What command are you actually issuing.  Did you specify OVERWRITE=YES?

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: Dixon, Swonda [mailto:SMDixon AT CHESTERTEL DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:32 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: help - labeling volumes for scratch...


AIX 4.3.3.0
TSM 3.7.2.0

Hello all,
I'm trying to label newly purchased volumes as scratch to enter into the
library. I've tried the LABEL LIBV command with no luck. Thinking that the
volumes were already pre-labeled by the manufacturer, I did a regular
CHECKIN LIBV command and still no luck. The tapes are NEW and I'm in a fix
b/c I need scratch tapes within my library. Any suggestions will be greatly
appreciated.

I verified that each tape IS NOT write protected but the following errors
occur...

10/17/02 19:36:01     ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 11F4B2 in
                        drive RMT (/dev/rmt1).

10/17/02 19:36:29     ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 11F4C6 in

                       drive RMT1 (/dev/rmt1).

10/17/02 19:36:53     ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 11F536 in

                       drive RMT1 (/dev/rmt1).

10/17/02 19:37:16     ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 11F54A in

                       drive RMT1 (/dev/rmt1).

10/17/02 19:37:40     ANR8355E I/O error reading label for volume 11F5BE in

                       drive RMT1 (/dev/rmt1).

10/17/02 19:35:29     ANR8778W Scratch volume 11E1B8 changed to Private
Status
                       to prevent re-access.

10/17/02 19:36:16     ANR8778W Scratch volume 11F4B2 changed to Private
Status
                       to prevent re-access.

10/17/02 19:36:39     ANR8778W Scratch volume 11F4C6 changed to Private
Status
                       to prevent re-access.

10/17/02 19:37:03     ANR8778W Scratch volume 11F536 changed to Private
Status
                       to prevent re-access.

10/17/02 19:37:26     ANR8778W Scratch volume 11F54A changed to Private
Status
                       to prevent re-access.

10/17/02 19:37:50     ANR8778W Scratch volume 11F5BE changed to Private
Status
                       to prevent re-access.


Swonda M. Dixon
Systems Operator/AIX & TSM Admin./Jr. RPG Programmer
Chester Telephone Company
803.581.9172 (Voice) * 803.385.2191 (Main)