Did you thought about unmounting the tapes before ejecting?
You cannot checkout a tape that is still in a tapedrive... So, do a unmount,
wait a couple of minutes and then do the checkout.

Regards,
Maurice

----- Original Message -----
From: "will aire" <waire AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:17 PM
Subject: [ADSM-L] DR copy volume not ejecting


> Hi,
> We currently run TSM server 5.2 and have customised the system for DR
using
> SQL and korn shell scripts. Works o.k. We've recently been running low on
> Scratch tapes, and occassionaly i add bits of new scratch in five's
> sometimes ten. The problem i have been experiencing lately is when we
eject
> the copy volumes for offsite storage sometimes one of the tapes in the
list
> would not get ejected. The activity logs shows tape being used " i.e vol
> xxxxx currently being used". On one occassion i noticed that a combination
> of low scratch and an overun of backup of primary_stgpool to copy_stgpool
> would retain a copy volume and not release it for offsite storage. But
what
> I have noticed recently is volume xxxx not ejecting even though backups of
> primary_stg to copy_stgpool was not running.
> Can you please explain
>
> Wil
>