On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Richard Sims wrote:

> ...
> > Case: q libvol gives list of volumes in library. some of them can be used
> > for backup but some of them no. ...
>
> The simple cause could be that the tapes were not internally labeled,
> which would be done via Label Libvolume or dsmlabel operation outside of TSM.
> (If you get "pre-labeled" tapes from a vendor, you can assume that they are
> okay to use right out of the box...but you know what can happen when you
> assume.)

hmm... maybe I forgot :o) naah, 'q libvol' says that all volumes have
names.
Anyway 'label libvol <libname> search=yes labels=b checkin=scratch' says 0
volumes labeled, 0 volumes checked in.

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