Try running a del vol on the volumes and see what happens.  If you know
there is no valid data on any of them add the discarddata=yes.  That is
if the label volume doesn't work. If TSM thinks the volumes are valid it
will not relabel them. 


See Ya'
Howard
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:31 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Anr8443e Tape can not be assigned a status of
scratch

From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Collins, Brenda
> I have another issue that I haven't run across previously.  I have
seen
> threads on it in the listserv but not with the resolution I need to
find.
> 
> ANR8443E CHECKIN LIBVOLUME: Volume C01861 in library
>  3494LIB4 cannot be assigned a status of SCRATCH.
> 
> This is a library that is managed by one server with two additional 
> servers as library clients.
> 
> I checked the volhist on each server and the only one it shows up on
is
> the library manager. If I check this tape in as private, it shows one
of
> the library clients as the owner of the tape, yet there is no volhist
for
> it and the tape is not recognized on that TSM server.
> 
> It seems the only option left is to assume there is nothing on the
tape
> and label it with an overwrite.  Does anyone else know what to do with
a
> tape like this?  (Unfortunately, I seem to have about 30 tapes in this
> condition.)

I've seen that in the recent past. In library manager/client
environments, there is the occasional orphaned tape.

If you're certain there's no usable data on the tape, I'd physically
relabel it and do a LABEL LIBVOL with the overwrite=yes parameter and
put it back into production.

--
Mark Stapleton
CDW Berbee
System engineer
7145 Boone Avenue North, Suite 140
Brooklyn Park MN 55428-1511
763-592-5963
www.berbee.com