hi again... I think the command I gave you will overwrite all the info.
Ignore my last statement.  Sorry

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jolliff, Dale [SMTP:xjolliff AT TI DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 9:41 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      labeling 3590 volumes
>
> Is there anyway to overwrite the header/label of a 3590 tape?
>
> One of our ATLs had a problem with some 3590 drives and chewed up the
> header
> records.
> The assumption is that the tape is good, the header records are just bad.
>
> I would restore the volumes from the copypools, but it just so happened
> that
> the two volumes that got whacked were a primary and the copy of the
> primary
> --
>
> Anyway, I'm hoping there is a way to get TSM to overwrite the header
> records
> without destroying the data.  If there isn't, we are going to try using dd
> to recreate the headers.
>
> Anybody ever done that successfully?