0790CF
                          in library 3575LIB started as process 1659.
01/19/01   12:21:15      ANR8336I Verifying label of 3570 volume 0790CF in
drive
                          DRIVE2 (/dev/rmt2).
01/19/01   12:21:17      ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 0790CF
in
                          drive DRIVE2 (/dev/rmt2).
01/19/01   12:21:27      ANR8829I Remove volume 0790CF from slot 32 of
library
                          3575LIB at your convenience.
01/19/01   12:21:27      ANR8438I CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME for volume 0790CF in
library
                          3575LIB completed successfully.


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Miles Purdy
System Manager
Farm Income Programs Directorate
Winnipeg, MB, CA
purdym AT nisa.gc DOT ca
ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557
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