Remove=no does not work when the library is unavailable:

03/21/2008 09:51:41  ANR2017I Administrator SYSDEE issued command: CHECKOUT
                      libvol 3494 600001 checklabel=no remove=no  (SESSION:
                      29478)
03/21/2008 09:51:41  ANR8434I CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME: Operation for volume 600001
                      in library 3494 started as process 37. (SESSION: 29478,
                      PROCESS: 37)
03/21/2008 09:51:56  ANR8444E Internal Operation: Library 3494 is currently
                      unavailable. (SESSION: 29478, PROCESS: 37)
03/21/2008 09:51:56  ANR8453E Initialization failed for 349X library 3494.
                      (SESSION: 29478, PROCESS: 37)
03/21/2008 09:51:56  ANR8437E CHECKOUT LIBVOLUME for volume 600001 in library
                      3494 failed. (SESSION: 29478, PROCESS: 37)

>>> Wanda Prather <wprather AT JASI DOT COM> 3/21/2008 10:12 AM >>>
checkout libv libname volname remove=no

On 3/21/08, David E Ehresman <deehre01 AT louisville DOT edu> wrote:
>
> Is there anyway to force TSM (5.4) to checkout volumes from a library that
> is no longer powered on?  Can I delete a library from TSM if "q libvol" says
> it still has tapes in it?
>
> David
>