What brand tapes are these?  Have you checked with the vendor?  Have you
tried varying the drive offline being used to label them just to make sure
there is not a drive problem.  This is a Magstar device.  It has prerecorded
tracks on it.  Did anyone deguass the tapes?  I could be a manufacturing
problem.  I have seen this with 3590 tapes when they were bad tapes.

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


-----Original Message-----
From: Dixon, Swonda [mailto:SMDixon AT CHESTERTEL DOT COM]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 8:15 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: help - labeling volumes for scratch...


model - 3575lib

LABEL LIBV 3575LIB LABELS=B CHECKIN=SCR SEARCH=BULK OVERWRITE=YES

This library has been in use for 5 years...maybe longer.
I've never had a problem scratching new volumes before but it just does not
like these tapes.

I'm painfully aware that 3.7 is NOT the NEW TSM.  We've had difficulty with
IBM and we're working on resolving that issue.  The new TSM is on it's way,
but right now, I have no choice but to fight with the old.

Life's not fair.

I hope this information I've provided is sufficient.  Thank you for
responding.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of 
David
Longo
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 8:47 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: help - labeling volumes for scratch...


You didn't mention what Make/model of library you have.
Is it 3570 or 3575?  All new tapes need to be labeled.
What  was the full LABEL LIBVOL command you used?

Has this library been in use for a while and just adding
new tapes or is this a new install?  (I know with TSM 3.7.2.0 it isn't new
TSM!)

David Longo

>>> SMDixon AT CHESTERTEL DOT COM 10/17/02 08:32PM >>>
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)


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