You can do a delete volume ###### discard=yes. This will delete all
references to data on that volume from the TSM database. 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Andrew Carlson
Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 9:15 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Tape Stuck in Remote Status


On Fri, 20 May 2005 09:02:29 -0500, Bob Booth - CITES <booth AT UIUC DOT EDU>
wrote:

> On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 08:39:58AM -0500, Andrew Carlson wrote:
>> I have two tapes that are in volume history as status "Remote".  The 
>> instance of TSM they are supposedly remote on no longer have any 
>> information about
>> these volumes.  When I try to enter them as scratch, they are
rejected:
>>
>> ANR8443E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME: Volume 110330 in library 3584LIB cannot 
>> be assigned a status of SCRATCH.
>>
>> I am assuming this is because it is in volume history as remote.  How

>> do I change this and get it checked in as a scratch?
>>
>> Thanks for any information.
>
> Does the volume still contain data?  If it does, you need to check it 
> in as private.  TSM will not allow you to check in a tape as scratch 
> if it is still defined in the database.
>
> checkin libv LIBNAME VOLNAME checkl=no status=private devt=DEVT
>
> hth,
>
> bob
>
>

There is no useful data on the tape - it is gone from the remote TSM
instance.  I could check it in as private, but then what?  It ultimately
needs to be scratch.


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Andy Carlson - Senior Technical Specialist
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